Fw: [GreenKeys] Re: Surplus1

Jack [email protected]
Sat, 15 Mar 2003 18:01:26 -0500


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> If John is the same person selling the stuff for the five-figure
> prices, then God bless him. If his scheme works out, then
> we should all put our toilet seat covers on Ebay for
> $10,000 each. Good thing he didn't get his hands on the
> Dovetrons!
> 
> By the way, the UGC-136's he mentions are junk. I purchased
> one from him to find that major parts were missing, such
> as the print head (matrix printer, as far as I could tell). It
> was a good source for parts such as switches and pilot
> lite assemblies, but the rest of it went to the scrapper. It
> wasn't worth anywhere near what I paid for it.
> 
> The UGC-129 I purchased from him had a defective flourescent
> display, although the printer seemed to work otherwise.
> 
> I don't know if I'd like to be the person who sells defective
> junk back to Uncle Sam. And, it's a real long shot thinking the
> gov't needs to buy back stuff that is more than 20 years old.
> If anyone looks at www.govliquidation.com, they can see what
> Uncle Sam auctions off every day. (I still can't figure what
> women's saphire rings are doing on the gov't auction!!)
> 
> I think we have beaten this one to death....has anyone found
> an AN/FGC-1 RTTY terminal for me, yet?
> 
> Jack WA2HWJ
> 
> NNNN
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