[NJARC] "cheap radios at auction club"

[Ray Chase]

I will limit my response in this message to the comments on auctions.
1.  Auctions are an important component of any collecting fraternity 
whether it be automobiles, baseball cards or marbles.  It is a fair way 
to recycle our artifacts and it helps older collectors who are thinning 
out their collection as well as newbies who are just starting theirs
2.  As a club we provide a valuable assist to estates and widows as well 
as to those who are just tired of some of the items that they have 
accumulated.  We need to do this to keep the artifacts in circulation 
and prevent them from going into the dumpster or into scavengers hands.  
Remember, we are only temporary custodians of these treasures and have a 
responsibility to move them on in due time into other willing hands.
3.  Club auctions are presently a significant source of income and could 
be more if we choose to do so.
4.  Those who have commented in the past couple of days all seemed to 
think that regular auctions are a good thing and enjoy them and consider 
them to be a benefit of membership.
5.  Now as to e-Bay!!   It is not a vice and it's not going to go away!  
We can chose to ignore it or use it to our advantage.  There are various 
schemes that could be used to keep club auctions a benefit to the 
membership while still putting some of our  assets on e-Bay.  In fact we 
are going to have to do so one of these days as we are currently sitting 
on too many valuable assets that will eventually need to be converted 
into $ to fund club activities.  There is only one ingredient needed 
that so far we have not been able to come up with namely; -  who is 
going to do it?  E-bay activity is not a small amount of work, we are a 
large club but too few members contribute to the body of support the 
club needs.  This is the type of work that could be done at home or as 
an off-site group or whatever but if you really want to help the club, 
put your name on the list as willing to help out by doing e-bay sales, 
packaging, shipping and whatever else is needed to make it happen.  As 
for details as to how to make it fair, let's get the volunteers lined up 
and then work out the details.  That's all that is needed to make it happen.
6.  As to past auction sales that have landed on e-bay, remember that 
when you buy it, it is your property and you can do whatever you like 
with it.  There is no implied restriction that you are not free to 
dispose of it outside the club or trash it or cannibalize it for parts 
or whatever.
7.  As for having a club table at swap meets, there is nothing wrong 
with that idea but it also calls for a lot of volunteer effort.  Who is 
going to schlepp it, where is it to be stored between meets, who gathers 
up the unsold stuff at the end of the meet?  Most members are concerned 
with what they themselves are bringing to a meet and/or what they are 
hauling away as purchases.  Probably as much or more work than putting 
it on e-Bay.
Ray


John Dilks K2TQN wrote:

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