[Milsurplus] ART-13 speech amp

[George Babits]

Right about hamfests.  The nearest are 250 miles away (one way) and 96% of 
the people who show up have no interest in real radios.  For a while I was 
wearing out a bunch of pre-war HROs hauling them back and forth to hamfests. 
Finally got smart and advertized them on QTH classifieds.  It took a while 
but they all eventually ended up in good homes.  eBay is a pain in the butt 
but it works.

73,
George
W7HDL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "grasshopper" <grasshopper at epix.net>
To: "'George Babits'" <gbabits at custertel.net>; "'Hubert Miller'" 
<kargo_cult at msn.com>; <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 6:29 PM
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] ART-13 speech amp


> Definitely George, I is all about the audience..  Until someone re-invents
> such a site, I guess we have to be satisfied.  Only a few good hamfest 
> left
> in this area and they are always hit or miss.
>
> Steve, kd3ht
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> George Babits
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 7:33 PM
> To: Hubert Miller; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] ART-13 speech amp
>
> Well, the same fellow who purchased the first ART-13 speech amplifer and 
> had
>
> it confiscated by ebigbrother's overseas shipping agent has just purchased
> the second one I had listed on eBay.  The only difference is/was that i 
> had
> deleted "military" from the listing header.  So we will see if that word
> is/was the trigger.  It should be interesting!
>
> EBay and all its little trivulations is definately a big pain in the ass;
> but the audience is there and things sell.  They are definately in the
> business of making money for themselves.  After years of using boatanchors
> swaplist and QTH classifieds,  often waiting forever for things to sell, 
> it
>
> is nice to see things moving on eBay.  Usually on eBay, I am getting a
> better price for things even after the fees, than on the free sites.   The
> people problems are the same on eBay and the free classified sites.   But,
> it is sure stacked against the seller.  So far, so good.
>
> 73,
> George
> W7HDL
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Hubert Miller" <kargo_cult at msn.com>
> To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2016 4:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] ART-13 speech amp
>
>
>>
>>  Monopoly capitalism. With some real competitors, service to sellers 
>> would
>
>> improve. But the entry bar to a start-up new auction site
>> is pretty high, and the present smaller auctions don't have the 
>> name-brand
>
>> power yet. But maybe they will; enough people are getting
>> tired of Ebay. I think of Ebay like RCA in the 1930s.
>> -Hue Miller
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