[Boatanchors] Fw: RE: [Milsurplus] Re: Radio Estate Math--WAS: Belton Swapfest

[J Forster]

Kees & Sandy wrote:

> Good points all....
> Just think about the guys who collect cars ????
> The point of donating it to the local ham club and have them cart it off and sell it is a good plan.

That's fine for modern ham gear, but most hams these days turn up their noses at at WW II or Korean stuff.

> I do that too but what most people do is have relatives/friends pick it over, take the useable items ...nothing wrong with that. But then they expect the club to come over and clean up the place so they can sell the house. I've gone over to tell them what is still markettable but after that, hand one of their kids a shovel and tell them to get with it.
> Ever seen ~200 old junker 8-tracks and old non working VHS machines in a garage ?

They go to a flea market for the free pile and if they don't get taken, they go to the trash.

> If it was just the widow, I'd cart them off but she had young kids/grandkids with pickups ....no thanks.
> 73 Kees K5BCQ
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> -- "Dave Maples" <dsmaples at comcast.net> wrote:
> All: Same is true for all other posessions, methinks.
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> Well-written, Don.
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> One other observation: If the widow or family stays in the house, the
> collection will stay right where it sits for a long while, at least most of
> the time.  What will it be worth 5-10 years after you are gone?

Modern rice boxes, very little IMO. Ditto with computers and the like. Anything with micros is likely to be scrap.  OTOH, Bird Watt Meters and Dummy Loads will be in demand. So will be unmodified military radios and the like. Modified stuff is essentially parts donors now.

FWIW,
-John

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