[Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability

[jerry]

My 8 y/o son has been lusting after an $800 Lego kit.  A walking Star 
Wars tank.
It has something like 8000 pieces.  I explained to my wife that it would 
reasonably
keep him busy for a whole week.  But she didn't see the logic :).  So we 
bought him
a simpler kit with 1200 pieces that will keep him busy for one day.


                        - Jerry KF6VB





On 2022-01-28 13:49, edauer at aya.yale.edu wrote:
> Same here.  For me the build is most of the fun.  To put it in 
> perspective:
> My daughter once told me that when her son, my grandson, was 8, he was 
> a
> Leggo kit wiz.  He would finish a $50 Leggo kit in a morning, a $75 kit 
> in a
> long afternoon.  She said it was costing her nearly $20 an hour to keep 
> him
> occupied.  Since I take my time with the K2 build, my cost per hour is 
> less
> than what it costs to keep an eight year-old amused.  And to the same
> effect.
> 
> Ted, KN1CBR
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Thornton <gthornton at thorntonmostullaw.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 2:41 PM
> To: edauer at aya.yale.edu; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability
> 
> As a former K2 owner I can say at least half the fun of one of these 
> was to
> build it myself.
> 
> This is one of the last kinds of major kits that involve assembling all 
> the
> components onto a circuit board.  Today with all the surface mount 
> devices
> the technical challenge is too much for most of us and kits largely 
> become a
> mechanical assembly of already completed circuit boards.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> <elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
> Behalf Of edauer at aya.yale.edu
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 1:35 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability
> 
> I don't know the answer to the question though I agree with someone 
> else who
> said they are different commodities.  However, in the long run an 
> unopened
> kit may be worth a small fortune, like some unopened games and Barbie 
> dolls
> are.  The K2 deliveries are presently TBD . . . I have one (my fifth) 
> on
> order and no ESD is posted.  I assume it's a parts problem.  The K2 has
> already had a number of small component modifications made as the
> traditional parts have become unobtainable or uneconomic.  If it were
> possible to place an order for the final five S/Ns, whenever that 
> happens,
> I'd pay for them today.  What say, Wayne -- will you make me that deal?
> 
> Ted, KN1CBR
> 
> 
> Message: 18
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:23:45 -0500
> From: KJ <kjpj27 at gmail.com>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability
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> 
> Hello all,
> Does anyone have experience as far as which is more marketable?
> Assembled or unassembled? Is there a price difference in posting either 
> for
> sale?
> Thanks!
> Ken, W2GIW
> 
> 
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