On 2022-03-13 12:19, [email protected] wrote:
Ah, to be 8 again.

*** It's not all beer and skittles. My Max has had a tough time the past few years. Due to COVID. Hiding in the house. No friends. He did not get to play with any other child for over a year. Back in April of 2020, he cried like a baby when I told him that there would
be no summer school.

When they sent him home in March of 2020, I immediately went onto Amazon and got the biggest set of "Snap Circuits". I also bought a paid subscription to Zoom, so he could have virtual
visits with his friends.

                             - Jerry KF6VB






Even better, to be 8 with a Dad who understands . . .




-----Original Message-----
From: jerry <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2022 1:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Cc: 'George Thornton' <[email protected]>;
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability

My 8 y/o son has been lusting after an $800 Lego kit. A walking Star Wars
tank.
It has something like 8000 pieces. I explained to my wife that it would reasonably keep him busy for a whole week. But she didn't see the logic :). So we bought him a simpler kit with 1200 pieces that will keep him busy for
one day.


                        - Jerry KF6VB





On 2022-01-28 13:49, [email protected] wrote:
Same here.  For me the build is most of the fun.  To put it in
perspective:
My daughter once told me that when her son, my grandson, was 8, he was
a Leggo kit wiz.  He would finish a $50 Leggo kit in a morning, a $75
kit in a long afternoon.  She said it was costing her nearly $20 an
hour to keep him occupied.  Since I take my time with the K2 build, my
cost per hour is less than what it costs to keep an eight year-old
amused.  And to the same effect.

Ted, KN1CBR




-----Original Message-----
From: George Thornton <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 2:41 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability

As a former K2 owner I can say at least half the fun of one of these
was to build it myself.

This is one of the last kinds of major kits that involve assembling
all the components onto a circuit board.  Today with all the surface
mount devices the technical challenge is too much for most of us and
kits largely become a mechanical assembly of already completed circuit
boards.






-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
<[email protected]> On
Behalf Of [email protected]
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2022 1:35 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability

I don't know the answer to the question though I agree with someone
else who
said they are different commodities.  However, in the long run an
unopened
kit may be worth a small fortune, like some unopened games and Barbie
dolls
are.  The K2 deliveries are presently TBD . . . I have one (my fifth)
on
order and no ESD is posted. I assume it's a parts problem. The K2 has
already had a number of small component modifications made as the
traditional parts have become unobtainable or uneconomic.  If it were
possible to place an order for the final five S/Ns, whenever that
happens,
I'd pay for them today. What say, Wayne -- will you make me that deal?

Ted, KN1CBR


Message: 18
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 10:23:45 -0500
From: KJ <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Elecraft] Unassembled K2 Vs Assembled Marketability
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Hello all,
Does anyone have experience as far as which is more marketable?
Assembled or unassembled? Is there a price difference in posting either
for
sale?
Thanks!
Ken, W2GIW


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