Chill out Rasmussen, We all know know what you did... Can't hide your act. George
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:13 AM, Don Rasmussen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll tell you what's not in the spirit of amateur > radio Dave, and that's likening a fellow ham that you > don't even know to a "ticket scalper" in public > because you "guess that he ordered a few K3s to make a > profit". > > Do you know that? Don't think so because it isn't > true. > > There are hundreds or thousands of ham radios on ebay > at any given time and you of course are welcome to > your opinion about this subject and ebay as much as > anyone, but postings like this in one public is pretty > bad juju. > > I was apprehensive when I ordered the gear, not > because I was afraid of losing on it, but because I > was doing it to have some fun while I waited for my > own K3, a diversion like the wiki I created, and was > afraid that someone might characterize me negatively > about it. > > Rest assured there is not enough money that I could > make on an auction (my last one occurred in 1999) to > compromise my good name. > > So please, lighten up, it's not a body part I'm > selling, it's a radio. Or don't lighten up, but > keeping opinions that are based on conjecture in > private is most often the best policy - IMO. > > de wb8yqj > > > > [Elecraft] RE: K3 at Auction > Dave Agsten w4txs at yahoo.com > Sun Apr 27 17:38:08 EDT 2008 > > > I guess that he ordered a few K3s to make a profit on > them while Elecraft catches up. Some folks must be > willing to pay a premium for not having to wait. The > law of Supply and Demand is applied here, although, in > my opinion, it's sure not, in the spirit of ham radio. > I know I wouldn't do it, nor would I bid on it. It's > the same thing as ticket scalping, even though that is > illegal in some places. Free enterprise is just that, > free to do whatever is legal. > > The listing on ebay mentions the reserve price at that > of an assembled kit due to sales tax, shipping and > "other" fees. $80 or so for shipping and other fees > from Aptos, California to Carlsbad, California? Other > "sealed Elecraft K3 items" in future auctions are also > mentioned. I won't be bidding on those either. I would > hope that no one would bid on them but that won't > happen. > Dave N8AG > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > You must be a subscriber to post to the list. > Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm > Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com > _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
