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I just spent 10 minutes of my limited time digging through whiney messages. So, f### it, Ill invest another ten minutes to point the esteemed quorum at a general fact which, we TMI heads, might not like. A lot of old TMI is worth less than the sum of its parts. My ex lab gypsy recently experienced this upon trying to import a DANAHER 575 curve tracer to Macao. It was a honest customs official who did not try to pilfer the unit, but had her over for a chat. He at first believed that she had found the mother of all import scams, and was utterly shocked AND very unhappy when she showed him that the 575 will actually see use as it stands. Same for Nixie tubes. I have, in my lab, two Systron Donner Microwave counters (if anyone sees Artek, nudge him from me - dude, I REALLY need me manual back. Please, please man!!! Its now three years!!!! Ill pay shipping. I pay processing. PLEASE; give it back as I did not make a copy before sending it to you). If we tear them down, the Nixies are worth more than the whole unit. Actually, I have a design called Nixie-be-gone floating around my head, just never came to it...as nixies are maintenance hogs anyways, why not let customers release the Nixie equity to fools who desire it, and improve TMI dispatch reliability. Either way, with gold prices at a record high thanks to a dude named after a ceramic lavatory equipment, we should expect a lot more scrapping soon. Sorry to bring the depressed news, but 500USD is less than 10 grams of gold. Tam - - - - - With best regards Tam HANNA Enjoy electronics? Join 13500 followers by visiting the Crazy Electronics Lab at On 07.12.20 04:20, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 12/6/20 9:32 PM, Dave Miller wrote:I am good on a lending library.? It's a good idea.I don¡¯t agree with your approach with Pete.? That is your prerogative.He has helped many of us out on our quest for nice test equipment.? I myself have purchased about $10,000 worth of stuff, possibly a bit more, from Pete.? Most of those purchases were good ones.? Not all, but most.? But, importantly, that's not what we're discussing here.I doubt he got all his stuff for free.? No one knows how he got his stuff.? But he has claimed to me several times that at much of it did, actually, come for free.Expecting him to give stuff away for free.? No one EVER said anything about him giving it away for free.The value of a item is what the sell and buyer agree to.? Correct.Not all the time they agree.? Correct.? But the line that was crossed was the public threat of destroying the item if his (very high, in this case) price demand was not met.? As I stated earlier, it was inappropriate, uncalled for, and transparent.? I stand by that assertion. |
