[Milsurplus] A new high?

[Mike Morrow]

> And as far as Max, Ed, Joe Walsh and  the others who buy what
> they want because they can, well... they're not doing anything the
> rest of us wouldn't do if we had their money.

Absolutely not true!  Were I wealthy as Bill Gates I still wouldn't be buying ten of the same thing and looking for more.

I've got nothing against anyone anywhere using his resources to pick up as many different items as he can afford from anywhere.  That's *not* the real issue, but rather just a "straw man" argument I've seen contested in several recent postings.

The *real* matter of contention is that of a collector, foreign or not, acquiring umpteen of the *same* thing, like all the original BC-348s and R-28/ARC-5s and similar items that show up on ebay?  

I don't believe the stuff we collect will soon, if ever, have any significant investment value, so what again would be the point of hoarding the stuff unless it be to deny it to other collectors who may not have deep pockets.

I've just about completed all my main interest acquisitions, and have just about run out of storage space, so it's increasingly academic to me.  I feel sorry for those just starting a collection of anything that says "ARC-5" on it.

As far as Joe Walsh goes, he's paid some high bucks for some really ham-hacked junk.  He's got the money, but I don't think he's developed the judgement yet.

BTW, a NIB T-16/ARC-5 has made it to the auction site.  Strange how rare items come out in bunches.

73,
Mike / KK5F