[Hallicrafters] 5U4 Rectifier Tube

[George KB2Z]

Jim,
If the Gov. is really recording all our phone calls, you can bet your 
bottom dollar that nothing is being sold, or bought, on e-bay that they 
are not aware of. Beware what you post on any list, lest it be labeled 
subversive. When I was a kid in school, they taught us the difference 
between us and them. Seems we are becoming them, and them us. Go figure.
I think P.T. Barnum said, there's a sucker born every minute, and two to 
take him. Aesop, a fool and his money are soon parted. W.C. Fields, 
never give a sucker an even break. Me, who cares. It's a shame e-bay is 
setting the price, but e-bay is the pinnacle of free enterprise. E-bay 
gets a few percent of what you sell, if the buyer pays with PayPal, 
owned by e-bay, you get charged a few more percent. The bigger the fish, 
the more ebay makes. OPEC sets the oil prices, our oil companies blame 
them but dont sell oil for any less. Where does all the oil pumped in 
Alaska go? Price and demand. With my $10 dollars I have to ask myself
should I buy a 5# bag of potatoes and a pound of hamburger meat, or a 
pound of cheese and a loaf of bread, or 3 gallons of gas? I'm glad I 
quit cigarettes when they hit a buck a pack, and bologna when hit $5 a 
pound. Radio still gives a big bang for the buck if you stay away from 
the Caddys and RRs. Am I singing to the choir?
I'm still glad I'm here, George


amfone at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> With all do respect,with all the illegal amps being sold commercially on 
> Ebay stores and illegal CBcrap, with Ebay doing nothing , as well as the 
> price gougers, selling junk for  gold prices , is Ebay any good. Better 
> yet is the buyer really that stupid and cannot the FCC with all the 
> illegal junk being sold in the open do anything??? I admit this has 
> nothing to do with the 5U4 other than everything is getting out of hand.
> Tim
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Brannigan" <jbrannig at optonline.net>
> To: <dhallam at rapidsys.com>; "Hallicrafters at Mailman. Qth. Net" 
> <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 10:31 PM
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] 5U4 Rectifier Tube
> 
> 
>> Yes, buy them now. A couple of solid state diodes will destroy your 
>> radios and leave all your children impotent.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>> There is currently on eBay an auction 9731847290 for a pair of NOS 
>>> Genalex
>>> 5U4 rectifier tubes.  The current bid price for the pair is $327.  Can
>>> anyone give me a rational explanation why these tubes should go for that
>>> much money?  I understand about the audiophooles and all of that, but,
>>> seriously, why should they be worth that much money to anyone?
>>>
>>> David
>>> KC2JD
>>
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