In article , says...

I pay sticker for gasoline and electric power too.

Dave K8MN


I don't pay sticker for electric. In the empire of NY you can negoiate a price with your
electric vendor of choice. Not that it saves alot of money for me.

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:44:11 GMT, Steve Stone wrote:

I don't pay sticker for electric. In the empire of NY you can
negoiate a price with your electric vendor of choice. Not that it
saves alot of money for me.

Out here in Greenie-land one has the choice of several "green"
sources, all at a higher price than "mutt" (mixed) power. I can't
even get what I really want -- in the Umpire State can one
negotiate a residential contract for guaranteed-all-nuclear-generated
power?

I suppose that if my consumption was 1000 MW (one standard
generating unit) I could negotiate same...assuming that they had a
spare unit sitting around offline or they could get the permits and
insurance to build another one (fat chance of that).

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon

Report On A Local Hamfest

After more than 5 years away from the hamfest scene, I went to the Kimberton,
PA (MARC) hamfest this morning. Last time I was there was 6-7 years ago.

Weather was great - clear and sunny but not humid or hot. Brought a van full of
stuff (mostly parts and ham magazines) to sell and sold a good amount. As is
usual, there was no good way of predicting what would sell and what wouldn't.

Attendance was about the same as I remember from 6-7 years ago. Kimberton is
not a big hamfest, and is not dominated by dealers or computer stuff. Prices
were what I consider reasonable for what was offered. Saw some old friends and
made some new ones. Said "good morning" or "hello" to everyone who visited my
table, and always got a pleasant response. Had some great conversations, too.
No griping, no nasties, no problems.

Main problem with hamfesting (for me) compared to internet selling is the time
investment. Have to spend some hours getting the sell stuff ready, loading the
car, driving there, selling, then loading up what didn't sell and reversing the
process. The time is in big chunks rather than a few minutes here and there If
the weather doesn't cooperate the effort is wasted. Internet prices are
generally higher but you have the packing and shipping work to do.

Now to check when the next 'fest is...

73 de Jim, N2EY

In article , Steve Stone
writes:

In article , says...

I pay sticker for gasoline and electric power too.

Dave K8MN


I don't pay sticker for electric. In the empire of NY you can negoiate a
price with your
electric vendor of choice. Not that it saves alot of money for me.

Negotiate?

Or do you simply have a choice of providers?

Here in EPA we can choose providers, all of whom have different rate plans. But
there's no negotiation - you pay what the rate plan says.

Is New York different?

73 de Jim, N2EY

Steve Stone wrote:

In article , says...

I pay sticker for gasoline and electric power too.

Dave K8MN


I don't pay sticker for electric. In the empire of NY you can negoiate a price with your
electric vendor of choice. Not that it saves alot of money for me.

Buying something from someone else isn't the same as negotiating a
price.
You're simply paying someone else's sticker price. You aren't haggling
with an electric company; you're changing providers.

Dave K8MN