[NJARC] next friday meeting schedule (Mike Feher)

Sat Sep 5 06:56:39 EDT 2009

John -

How, by answering him? You are of course just sore because I would not sell
you a 1920's ham set that I preferred to keep. I did offer to let you borrow
it - for free - since you said you only wanted it for an article. You
declined that offer. I had lots of offers for it, but, it is still here, I
too like it. Besides, you helped to make this place into what it is by
facilitating my purchasing Phil's estate over 11 years ago. Took us (my
kids, friends, and Kathy and I) 2 years to clean it out. You only asked that
I give you one item out of that purchase, which I  gladly did. So, I do not
know why you are complaining, but, then again, that has been your mode for a
long time. Your prices are typically way out there, and in my opinion a lot
more so than you claim mine to be. I remember the time you were here at my
house, before going to Rochester, dangling a 1920's 1 tuber military
receiver in front of my nose. This was almost 12 years ago, and you wanted
$400 for it which I finally paid. You picked it up at a hamfest, for
practically nothing, which you confided to me. Agreed, what you paid for it
was not relevant, but $400 would only been paid by a few, if any, other than
myself. Since then I did pick up another for $150. Now, unfortunately one of
them is just about totally shot as it was in the water and the other is
somewhat better. I really should not even stoop low enough to respond to
these adolescent jealous and ignorant posts. You are certainly all welcome
not to come here. There are lots of others, just seems to be rampant amongst
NJARC members, and that was my observation. Since my original post about a
month ago, there have been about 30 people here, maybe 4 of them were from
NJARC. BTW, the NJARC guys all left with at a minimum of one item and some
with more and even being NJARC members they planned on coming back.
Yesterday there were two hams here from NY, and both plan on coming back. I
still have a few I need to schedule as it has been hectic, but, winding
down, hence my last post, which was just in jest really, regarding the
auction. Last from me on this. NJARC members are welcome, but, not
necessary, I just felt it would have been mutually beneficial, but again, I
cannot deal with a "better than thou" attitude, and cheap, that you and Alex
seem to share. Maybe you guys are looking for your "bailout" package. 73 -
Mike

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-886-5960

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Subject: Re: [NJARC] next friday meeting schedule (Mike Feher)

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Mike,

You just proved Alex's point.

And anyone who didn't already know you, now will figure you out.

73, John

At 09:16 PM 9/4/2009, Mike Feher wrote:
>Just remember
>Reply = Poster
>Reply All = Everyone
>
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>Alex -
>
>Well, I truly do not intend to give stuff away for a lot less than I paid
>for them. You have no idea how many estates or individual pieces I have
>purchased for tons of money to have what I have. I only mentioned NJARC
>members as it seems they are the closest, and yet had the least showing
this
>time around. When you were here on June 30th of 2007, you found a lot of
>items, all paper, and were spending Sarnoff's money, not your own. Now,
that
>a lot of the items have been damaged, the prices had gone down accordingly.
>Last weekend a military radio collector was here from Delaware and left
with
>a large trailer full of great items. He also left a nice wad of cash
behind.
>I like to do things at my own pace and it is working well for me. I wish
>when I was in my collecting prime I would have had a place like my house to
>visit, as I surely would have cleaned a lot of it out, and gladly. That
same
>time frame when you were here, I was in a heavy selling mode, and had top
>collectors from all over the country here, and several on more than one
>occasion even from as far away as California. Some only spent about $10K to
>$20K, but a few spent close to $50K, they went through the same sorting as
>everyone else. So, I think you are the one out of touch as to what these
>artifacts are worth, and how much I have invested in them. I do not really
>have to justify the way I prefer to do things, but, this for me is working.
>I still work full time so I do not have time to spend with people as I
would
>like, nor is there adequate room, hence the scheduling. So, I do not know
if
>your opinion is a consensus of NJARC members, or just a discussion with a
>few bitter members, or simply that, your opinion. I also do not believe
that
>you are able to judge whether the overwhelming amount that I own is unique
>or rare. I believe you are still too young and inexperienced as you
yourself
>are not a collector, but maybe just a want-to-be collector. Hey, I was
young
>once too, and could hardly afford anything. I will never forget the
>beautiful Siemens Halske coherer receiver that I was offered for $300 in
>1976. I was only 31 at the time, just bought my first house and had a wife
>and babies. Where was I going to get $300? Today that receiver is easily
>worth around $25K. One of the items I sold recently was a Telefunken E4
>receiver, I sold it for $15K. Even about 6 years ago, a similar receiver at
>auction brought $25K. Also, usually I ask for an offer, and lots of times I
>let it go for less than what I was offered. Other times we negotiate and
>come to common grounds. So, please save your comments till they mean
>something and do not make me sound ridiculous in my pricing structure and
>methods or the NJARC club membership on the whole cheap. Regards - Mike
>
>Mike B. Feher, N4FS
>89 Arnold Blvd.
>Howell, NJ, 07731
>732-886-5960

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