[NJARC] Mr. Capacitor's two cents

[Al Klase]

Thomas Lee wrote:

.........So I would say trying to sell *Choice" items on ebay rather than offer them to members first is against the spirit of the clubs charter.        

Hi Tom,

Well, therein lies the rub.  Let's consider something like a WE 300B triode.  (I don't actually know that we have any, but we certainly have similar things.)  These sell for $1000 on E-bay all the time.  If we were to offer such an item at, say $300, as part of the tube program, I can guarantee you Ebay people would be on it like ugly on a monkey.  If we auction such an item, again it's likely that a similar thing would happen.  Yes, if you had actual need for one, and outbid the E-folks at $500, it would be a good deal for you.  However, I feel we'd just be dumping the vast majority of items into the hands of resellers. 

An NJARC E-bay committee might be the way to handle this, but who's going to do the work?  Don't all volunteer at once!  Perhaps we need an "agent", maybe a club member who would do the transactions for a percentage.

The tubes are the major problem here, because the whole situation is driven by audiophoul nonsense, rather than simple radio derangement syndrome.  However, it's a problem we need to resolve.  There is significant money involved here.

Imagine the last three Alzheimer's ridden NJARC members with a huge pile of tubes in 2039.  Some young squirt will end up hauling them (the tubes that is) away to keep them out of the dump.  It's a matter of exercising proper stewardship of the clubs resources.

Later,
Al

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Al Klase - N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
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