Hi, ham spirit is alive and well in a not so good world. Take Elecraft builders and others here who always help others. Some elaborate scheme to get a module worth $ 79.90? Mmh. But let me tell you how I was suckered out of the whole shack and had a K2 stolen by the same guy.
The individual came by and took a K2 which was kept in a closet. Fool I am, I had shown it to him in the past. Then he agreed to buy the whole shack, an old TS-520, lots of QRP kits built and unbuild, including some rare white Mountain SSB and a brand new Yaesu etc. etc. I was selling a house and had to get rid of it all. And rather than selling it to 10 different people, I was okay with him making a killing (he said he would sell the gear in his native Romania). He also liked the furniture so I drove a truck to his QTH full of massive wood "Schiller" design furniture plus the radios. No contract, no witnesses => no payment. And the guy keeps doing that: Ernst DH1HE lost an oldie Kenwood transceiver. And there are more victims out there. But Uwe Eremie changed his callsign. Has a missing finger, countless crater like scars in his face and lives in 73525 Schwaebisch Gmuend. With the economy as it is, I fear others might make similar unpleasant experiences. Low value items like a used Bencher key needs to be paid by MO or a cashier's check etc. Many absolutely refuse to sell to overseas buyers. But there might be danger closer to home. So when you sell expensive gear, treat it as a business transaction and do your due dilligence. Make a contract, photocopy ID, collect the payment in full even if it is someone in town you have known for years. 73 de Chris ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
