[Milsurplus] Managing Yiour Colection

[Richard Decker]

And Peter, There is one word in the english language that comes to mind for 
this happening...it's called ( GREED )!!!
W2OBR ( oldbuzzardrich )
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Gottlieb" <nerd at verizon.net>
To: <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 10:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Managing Yiour Colection


>I have many friends who have much larger collections than I do and in most 
>(perhaps all) cases there is no plan for what happens if they pass away. 
>One of my friends met an untimely end and he had wanted me to disperse what 
>he had but his estranged brother stepped in, thought everything was gold 
>and moved it to a very damp garage to sell it off.  He never sold anything 
>and it was all ruined by water, mice birds and mud and all ended up in the 
>dump.
>
> Very few people want to think of their death and they are too attached to 
> their worldly possessions and collections to consider splitting it all up 
> (even after they die!) so in the end the best collections, the finest 
> examples, just become landfill.
>
> Peter
>
>
>
> Jul 21, 2010 09:03:03 AM, gl4d21a at juno.com wrote:
>
>
> My best ham friend asked me to disperse his holdings in the event of his 
> passing.  Which I was happy to agree to.  Unfortunately, when he did 
> become a silent key, his kids put themselves in the same situation which 
> Don described, after screwing around for six months, they found thenselves 
> with a week to clear the house and only then did they give me a call. 
> This estate was 200 miles away.  There was a lot of radio stuff which I 
> could have saved given a little more time, but the new owners wanted to 
> get started with house renovation ASAP.  People tend to drag their feet 
> when dispersal of the family homestead is involved, and work ends up being 
> rush, rush at the last minute.
>
> A few months after that event, another ham acquaintance became a silent 
> key, and my wife and I volunteered to help with that one after watching 
> the heirs flailing helplessly trying to figure out what was valuable and 
> what wasn't.  I had to dig a Yaesu FT470 and all the accessories out of 
> the garbage can, where the grandson-in-law had thrown that "old worthless 
> CB rig".  I caught the Bird 43 just before the same fate.  Sad.
>
> 73,
> George
> W5VPQ
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Don Merz
> To: "Discussion of AN/ARC-5 military radio equipment." , 
> Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Managing Yiour Colection, WAS Item 300447369243
> Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:14:24 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Helped clean out an estate 2 months ago. The son came in from out of town 
> with
> his son and they had one week to dispose of a house full. First order of
> business: Order a DUMPSTER.
>
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