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The following is really not true. There are a lot of very nice radios on
eBay. Think of the guy that steals new cars and parts them out. Old radios have no real value to most of the population so does it really matter in 40 years or so they will all end up in the scrap yard anyway because there will be nobody around to use them and nowhere to use them . Ham radio is a dying Hobby period. I have determined there are a lot of people on this group that really do need a get a life. Robin Hood Mike Coslo wrote: FWIW, we are talking about Ebay here! Does anyone actually believe that a person is parting out a mint unit in the first place? Ebay is the home of " I can't find a power cord, and don't know how to hook up an antenna, so the unit is as-is" or I turned it on and the tubes light up, but don't know how to ...yada yada. Think about it. - Mike KB3EIA - Steve wrote: I'm not a big fan of this behavior myself, BUT.... I've tried selling off my Heath HW-101 station. Works fine and decent cosmetics. I've been unable to sell it for $225, yet I see the speaker alone sell for about $100 and the power supply sell for $150. If I was like this guy, I'd sell the speaker and PS, yank out the tubes from the rig and junk it. Can't bring myself to do this so I'll keep dragging it to junkfests. Steve JOE wrote in message news.com... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=30957996 51 This is like his 4th or 5th complete stripping out of Heathkit rigs. "Ready to install part - removed from mint condition fully working rig" - words to that effect. I mean what the HELL? What next - buy up Collins and strip them out?? So you can make $40 more than the radio is worth.... it's like this guy thinks he's clever and come up with a 'new idea' - strip mint radios for a 25% extra profit. Go to the link above, then click 'view sellers other auctions' - you'll see what I mean. Just irritates me and I wanted to rant. I know the argument - it's his radio and he can sell it / chop it up as he sees fit. Yeah yeah. Still hate it. JOE |