UNBUILT Heathkit H89 Computer Kit & Software - $526.77

[Mark Shostak]

Here's another perspective on the issue:

I've bought some unbuilt kits on ebay, some for what I would consider
exorbitant prices.

My motivation is to share the Heath "experience" with my kids some day.
Most (or at least a lot) of us had the luxury of learning the "hands on"
end of electronics with the help of the kits. I'd like to be able to
provide some of that access.

In an age where you need a microscope to see a resistor, these kits
provide a perspective the is effectively no longer available in "modern"
electronics, even if you are an engineer.

-Mark

P.S. Of course, I'll have to be the "We" in "We won't let you fail."...



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter A Markavage [mailto:pmarkavage at JUNO.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 4:35 PM
> To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV
> Subject: Re: UNBUILT Heathkit H89 Computer Kit & Software - $526.77
>
>
> I don't wonder about the number of unbuilt kits out there
> somewhere ( I'm
> sure there are many), I question the logic for paying such high prices
> for kits (there's a WA-P2 preamp up there still climbing). I
> remember a
> Heath unbuilt antenna tuner some time ago went for around
> $600. You can't
> ever build the kit because it's value as a completed kit (in pristine
> condition, as new, etc.) would fall at the high value of a
> unit assembled
> 20, 30, or 40 years ago. Then there's the condition of
> component aging of
> parts sitting around for 20 to 40 years in a box. Of course
> one could set
> up a unbuilt kit museum where people can come in and look at cardboard
> boxes, bags of parts. little signs that define what it is,
> pictures, etc.
> My suspicion is that these buyers of unbuilt kits are looking
> at this as
> an investment and hoping to come back, probably to the same place, in
> maybe a year or two and try to cash in on an even higher price.
>
> Oh well, this is America. Land of opportunity and opportunists.
>
> Pete
>
>
> On Tue, 5 Feb 2002 09:45:57 -0800 Neil Morrison
> <neilsmorr at HOTMAIL.COM>
> writes:
> > Sold!
> > Makes you wonder if there's a secret stash of unbuilts out there
> > somewhere
> > waiting to be found. Perhaps they'll start showing up on the
> > Antiques Road
> > Show sometime soon.
> >
> >  http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1326964195
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
>
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