[GreenKeys] Interesting item on eBay web site item#3019809979: AN/UGC 136AX TELETYPEWRITER

[John Parker]

All,

Sorry if you received this again.

I was a tech in the navy for these printers.  They are bi-directional, dot 
matrix printers.  They are high maintenance as they were constantly falling 
apart.

If you want to spend your money and have constant heartache, then go ahead 
and get one.  My self, I wouldn't take it if you were giving it away.

Tks,


John Parker, RMCS(SS) USN (Ret) KD7KFT







At 08:09 PM 4/20/03 -0500, Don Robert House wrote:
>>anyone know what this is? there are several items up for bid.
>>Wayne  WB0CTE
>>
>>Title of item:      AN/UGC 136AX  TELETYPEWRITER
>>Seller: jbart519
>>Starts: Apr-19-03 13:21:38 PDT
>>Ends:   Apr-29-03 13:21:38 PDT
>>Price:  Starts at $99.99
>>To bid on the item, go 
>>to:      http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3019809979
>>
>>
>>Item Description:
>>         BID IS FOR ONE AN/UGC 136AX TELETYPE MACHINE.THIS MACHINE WAS 
>> PURCHASED IN A GROUP THAT HAD BEEN RECONDITIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND I 
>> DO NOT THINK THAT IT HAS BEEN USED SINCE.  I PURCHASED THEM AT A 
>> DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUCTION.  MACHINE LOOKS VERY GOOD BUT I MUST SELL 
>> WITH OUT ANY WARRANTY.  BUYER PAYS SHIPPING CHARGES.  FAST SHIP FOR 
>> MONEY ORDER, CHECKS MUST CLEAR. PLEASE LOOK AT MY OTHER GOODIES ON 
>> EBAY.  ANY QUESTIONS, WRITE TO:  SURPLUS1@PRODIGY.NET
>
>Wayne,
>
>I'm glad you brought this machine to my attention.  I have been waiting 
>for these to become available.  A couple of years ago a lady in Ohio 
>bought up a large lot of Teletype equipment that was Navy surplus.  I 
>purchased several items from her including two skin-tight 28 KSRs.  We got 
>pretty friendly on the emails and she offered to ship me a UGC-25 Compact 
>RO if I would take the rest of the items off her hands and out of her 
>storage.  She also offered to take photos of a complete large fax machine 
>and get a shipping quote for it.
>
>Well that might have been her intention, but after I paid her and received 
>over a dozen large heavy boxes I discovered that she had sold the two 
>items I wanted for our museum to a local buyer who read about her on 
>GREENKEYS.  For months my driveway was filled with boxes marked as "Steam 
>Irons" packed by a prison somewhere in the East. Inside of these boxes 
>were interesting items, but totally useless without machines to use the 
>items with.
>
>Since that time all of these items are now stored in a warehouse in San 
>Diego.  24 or so keyboards, 50-100 print heads, 50-100 platens and other 
>maintenance items for the AN/UGC 136.  I also have two electrical service 
>units for this machine... BUT I STILL DO NOT HAVE A MACHINE!!!
>
>If these machines are finally coming into the surplus market you won't 
>have to worry about spare parts!  We have several hundred pounds of parts 
>mostly still sealed in their original boxes.
>
>Don
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