REF.: I've Seen Everything...

[Gerald C. Lemay]

That's what I think. Someone is going to buy the box in order to resell it
along with a rig. The listing will then go something "...with original
box!". It sure is funny but when you look at the bid prices, they're
always much higher when the "original" box comes with the item.

> It seems funny to me also but I've received higher prices on ebay with
> old radios in original cartons. I have an Ameritron amp listed on QRZ
> and one guy who is interested asked that question first, "you got the
> original boxes". Remember, they laughed and called it Sewards Folly, and
> look what Alaska is worth now, you just never know, Ken
>
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:55:36 -0500 "Sandy Gerli, AC1Y/G5CPJ"
> <angerli at ATTBI.COM> writes:
>> Hi, gang,
>>
>> You know, years ago (early '80s) while I was working at the ARRL,
>> there
>> was a thread of Ham-Ads that would occasionally turn up selling
>> "Original Cartons" for all manner of gear. We got a laugh out of that
>> then; some poor wags actually bought them!
>>
>> What comes around, goes around, I guess!
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Sandy
>>
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