Packed. 38.4 lbs.
Now to actually ship the old beast...
mnem
*box-ify*
"Fragile: Test Equipment. Feel free to toss around and drop kick as see fit".
Are you kidding? I would MAKE room for something like that! Looks like it's been taken care of.
This listing here is one of the things I really really want to find in working condition though: eBay auction: #233191972558. Not only is it one of the finest things they ever made, it's perfect for heating the lab in the winter with all those umpteen tube filaments.
A triple nickel has been on my 'want' list for a long time, too. Some day...
-Pat
"Fragile: Test Equipment. Feel free to toss around and drop kick as see fit".
That's the definition I believe Australia Post uses.
It has been commonly suggested to
never put such invitations on your packages.
It has been commonly suggested to never put such invitations on your packages.
I asked the UPS store people once whether putting "FRAGILE" stickers on the box actually made any difference.
The answer was "No".
So I shouldn't pony up for the insurance and
FRAGILE tape?
mnem
I sure hope
Herpes Parcel doesn't serve bitseeker's corner of Cali-fone-ia...
"Fragile" is package man for "Football"
However ... putting "Not Fragile" on your box - now you will see a difference.
I reckon putting 'Insured' on the box is worthwhile - that way if it gets damaged by the oaf, the boss comes looking!
(A control feedback loop)
Rob
OK Gang......listen good. I live about 5 miles from this. As much as I would love to bid on this frankly it's more than I'd like to spend and I really don't have room from it. But here's the deal....
If you want to bid on it and you win the bid I would be willing to be your proxy and pick it up until you can make arrangements to get it. But I WILL NOT SHIP so don't even go there. So think about it. Contact me via PM if you want. But don't force me to perform unnatural acts. I'll pick it up, hold it, then you come and get it.
OK Gang......listen good. I live about 5 miles from this. As much as I would love to bid on this frankly it's more than I'd like to spend and I really don't have room from it. But here's the deal....
If you want to bid on it and you win the bid I would be willing to be your proxy and pick it up until you can make arrangements to get it. But I WILL NOT SHIP so don't even go there. So think about it. Contact me via PM if you want. But don't force me to perform unnatural acts. I'll pick it up, hold it, then you come and get it.
med, you are an evil, evil man! I'll need to sleep on this (and hopefully succumb to a moment of sanity)
-Pat
Wow... did Tek practice starting new series of product with a new unique series of serials numbers back then? That Ser # 010002... could it really be the 2nd 555 that rolled off the line?
mnem
damn.
"Fragile: Test Equipment. Feel free to toss around and drop kick as see fit".
*crosses arms and snorts derisively* I'm going to ignore you now. Very loudly.
mnem
harrummph. and a half.
OK Gang......listen good. I live about 5 miles from this. As much as I would love to bid on this frankly it's more than I'd like to spend and I really don't have room from it. But here's the deal....
If you want to bid on it and you win the bid I would be willing to be your proxy and pick it up until you can make arrangements to get it. But I WILL NOT SHIP so don't even go there. So think about it. Contact me via PM if you want. But don't force me to perform unnatural acts. I'll pick it up, hold it, then you come and get it.
AAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
It's right down the road for me too!!! ... damn its tempting..but yea, more then I want spend also and I don't really have room for it ... but damn cool.
maybe I'll swing by tomorrow and just look at it on my way over to P&T
should be safe to do as I feed my addiction for the week, I picked up a piece of gear today down in NJ that was also local pickup only off eBay from a salvage place, was supposed to be non-working TEK curve tracer for parts and is completely functional. I'll post the details of that adventure tomorrow with some pics
OK Gang......listen good. I live about 5 miles from this. As much as I would love to bid on this frankly it's more than I'd like to spend and I really don't have room from it. But here's the deal....
If you want to bid on it and you win the bid I would be willing to be your proxy and pick it up until you can make arrangements to get it. But I WILL NOT SHIP so don't even go there. So think about it. Contact me via PM if you want. But don't force me to perform unnatural acts. I'll pick it up, hold it, then you come and get it.
*snip*
If I lived closer to you, and hadn't just bought a 7904A mainframe...I'd be very sorely tempted to take you up on that.
I think it's safe to say we know what we're doing with the soldering iron (and other repair tools). Either that, or we're good at hiding the aftermath.
It's not safe to say... ANYTHING.
SHHHHHHHH!!! mnem
A friend will help you move. A TEA friend will help you move
the body your new boat anchor.
I have still this but not in use.
So... looking for an old post had me thinking about members no longer around... Cerebus, of course... but also Inverted18650, who hasn't been active here for a month.
Anybody here have an APOC for the guy, maybe know if he's okay?
Cheers,
mnem
*Toddles off to ded*
I am pricing stuff that is, as ham radio folks say, excess to my needs and sort of amazed by ebay buyer/seller behavior.
Take probes, for example. Not only is there no predictable dollar/megahertz metric but people pay roughly the same price for low bandwidth probes like the YT6050 (60 MHz) as they do for the P6122 (100 HMz) or the P6106 (250 MHz). There are also outlier buyers paying three or four times the going price, as if they didn't do the simplest diligence before buying. I've run through a list of approximately two dozen probe models and both the bid and ask sides are completely wacky.
Needless to say, this makes the price setting exercise more difficult than I imagined.
color /me confused
Yeah, the evilbay marketplace is huge. You just never know who's buying or why. Don't try to make sense of it. What I do is look at the predominant price range, without outliers, and then decide how quickly I want or need the item to move. Time required to sell is directly proportional to price.