[GreenKeys] Nice M15 on eBay

Bob Camp ham at cq.nu
Sat Jan 19 11:47:22 EST 2008


Hi

One could also observe that pontificating from on high when people are  
trying to help contributes less than nothing to the process.

Bob


On Jan 18, 2008, at 10:33 PM, WA5CAB at cs.com wrote:

> I'm sorry to have to reveal this apparently well guarded secret to  
> you folks,
> but these two statements illustrate in spades the reason that 99% of  
> all TTY
> machines end up scrapped and melted down or in a landfill.  When  
> even the
> collectors think that they are all worthless pieces of junk, why  
> should any
> non-collector bother to do anything with one that turns up other  
> than put it out
> front with the rest of the garbage?  If it isn't worth buying, it  
> isn't worth
> keeping.
>
> In a message dated 1/18/2008 7:30:21 PM Central Standard Time, ham at cq.nu
> writes:
>> Hi
>>
>> It's a very nice condition machine for a WWII era model 15. It is
>> certainly more than I'm ready to pay.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On Jan 18, 2008, at 8:12 PM, jhhaynes at earthlink.net wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It would be nice to preserve the unit - but his starting bid price
>>> is way too high for a Model 15.  So I guess we should wait it out
>>> and if some sucker pays his price then we know it's going to a  
>>> really
>>> loving home - and if not maybe he will re-offer it without such a  
>>> high
>>> starting bid.  At least that is my thinking on the topic.
>>>
>
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