[Milsurplus] E-bay / a work of genius

[W4AWM at aol.com]

I think that folks are missing the Queen Mary here.  Why bother with that 
evil place? I am not saying that I never buy and sell there, I do, but there are 
better ways.

I recently offered to help a widow liquidate an estate after a local vulture 
had made off with the good stuff for pennies on the dollar.  You might think 
what was left was junk, and yes, there was planty of dumpster fodder there, but 
in among the junk were bags of diamonds.

I had no intention of trying to post all that gear on the evil place, what 
with having to photograph everything, pay posting fees, commissions, deal with 
idiots who couldn't read the fine print, having to ship yesterday, deal with 
shills, schemers, third party payments, or worry about feedback. I posted 
everything right here on this and other reflectors as well as on eHam and the ARRL 
classifieds. Let me tell you, I delt with all ladies and gentlemen here. I 
think and hope everyone was satisfied with what they purchased.

The bottom line is that if you have something to sell, try the reflectors and 
free classified sites first.  The exposure may well be greater on the evil 
place, but here you will be dealing with folks who know their stuff and you will 
meet a great bunch of people while you are at it.

By the way, I was able to make a very nice return for the estate.

73,

John,  W4AWM