[NJARC] Club selling High Value items on Ebay

[John Dilks K2TQN]

There is a way for the club to sell high value items on ebay and 
still accommodate members, here's the idea which can be adjusted to 
suit by the board....

Put up the item on Ebay as normally, then if a club member wins, they 
notify the club contact.  Instead of paying full price with PayPal 
they arrange to pay at the next meeting and receive a % discount, say 
20%, and then pick up the item at the same meeting saving 
shipping.  This way the club maximize$ the item and if a club member 
wins it, they get it cheaper.

Members without computers could use a surrogate to bid for 
them.  (But today almost everybody has a computer, don't they?)

20% cheaper sounds fair to me, and should keep Ebay flippers at bay.

73, John Dilks


At 12:40 AM 2/25/2009, Thomas Lee wrote:

>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