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Tim Mullen

Jan 1, 1970
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In said:
because our country is being bought out from under us.

An obsolete audio oscillator hardly constitutes "our country".
 
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Tim Mullen

Jan 1, 1970
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This is actually an intelligent question. In the 70s and 80s the
Japanese, primarily then, bought up ALL of the extant WE theater gear.
Usually at very low prices to the American sellers. Now there are none
of these left, but at least most are still in good condition if you
want to go to Japan to see one. Now these WE boxes are being parted
out and trashed for some transformers which are not terribly good, but
the orientals-now mostly Koreans and politically connected mainland
Chinese-fetishize them. The trend of all our old stuff going over
there for peanuts isn't good.

Bret, you gotta get some perspective here. I'm a collector,
so I can feel your pain. But the vast majority of people would
think it's a GOOD thing to have buyers from the Pacific Rim pay
huge amounts of cash for our obsolete electronics. Seriously.
If you wish to put a political/economic spin on this, I can't
imagine a better situation for the United States.
 
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Radiosrfun

Jan 1, 1970
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Tim Mullen said:
In <[email protected]> "Bret Ludwig"


Bret, you gotta get some perspective here. I'm a collector,
so I can feel your pain. But the vast majority of people would
think it's a GOOD thing to have buyers from the Pacific Rim pay
huge amounts of cash for our obsolete electronics. Seriously.
If you wish to put a political/economic spin on this, I can't
imagine a better situation for the United States.


I had acquired an older Apple Computer system. To "me" - it was junk whether
it worked or not. I put it on E-Bay. A guy from Japan asked if I would ship
to Japan, my answer - NO. He asked if I would ship to a U.S. - contact,
which I was happy to do. He bought the computer system. Just to ship within
the U.S. I thought was bad enough. I can imagine what it would have cost to
Japan. He may have been an Apple "collector" - I don't know - but he was
certainly willing to pay more than "I" would have - for it.

Lou
 
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Scott W. Harvey

Jan 1, 1970
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Bret said:
Except that I don't. In fact I NEVER junked out ST70s for guitar amps
because as I have repeatedly said the ST70 transformer is a poor
choice for that purpose. In fact i've put in other transformers into
Sunn amps, which used Dyna iron from the factory, specifically because
of that.

Also, old ST70s are no longer cost effective for parts use. As I have
also said.

I HAVE junked out Scotts and Fishers which were landfill bound
anyway, for guitar amp use. Again, no longer cost effective.

I gotta wonder how valuable this old tube audio gear would be if
oriental buyers did not exist.

These guys have actually altered my buying pattern at swaps. In the
past, If I saw a junky piece of tube gear suitable as a parts donor, I
would pass it by and then pick it up on my second go-round the swap to
avoid interrupting the first go-round, which I do rather quickly to
catch any items which tend to sell early and quick. It was a reasonable
certainty that the junky item(s) that I spotted would still be there on
my second-go-round, because they were junk and only good for parts.

I can't do that anymore. It seems that almost anything with a hefty
high-voltage trasformer, output transformer or choke goes quickly now,
regardless of condition. If I want it and don't buy it right away, I
won't get another chance, because it will already be sold. The buyers I
am competing with are almost always oriental-the caucasian attendees
seem to pass 'em right by.

I'm not being prejudiced here, nor am I whining. At a swap meet, it's
every man for himself, and if somebody gets something that I want before
I do, more power to 'em. It's just strange that those of a particular
ethnicity would find more value in this old equipment than the rest of us.

-Scott
 
In rec.antiques.radio+phono Tim Mullen said:
An obsolete audio oscillator hardly constitutes "our country".

Also, he has 2 of those already, so they are indeed being preserved. What
more can we ask for?
 
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Arny Krueger

Jan 1, 1970
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I had acquired an older Apple Computer system. To "me" -
it was junk whether it worked or not. I put it on E-Bay.
A guy from Japan asked if I would ship to Japan, my
answer - NO. He asked if I would ship to a U.S. -
contact, which I was happy to do. He bought the computer
system. Just to ship within the U.S. I thought was bad
enough. I can imagine what it would have cost to Japan.
He may have been an Apple "collector" - I don't know -
but he was certainly willing to pay more than "I" would
have - for it.

A basic principle of business seems to have escaped Bret, but fortunately
not you.

"Buy low, sell high".
 
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