[Heathkit] HW-101 unbuilt kit

[Walt Dabell]

Exactly! :-)

If the buyer never opens the box, they believe they have a
valuable(?) un-built kit inside. If they open the box, they
find they have a bunch of old parts.

But which box did he open?

The one with the Heathkit inside? Or the one with the bunch
of old parts? (as I duck for cover)Or are they the same? :-)

Not sure if that exactly follows the cat paradox or not...

Might be less expensive, as one subscriber pointed out to me,
to just buy an empty box, and put it on the shelf to admire.

73!

Walt Dabell - W3WMD

On 7/10/2013 10:08 PM, Patrick wrote:
> On 07/10/2013 04:27 PM, Walt Dabell wrote:
>
>> Actually, this sounds like an interesting business to get
>> in to! Does anyone have their original Heathkit box laying
>> around? Just throw a bunch of old parts in the box, enough
>> to make it rattle, then seal it up with packing tape. Sell
>> it for $1600, or whatever you can get. Just make sure to
>> tell the buyer that if they break the seal, all of value
>> floats out, sort of like smoke, and all they will have is
>> a box full of old parts. :-)
>
> Sounds a little like Schrödinger's cat. :)
>
> Patrick
> K4PNR
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