[Milsurplus] Belton Swapfest

[Mike Morrow]

>> One old ham had two R390As in his pickup which he sold for $550 total 
>> in 10 minutes, that individual later resold them for $400 each 
>
>    WHAT AN INSULT TO THE "old ham"

It happens all the time.  I was at the Memphis Dixiefest a few years ago.  There was a fellow there who often appeared at hamfests in the mid-south selling old receivers in the flea market.

A woman (widow?) was selling her husband's gear at one table, and one item was an excellent and complete (with all covers) R-390A/URR.  She had a more than reasonable price of about $350 on it.  I watched the fellow mentioned above talk her down to $250.  Then he took the receiver to his table and immediately put a $650 price tag on it.

I wouldn't buy anything from such a person if he was almost giving away something that I needed really bad.  There are a fair number of these types out there in our hobby.  They are unclean and obscene...not for making a profit, but for taking advantage of people the way that woman above was!

Mike / KK5F
(What's sadder than seeing a widow at a hamfest flea market trying to sell her late husband's gear?)