[NJARC] Mr. Capacitor's two cents

[Thomas Lee]

Hi John, All,

perhaps a fair compromise would be to offer the "choice" items to members first at a fair market value or a sight below member discount?  If it doesn't go, then ebay?

 

Tom
 
> Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:31:12 -0800
> From: jr6v6gt at yahoo.com
> To: thomas_v_lee at hotmail.com; al at ar88.net
> CC: njarc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [NJARC] Mr. Capacitor's two cents
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> _________________________________________________________
> Hi Al,
> 
> Very well put -- that's *exactly* the scenario I'm talking about.
> 
> Tom, if you get a $50 radio at one of our auctions for $20, or a $100 radio for $50, that's fine -- you got a bargain -- good for you. I think we're all in favor of having fun and getting bargains at the auctions.
> 
> However, if we sell a hypothetical $500 ebay item for, say, $200 at our auction to someone whose only intention is to flip it on ebay, then we -- THE NJARC TREASURY -- should be benefitting from the market value of that item, not one individual.
> 
> A while ago I offered the services of a friend who has done ebay consignments since 2001. This also fell on deaf ears. I agree it's time-consuming to sell on ebay -- but for the *choicest* items, it will be well worth it for the club treasury. I volunteer to help with the ebay sales.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> John
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 2/24/09, Al Klase <al at ar88.net> wrote:
> 
> > From: Al Klase <al at ar88.net>
> > Subject: Re: [NJARC] Mr. Capacitor's two cents
> > To: "Thomas Lee" <thomas_v_lee at hotmail.com>
> > Cc: "John R" <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>, "NJARC" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 12:43 PM
> > 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
> > 
> > -- Al Klase - N3FRQ
> > Jersey City, NJ
> > http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
> 
> 
> 
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