Jim W7RY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Don... You hit the nail on the head!
Well done! 73 Jim W7RY At 07:03 AM 7/24/2005, you wrote:
"Don - W7DAH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang ---------------------------------------------------------------------- In my humble opinion eBay is a good thing. Slicker-n-snot & good for the hobby, and for Drake collecting. My eBay ID is my call sign. Compare eBay to the typical Hamfest flea-market experience: We ALL know that the good-old-boy-CLIQUE of Hamfest-aficionados arrive at the HamFest at 6AM (or earlier), before it officially opens, and attend the pre-fest breakfast gathering, at some local choke-and-puke, at Oh-Dark-30, and each knows every other license holder for a 1,000 miles+ radius. Those folks naturally have a leg-up on ANY and EVERYONE else (who have lives) who might like to enter the Drake world by buying a nice set of C-Line twins, etc. (like the NEWBIES and youngsters that those same folks CLAIM hamfests are doing such a favor for, even)! These might include some OM who has some Ham-widow's Drake gear to peddle, and one foot already in the grave themselves, and averse to eBay coz they're techno-phobic where 'puters and the 'net are concerned (not that there is anything wrong with any of that, of course (for the record, I'm 53) ;-) We also ALL know that THOSE Hamfest INSIDERS will get the first look at what is available at those 'fests, and very likely be able to snare the best offerings, off the tailgate of some pick-up truck, before the gates ever open to the 'fest, and before the rest of us great-unwashed-masses even gets a look at what might have been available otherwise (the early bird gets the worm, and the rest of us worms get the bird, so-to-speak). eBay levels the playing field. So, I suspect that much of the complaining about eBay, that I read, comes from those who have lost a bit of that Hamfest-EDGE, and are forced to swim in a larger pond, or sit on the swapping sidelines since the advent of eBay and it's broadening of the audience for the hobby and Drake collecting. Thus driving supply, demand, and prices. Those same folks might like the rest of us to believe that their concerns over eBay, and the higher prices dictated by supply and demand dynamics, are all rooted in their personal concern for the hobby, and their personal sense of altruism. Hehe, now there's an auction where I WON'T be buyin' what's up forsale. As for the greed and larceny ... that exists everywhere (even in Canada, and even at Hamfests). eBay has no corner on that market. The reason I am tossing out my 2-cents+ worth is that I take mild exception to those who rather than accept that there are multiple differences of perspective on this topic, prefer to question the intelligence and / or morals of those who differ with their own. That part is the hooey that has prompted my comments on THIS topic. I have a total of 28 eBay transactions dating back to 2001. The majority of those eBay transactions were PURCHASES of Drake pieces. (I bought 2ea. R-4Cs, 2ea. T-4XCs, 2ea. MN-2000s, 2ea. W-4s, 1ea, MN-4, 1ea, 1ea. MN-4C, etc). My assumption, going-in, was that I might ultimately have to buy two of any 30+ y/o gear that I would want to build into ONE decent keeper with a few spare parts. One of those eBay purchases was from Ron - WB4HFN: http://www.wb4hfn.com/DrakeHomePage.htm , one of the most helpful & savvy Drake collectors out there. So, not every Drake seller on eBay is a Pirate either. The short of it is, if eBay sucks as bad as some say, it simply could not have been as outrageously successful as it has enjoyed to-date. My 25-cents worth. -- 73, Don - W7DAH Voice Mail: 314-237-0373 Fax: 240-248-0479 E-Mail: w7dahawk[AT]gmail[DOT]com Grid square: CN85pk ---------------------------------------------------------------------- On Behalf of "Don - W7DAH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Submissions: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Zerobeat Web Page: http://www.zerobeat.net Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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