[Milsurplus] August J.Link archive ???????

[Patrick Schreiber]

I buy from August regularly, everything is top quality, and is priced
accordingly!  When you buy from August, typically you don't need to look any
further.  He ships promptly and is well packaged!!!

Patrick Schreiber
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] August J.Link archive ???????


> This discussion came up a few months ago on one of
> the other lists. It boiled down to the fact that most
> of the items that are out there have been converted
> by hams, even the good stuff has mostly been tossed
> as "junk" over the past nearly 60 years or cannibalized.
> Back in the mid 80's I offered hundreds of pieces of
> ARC-5 gear and similar for free at hamfests and
> through the Yellow Sheets with  only a couple of
> takers. Did this for several months when I knew
> my storage was no longer going to be available.
> In the end, I filled a skiff/dumpster with no
> telling how many pieces of gear and cables and
> control boxes and other accessories. 20 years
> ago no one wanted it even for free, it was considered
> junk. You could not pay folks to take it.
>
> Now there is very little of this left that is in good
> condition, the scraps that remain are usually butchered.
> This fellow apparently has a warehouse full of this type
> of gear - quite a bit new in the box - and is thinning
> his collection.
>
> The consensus as to the "outrage" over the prices
> is that the stuff *used* to be able to be picked
> up for just a couple dollars per piece. Well, soda
> was once a nickle and loaves of bread a dime, a
> gallon of gas in the US was 20 cents and a good
> week's wages was $50. Automobiles used to
> cost just a few thousand dollars. Most of these
> things cheap radios, soda, gas, lower wages, were
> going on at the same time. Many of us remember
> the low prices we once paid, but we tend to put it
> in the perspective of today's salaries and wages.
>
> Plus.... no one has to buy it at the high prices if
> they don't want.
>
>
> Tom NU4G
>
> donning asbestos suit now....
>
> >  > This is a really pretty German radio, IMO:
> >>
> >>
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4078&item=2248613783
> >>
> >>  Not mine. Just looking,
> >???????????????????????????????????/
> >
> >Just who or what is this "August J.Link archive" thats being
> >disposed off?  anyone know.
> >
> >His expected prices seem quite high.. or are they ?
> >
> >Ben G4BXD
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