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Re: Tek 453A

Chuck Harris
 

I am not sure that you understand what I am trying to say,
so let me be clear:

Whenever the scrap companies I consult for see a 453/454
valued for less than $50, they tear it to bits, and it
becomes gold scrap, aluminum scrap, copper scrap, and plastic
scrap, worth something over $100.

It has nothing to do with storage space, as they don't get
stored beyond what it takes to fill a gaylord box with the
sorted remains to capacity.

I tried for a while to stem the flow, and indeed, I am
storing a pallet full of 453/454's, and I cannot do it. This
group has only one mode: Let me cherry pick your stash, for
less than the scrap value, remove any semblance of order in
your storage space, and leave you with a sore back, and a
disarrayed heap of trash.

So, as I said, if the group wants this stuff to remain in
one piece, then it better start valuing it as if it is more
than worthless trash; it is not, it is very valuable to the
scrap dealers... As scrap. They have no interest in hanging
on to it, and letting the public rummage through their space,
cherry picking the remains. Insurance won't allow it, and
high cost of warehouse space wrecks any value such cherry
picking might expose.

-Chuck Harris



Tom Lee wrote:

I have occasionally looked inside scopes.

Your calculation is correct as far as it goes, but your accounting fails to
comprehend storage costs. I modulate my offering price to achieve a net zero rate of
domestic mass transfer, otherwise the capacitor that is my home will exceed
breakdown. I will tell you, with a straight face, that some scopes are not even worth
$5 to me. Such calculations will, of course, lead to different decisions for those
with different constraints and wants.

As to keeping scopes out of the skip, that's certainly a worthy goal, which is one
reason I have a couple hundred. But again, storage space is a factor. Over the years
I've given away many scopes (and other instruments) to interested students. But the
rate has gone down markedly over the years, as the youngest are accustomed to
handheld battery-operated devices with touchscreens. There is, thankfully, a nonzero
percentage who are fascinated by crts and Nixies, but overall, the percentage has
been decreasing. And I have to be wary of those who want my Nixies merely to make
clocks.

Tom
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