[Milsurplus] When Is Mint, Daddy ?

[J. Forster]

I don't buy something just because it's new. But, I do STRONGLY prefer to
buy something I want in NOS condition rather that all beat up.

-John

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>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quik.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] "Clean, Unhacked ARBs"
>> To: "Hue Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
>
>> That's your choice, but those who bought NOS mil equipment from August
>> Link or Will Donzelli certainly appreciate and were willing to vote
> with
>> their money.
>>
>> I guess you think all that prefer equipment in good condition over
> beat up
>> stuff on eBay are misguided too.
>>
>> Were you to sell things, would you price a beat up item higher than an
>> identical NOS item?
>>
>> -John
>
> Hmmmm.....don't recall using the term "misguided".
> I have spent considerable dollar at the Link store; some for real nice
> condition stuff, some less so. My dollar voting is for something I
> happen to like a lot; condition in the higher grades is nice but
> strictly
> secondary. Not that important to me. And yes, I've made out by
> selling some fine condition things also. But I'd hope the buyer
> bought them for a reason other than the shine, but in an auction,
> money talks. Probably all of us have sometime sold something
> to the "right home" rather than for top buck.
> I have an ATB I took out of the shipping box. It was packed in a
> hurry, I suppose, because the paint on the handles was apparently
> still somewhat wet when packed, and there's newspaper stuck to
> one. NIB but not MINT!~ha ha.
> I'm just a member of a tribe other than the Mint Tribe. Both our tribes
> share enuff language to communicate and trade, but we pretty much
> feel more comfortable among our own.
> BTW, it occurred to me that (at least for me) an interesting proven
> provenance cuts Mint any day.
> Also BTW, when I moved to this part of Oregon, I noticed these
> signs by the road, "MINT COMPOST". Makes sense when you
> know the agriculture of the area. -Hue Miller
>
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