[NJARC] Club selling High Value items on Ebay

[John Ruccolo]

John and Tom,

I think you both make excellent suggestions. I also agree that 20% is a reasonable discount. I like the idea of putting the item on ebay as a way of determining fair market value. 

I guess we'll leave it up to the Board....

Regards,

John


--- On Wed, 2/25/09, John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> From: John Dilks K2TQN <oldradio at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Club selling High Value items on Ebay
> To: "Thomas Lee" <thomas_v_lee at hotmail.com>, "John R" <jr6v6gt at yahoo.com>, "Al K" <al at ar88.net>
> Cc: "NJARC" <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 4:28 AM
> 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