On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 02:38:43 GMT, "Ed G."
wrote:



Some guys have turned the hobby into a business so they can sit home
on there fat ass's, eat 6 for a dollar hotdogs and smoke all day.

Quite frankly, I don't see the problem. The whole point of this swap
group is to buy and sell ham gear. Why would you want to lessen the
number of items for sale here?



Ed WB6SAT


Probably because this group is NOT called alt.ebay.reflector

Just like the useless cb'ers with a callsign and their 2-meter hamshacks on
their hips ... there is the same mentality regarding ebay. Why should the lazy
buggers go look for anything themselves when they can sit here and get spoon
fed by their own ilk?

Go change yer 2 meters fer 3 meters and have fun with Howard Stern.


The meat in an idiot sandwich

Hi All,
As with all things, there are 2 sides to the argument here. If I want to selll
something on ebay, I list it there and don't post a teaser ad on the NG's. If I
want to sell something on the NG's, I post it there.
That being said, I think that some folks DO overdo it by posting a LOT of FA
ads on the NG's. Those folks should be restrained, but I'm not the internet
police, so it isn't for me to enforce. I personally don't filter them out as I
might just want to take a look. What I take exception to is folks that post FS
ads, then it turns out to be an ebay plug. I am also not too keen on those that
make a living out of buying these old rigs, then jacking up the price by about
200% and re-selling. Those folks are out there in ALL areas, not just
boatanchors. All in all, I try to just take it in stride and appreciate all the
good folks on the net, disregarding the creeps.
Just an opinion....
rgds,
Mark S.

"Nc183d" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
As with all things, there are 2 sides to the argument here. If I want to
selll
something on ebay, I list it there and don't post a teaser ad on the NG's.
If I
want to sell something on the NG's, I post it there.
That being said, I think that some folks DO overdo it by posting a LOT of
FA
ads on the NG's. Those folks should be restrained, but I'm not the
internet
police, so it isn't for me to enforce. I personally don't filter them out
as I
might just want to take a look. What I take exception to is folks that
post FS
ads, then it turns out to be an ebay plug. I am also not too keen on those
that
make a living out of buying these old rigs, then jacking up the price by
about
200% and re-selling. Those folks are out there in ALL areas, not just
boatanchors. All in all, I try to just take it in stride and appreciate
all the
good folks on the net, disregarding the creeps.
Just an opinion....
rgds,
Mark S.

Just an observation.....If I need some radio stuff, I look both here and
e-bay. In my view, my time is limited and valuable. Having FA stuff on here
wastes my time. Yes I use filters because I don't need to see FA stuff here
too. It seems to me that if somebody insists on using variations of "FA" in
his/her post subject lines, is in fact guilty of SPAMMING.


-n6ojn
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Steve @ Noon-Air Heating and A/C


When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you,
do not look for any other standard to judge by:
the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.
- -- La Bruyere

Just an observation.....If I need some radio stuff, I look both here
and e-bay. In my view, my time is limited and valuable. Having FA
stuff on here wastes my time.

Thats an interesting observation! I find this circumstance to be just
the opposite for me. It is much easier to look here in this single
concise listing for ALL ham gear available, rather than having to hunt and
search through E-Bay listings, which are much more spread out than here.
Then again, I am usually looking at all gear.... browsing.... rather than
any particular piece of equipment.


Ed WB6SAT

"Ed G." wrote in message
.. .

Just an observation.....If I need some radio stuff, I look both here
and e-bay. In my view, my time is limited and valuable. Having FA
stuff on here wastes my time.

Thats an interesting observation! I find this circumstance to be just
the opposite for me. It is much easier to look here in this single
concise listing for ALL ham gear available, rather than having to hunt and
search through E-Bay listings, which are much more spread out than here.
Then again, I am usually looking at all gear.... browsing.... rather than
any particular piece of equipment.


Ed WB6SAT

When I am looking for ham gear, I am looking for specific items. A simple
search on E-bay tells me if its there or not, then I leave it in a notify
mode... if one of what I am looking for shows up, I get an e-mail. This
saves me a lot of time. My time is worth $60/hr...what is *your* time
worth??

--
Steve @ Noon-Air Heating and A/C


When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you,
do not look for any other standard to judge by:
the work is good, the product of a master craftsman.
- -- La Bruyere

Because we can. I've subscribed to this newsgroup for about 8 years, the
whiners come and go. Meanwhile the rest of us use our friggin heads and
don't read the posts that don't interest us, period. Life is too short to
whine about such ridiculous nonsense.

AMEN.

Jon Van Allen wrote:

Because we can. I've subscribed to this newsgroup for about 8 years, the
whiners come and go. Meanwhile the rest of us use our friggin heads and
don't read the posts that don't interest us, period. Life is too short to
whine about such ridiculous nonsense.

Mark - did it ever occur to you that some of the people who are buying
and reselling may have lost their jobs in the past couple of years
thanks to greedy corporate America? I for one did and I know several
more in the same situation here in Phoenix and in a few other parts of
the country. I was 27 years with Motorola and than out the door. Thanks
to what you call "make a living out of buying these old rigs, then
jacking up the price by about 200% and re-selling", I have been able to
feed my family and not lose my house after being laid off two and a half
years ago. I'm a single parent with two teenagers and no child support.

You need to lighten up since you really don't know the circumstances.
Also not that this was sent directly, not to the newsgroup.

Happy boatanchoring. I'm also a National collector with over 20 5
National receivers which I did not have to sell to eat.

Dave N7RK

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Boatanchor and Antique Radio Collector Extraordinaire preferring
Hallicrafters, National and what ever else looks interesting!

"Dave Hollander" wrote in message
...
Mark - did it ever occur to you that some of the people who are buying
and reselling may have lost their jobs in the past couple of years
thanks to greedy corporate America? I for one did and I know several
more in the same situation here in Phoenix and in a few other parts of
the country. I was 27 years with Motorola and than out the door. Thanks
to what you call "make a living out of buying these old rigs, then
jacking up the price by about 200% and re-selling", I have been able to
feed my family and not lose my house after being laid off two and a half
years ago. I'm a single parent with two teenagers and no child support.

You need to lighten up since you really don't know the circumstances.
Also not that this was sent directly, not to the newsgroup.

Happy boatanchoring. I'm also a National collector with over 20 5
National receivers which I did not have to sell to eat.

Dave N7RK

I'm not knocking what you said as far as selling, I tend to agree. What I
disagree with - not that it matters to me.. I'm merely pointing it out, is
this IS in the newsgroup. You may have hit "reply to all" or something..
G.W.

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