[GreenKeys] More cleaning up!

[Peter Gottlieb]

2 cents?  Wow you drive a hard bargain.  And you also want the buyer to be able 
to count?  ;-)

Peter

On 8/10/2019 5:00 PM, Ralph Irish wrote:
> *Hi guys.  Me again.*
> *
> *
> *It seems to me that in the past month or so, someone was talking about 
> crystals.  I found a*
> *flock of them in the garage this afternoon.
> *
> *
> *
> *In getting a few things together to take to a swap in the morning, I ran 
> across a medium size*
> *box of  CRYSTALS .  There are at least three different types of holders, but 
> more could be *
> *lurking in envelopes and bags.  I have quite a number of these three types 
> (size and shape):*
> *
> *
> **
> *
> *
> *The only holder type I can identify is the pair in the center.  They are the 
> old, venerable*
> *FT-243 type.  They can be taken apart and the innards dabbled with for those 
> who know how.*
> *
> *
> *The larger ones on the right can be taken apart but it is a bit more work. On 
> either*
> *side of the pins there is a screw head buried under some kind of sealant.  I 
> am guessing*
> *that this could be scraped out and then a screw head of some kind would show. 
>  (Guesswork!)*
> *
> *
> *The ones on the left might be classified as HC-6U but that is just something 
> I pulled out*
> *of my head.  There is or was such a designation (or something very close).*
> *
> *
> *I do not have a count of anything.*
> *
> *
> *I am willing to sell them to someone who knows how to count.  I will pack the 
> entire *
> *batch up in a large USPS Flat Rate Box and ship it to whomever speaks up. 
>  This is not a*
> *FTGH situation.  I want postage and 2 cents per crystal.  This means that if 
> there are*
> *500 crystals, and I think that is a high guess, one would pay $10.00 plus 
> about $16.50*
> *shipping.  (The exact amount will show prominently on the box.)*
> *
> *
> *Someone could spend a number of evenings when there is nothing worthwhile on 
> TV and *
> *do a sort and count.  I will accept the count of whomever takes them.  And, 
> I'm not in*
> *a big hurry to be paid.  A month or two would be fine.*
> *
> *
> *-   -   -   -*
> *
> *
> *I have two more photos to show.  One is a distance photo of the box, and the 
> other is a*
> *close up photo of the contents.*
> *
> *
> **
> *I think this box is one designed to hold 10 reams of standard office paper, 
> but I could be wrong.*
> *There is a lot of 'waste space' in there and I will get a lot, or hopefully 
> everything into a *
> *Large USPS Flat Rate Box.*
>
>
> *This may not be the deal of the century, but for someone who may need 
> crystals and is willing to do a*
> *bit of work, it might be just right.*
> *
> *
> *Anything that won't fit into a Large Flat Rate Box will be shipped in a small 
> Flat Rate box, at my*
> *expense.  (That is around $8.00)  So, as you can see this is not a money 
> maker.  I've been to a few*
> *swaps where someone had a great inventory of crystals, all identified by 
> frequency, etc, and was*
> *asking $1.00 and $2.00 each.  This is just a lot of work for someone and 
> there might be a few items*
> *in there **that are useful to you or the buyer, and who knows who else?*
> *
> *
> *I don't have a clue as to whether any of these could 'multiply' up to 6 or 2 
> Meters.  I do doubt, though,*
> *as to whether any are actually  IN  any  of our Ham Bands, but I have not 
> gone through them. *
> *
> *
> *Envelopes may contain two to five items.  Plastic bags are not clear here, 
> but they hold a lot of*
> *items each.*
> *
> *
> *-   -   -   -*
> *
> *
> *Anyone interested please respond off list. *
> *
> *
> *Now, stop laughing at me!*
> *
> *
> *73,*
> *
> *
> *Ralph - W8ROI*
> *
> *
> *
> *
>
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