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Think Twice Before Selling
Hi All,
A friend of mine who collects radios had almost sold an NOS quad of 2A3 tubes (RCA monoplates) to an audiophile, the sort of people whom he does not like to serve. The audiophile is also a licensed ham radio operator, and it's often assumed that hams who purchase tubes are going to install them in collectible radios. Well, this individual has absolutely no interest in tube radios's and his only piece of ham gear is a Motorola Radius 50 commercial walkie-talkie that was modified for the 70 cm band (440 MHz). There was no transaction once my friend found out that the 2A3's would be used in high-end audio equipment. That was close one. A licensed ham operator purchasing tubes is not necessarily a collector. NEVER make assumptions. C.W. |
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WHOA!
what is wrong with high-end audio??? I am a licensed ham (since 1975) AND a designer and owner of many high-end tube audio amplifiers this sounds like some kind of bigotry to me! your posting is VERY disturbing! wrote in message oups.com... Hi All, A friend of mine who collects radios had almost sold an NOS quad of 2A3 tubes (RCA monoplates) to an audiophile, the sort of people whom he does not like to serve. The audiophile is also a licensed ham radio operator, and it's often assumed that hams who purchase tubes are going to install them in collectible radios. Well, this individual has absolutely no interest in tube radios's and his only piece of ham gear is a Motorola Radius 50 commercial walkie-talkie that was modified for the 70 cm band (440 MHz). There was no transaction once my friend found out that the 2A3's would be used in high-end audio equipment. That was close one. A licensed ham operator purchasing tubes is not necessarily a collector. NEVER make assumptions. C.W. |
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wrote in message oups.com... Hi All, A friend of mine who collects radios had almost sold an NOS quad of 2A3 tubes (RCA monoplates) to an audiophile, the sort of people whom he does not like to serve. The audiophile is also a licensed ham radio operator, and it's often assumed that hams who purchase tubes are going to install them in collectible radios. Well, this individual has absolutely no interest in tube radios's and his only piece of ham gear is a Motorola Radius 50 commercial walkie-talkie that was modified for the 70 cm band (440 MHz). There was no transaction once my friend found out that the 2A3's would be used in high-end audio equipment. That was close one. A licensed ham operator purchasing tubes is not necessarily a collector. NEVER make assumptions. Your friend is a class a jerk! C.W. |
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A friend of mine who collects radios had almost sold an NOS quad of 2A3
tubes (RCA monoplates) to an black man, the sort of people whom he does not like to serve. The black man is also a licensed ham radio operator, and it's often assumed that hams who purchase tubes are going to install them in collectible radios. snip NEVER make assumptions. -- Mike Schultz wrote in message oups.com... Hi All, A friend of mine who collects radios had almost sold an NOS quad of 2A3 tubes (RCA monoplates) to an audiophile, the sort of people whom he does not like to serve. The audiophile is also a licensed ham radio operator, and it's often assumed that hams who purchase tubes are going to install them in collectible radios. Well, this individual has absolutely no interest in tube radios's and his only piece of ham gear is a Motorola Radius 50 commercial walkie-talkie that was modified for the 70 cm band (440 MHz). There was no transaction once my friend found out that the 2A3's would be used in high-end audio equipment. That was close one. A licensed ham operator purchasing tubes is not necessarily a collector. NEVER make assumptions. C.W. |
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GooGoo has become the new choice of cross-posting
trolls. Wonderful. Chris Hornbeck |
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Well, I'm glad I'm not the one selling the tubes. I have nothing
against people experimenting with used tubes, but rare NOS tubes should be saved. sparky wrote: Your friend is a class a jerk! |
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I can understand him not selling them at an excessively high price to an
audiophile, simply because he wanted to keep down the market price. But not to sell them simply _because_ the buyer is an audiophile makes no sense at all. |
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in article , William Sommerwerck at
wrote on 2/1/05 8:58 PM: I can understand him not selling them at an excessively high price to an audiophile, simply because he wanted to keep down the market price. But not to sell them simply _because_ the buyer is an audiophile makes no sense at all. William, I think I missed something in translation, too. Otherwise it's one of the biggest non-issues I've seen in a while. Jon |
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Chris Hornbeck wrote:
GooGoo has become the new choice of cross-posting trolls. Guess I'll have to get out the Goo Gone..... :-) |
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i had a friend who sold their house once. they had two bids, one was 10k
higher than the other. they sold it to the lower bidder because they 'liked' them better. apparantly enough to give away ten thousand dollars. randy wrote in message oups.com... Hi All, A friend of mine who collects radios had almost sold an NOS quad of 2A3 tubes (RCA monoplates) to an audiophile, the sort of people whom he does not like to serve. The audiophile is also a licensed ham radio operator, and it's often assumed that hams who purchase tubes are going to install them in collectible radios. Well, this individual has absolutely no interest in tube radios's and his only piece of ham gear is a Motorola Radius 50 commercial walkie-talkie that was modified for the 70 cm band (440 MHz). There was no transaction once my friend found out that the 2A3's would be used in high-end audio equipment. That was close one. A licensed ham operator purchasing tubes is not necessarily a collector. NEVER make assumptions. C.W. |
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"xrongor" i had a friend who sold their house once. they had two bids, one was 10k higher than the other. they sold it to the lower bidder because they 'liked' them better. apparantly enough to give away ten thousand dollars. ** Maybe it was worth it to stay friends with their old neighbours. ............ Phil |
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xrongor wrote: i had a friend who sold their house once. they had two bids, one was 10k higher than the other. they sold it to the lower bidder because they 'liked' them better. apparantly enough to give away ten thousand dollars. P.T. Barnum was right... LV |
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Lord Valve wrote:
xrongor wrote: i had a friend who sold their house once. they had two bids, one was 10k higher than the other. they sold it to the lower bidder because they 'liked' them better. apparantly enough to give away ten thousand dollars. P.T. Barnum was right... LV Good for old P.T., but we are in the process of selling some land that is part of the farm where my wife grew up. We are selling it to a young farmer and his wife at a lower price than we could get if we were willing to sell it to someone who would buy it for an investment, or to be broken up into lots for crappy trailer houses. Why? Because the land is contigious to the land the farmer already owns, he plans to use it in his farming business as it was meant to be and because he and his wife are darn nice people. Only one of P.T.'s fools would think money is everything. |
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Cmd Buzz Corey wrote: Lord Valve wrote: xrongor wrote: i had a friend who sold their house once. they had two bids, one was 10k higher than the other. they sold it to the lower bidder because they 'liked' them better. apparantly enough to give away ten thousand dollars. P.T. Barnum was right... LV Good for old P.T., but we are in the process of selling some land that is part of the farm where my wife grew up. We are selling it to a young farmer and his wife at a lower price than we could get if we were willing to sell it to someone who would buy it for an investment, or to be broken up into lots for crappy trailer houses. Why? Because the land is contigious to the land the farmer already owns, he plans to use it in his farming business as it was meant to be and because he and his wife are darn nice people. Only one of P.T.'s fools would think money is everything. "A fool and his money..." LV |
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"cowboy" cacheoverflow@yahooDOTcom wrote in message ... WHOA! what is wrong with high-end audio??? I am a licensed ham (since 1975) AND a designer and owner of many high-end tube audio amplifiers this sounds like some kind of bigotry to me! your posting is VERY disturbing! Not to mention his choice of 'friends'. *WARNING* Remember to close your drapes before firing up your mono-blocks. ;-))) |
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In article , Cmd Buzz Corey
wrote: Good for old P.T., but we are in the process of selling some land that is part of the farm where my wife grew up. We are selling it to a young farmer and his wife at a lower price than we could get if we were willing to sell it to someone who would buy it for an investment, or to be broken up into lots for crappy trailer houses. Why? Because the land is contigious to the land the farmer already owns, he plans to use it in his farming business as it was meant to be How do you know it was meant to be used for farming? There is a good chance thath the land was originally meant to be used as a forest, and some old farmers destroyed the original forest so that they could grow crops there. Regards, John Byrns Surf my web pages at, http://users.rcn.com/jbyrns/ |
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John Byrns wrote:
In article , Cmd Buzz Corey wrote: Good for old P.T., but we are in the process of selling some land that is part of the farm where my wife grew up. We are selling it to a young farmer and his wife at a lower price than we could get if we were willing to sell it to someone who would buy it for an investment, or to be broken up into lots for crappy trailer houses. Why? Because the land is contigious to the land the farmer already owns, he plans to use it in his farming business as it was meant to be How do you know it was meant to be used for farming? There is a good chance thath the land was originally meant to be used as a forest, and some old farmers destroyed the original forest so that they could grow crops there. Regards, John Byrns You won't find any forests near Abilene, TX unless you count mesquite trees as forests, and they aren't good for anything except sucking the mosture out of the soil. |
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Lord Valve wrote:
everything. "A fool and his money..." So how did a fool get any money in the first place? |
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beerbarrel wrote:
On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:31:45 -0700, Cmd Buzz Corey wrote: You won't find any forests near Abilene, TX unless you count mesquite trees as forests, and they aren't good for anything except sucking the mosture out of the soil. They are great for cooking that steak! Firewood is all mesquite is good for. |
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beerbarrel wrote:
Firewood is all mesquite is good for. You must be a vegetarian! :-) Nope, mesquite grilled brisket is hard to beat, or throw a few mesquite chips on the gas grill to flavor your hamburgers. Cows won't even eat the mesquite beans unless there is nothing else to eat. |
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i had a friend who sold their house once. they had two bids, one was 10k higher than the other. they sold it to the lower bidder because they 'liked' them better. apparantly enough to give away ten thousand dollars. ** Maybe it was worth it to stay friends with their old neighbours. ive hounded them about it for years. it was for absolutely no other reason than they 'liked the other couple better'. now, even they realize how stupid it was. but they were dinks at the time, young and hopeful.... now they got kids and wish they had that 10k back. randy |
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mesquite is a great wood for making objects from, beautiful grain, hard,
takes a wonderful shine - much nicer than sugar pine and those other "commercial" woods "Cmd Buzz Corey" wrote in message ... John Byrns wrote: In article , Cmd Buzz Corey wrote: Good for old P.T., but we are in the process of selling some land that is part of the farm where my wife grew up. We are selling it to a young farmer and his wife at a lower price than we could get if we were willing to sell it to someone who would buy it for an investment, or to be broken up into lots for crappy trailer houses. Why? Because the land is contigious to the land the farmer already owns, he plans to use it in his farming business as it was meant to be How do you know it was meant to be used for farming? There is a good chance thath the land was originally meant to be used as a forest, and some old farmers destroyed the original forest so that they could grow crops there. Regards, John Byrns You won't find any forests near Abilene, TX unless you count mesquite trees as forests, and they aren't good for anything except sucking the mosture out of the soil. |
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william_b_noble wrote:
mesquite is a great wood for making objects from, beautiful grain, hard, takes a wonderful shine - much nicer than sugar pine and those other "commercial" woods Maybe so, I havn't tried making anything out of mesquite, but ask the farmers and ranchers about mesquite trees and you will get quite a different opinion. |
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Cmd Buzz Corey wrote: Maybe so, I havn't tried making anything out of mesquite, but ask the farmers and ranchers about mesquite trees and you will get quite a different opinion. You triggered a memory.... Mesquite flat in Nevada near 'Vegas- My girlfriend and I out hiking- Wild burros walking amongst the mesquites, eating the Mesquite Bean pods that fell from the trees. And every time they took a step or bent over to grab another pod of beans.... The sound (and the smell) of their repast was....remarkable. ;-). Dave S. |
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wrote in message ups.com... Well, I'm glad I'm not the one selling the tubes. I have nothing against people experimenting with used tubes, but rare NOS tubes should be saved. Well, no. That's hoarding. That's what brings the prices of once-handy toobs sky-high. I can understand giving better deals to HAMs who'll be able to bring up old radios, which would otherwise be too $$$$ to bring to their original condition, and I've always given better deals to players (people who use gear) than to pickers (people who re-sell gear for profit). OTOH, hoarding is one of the reasons most hobbyists have to give up on tubes having "boutique" value... I'd much rather see a Vincent (pricey old bike) on the track or in the street, than in some guy's warehouse. -dim/ sparky wrote: Your friend is a class a jerk! |
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On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 03:09:38 GMT, "shiva" wrote:
I'd much rather see a Vincent (pricey old bike) on the track or in the street, than in some guy's warehouse. Richard Thompson's song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is covered beautifully on the live Greg Brown album. I saw one once, on the Oregon coast, with its flattering low contrast lighting, and can confidently say that they're museum quality art. Maybe even comparable to an Indian. Chris Hornbeck |
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"Lord Valve" wrote in message ... Cmd Buzz Corey wrote: Lord Valve wrote: xrongor wrote: i had a friend who sold their house once. they had two bids, one was 10k higher than the other. they sold it to the lower bidder because they 'liked' them better. apparantly enough to give away ten thousand dollars. P.T. Barnum was right... LV Good for old P.T., but we are in the process of selling some land that is part of the farm where my wife grew up. We are selling it to a young farmer and his wife at a lower price than we could get if we were willing to sell it to someone who would buy it for an investment, or to be broken up into lots for crappy trailer houses. Why? Because the land is contigious to the land the farmer already owns, he plans to use it in his farming business as it was meant to be and because he and his wife are darn nice people. Only one of P.T.'s fools would think money is everything. "A fool and his money..." Is often Christ - like. -dim LV |
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