[Milsurplus] refusing to sell to certain others

[Hue Miller]

----- Original Message -----
From: <military1944 at aol.com>

> 'My original thinking was to keep a US relic in the USA.'

> well this is all well and good but if we all did this then no-one would be able to 'collect'
anything other than their own countries gear, so, all those 'collections' around the world would be
rather boring.

Well, you could call it focused. For example,  if  i see photos of a UK equipment collection,
my first reaction is not, "How boring! Should be seasoned with some Japanese, some German,
maybe a Roumanian set, etc."

It seems that my "keep a US relic in USA" didn't necessarily go over well with
all overseas folk. My reaction would be, actually my mistake in my words used,
in  a politician's term, i "misspoke".  This one item, i had listed that i would ship
to certain countries, which did include fellow English speaking countries. But
even if i had not, it's not water from the Fountain of Youth i was selling.
>
> If you were talking about the only copy of that decleration of independence thingy you have over
there then there might be a case. If its a bit of old radio kit then really whats the problem. It'll
probably come back when the next generation sells it after the guys death and the highest bidder
buys it.

Well, of course i have limited control over what happens in the future.
I have to cover what i can: like, right now.
As for "What's the problem?", that's MY line.
>
> Further, this particular US relic cannot be that 'important' if an outside bidder bought it ?

Well, there is a price differential between the countries. There are less BC-1000's in Japan,
that's for sure, so  the price will be higher.
But, i did prevent this particular one, the only one i control, from showing
up on the back of someone wearing a US WW2 flight jacket at some fashion show overseas.
That's why i was thinking i would be more likely to smile on someone contacting me direct
from some ruled-out country, than a mass memorabilia exporter.
And, i'm happier selling it, for fewer shekels, to someone in the areas i originally had in mind.
>
> As someone else said, if you do not want world wide bids on your treasure either ask a fixed price
locally or don't advertise it for the max you can get on a world wide site.
>
> cheers, Ben.

I believe the auction site says i can define where i will ship it, and who i can sell it to. Even if
i  just don't
like a person's bid  ID! So i'm reveling in my power.
To use another overworked phrase, "Mission accomplished!"
-Hue Miller