Bill Turner wrote:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
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> On Mon, 14 May 2007 9:57:52 -0500, <ve4xt@mts.net> wrote:
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>> Because it would be a blank cheque (sorry, that's Canadian for check) to
>> anyone whose property value declined for any number of reasons. YOU
>> would be the reason the property declined, not general market weakness,
>> not because the neighbour forgot to paint his porch for 25 years and not
>> because the neighbour's house was built over a sacred burial ground.
>>
>> Your proving otherwise would be very expensive, so much so that it might
>> be cheaper to just pay the difference and shut up.
>>
>> Not sure anyone wants to sign a blank check like that.
>>
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> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
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> Exactly right, and that was my point. If you are not willing to take
> that (considerable) risk, how can you ask your neighbors to?
>
> Bill W6WRT
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That's an incredibly silly statement. How does the ham avoid erroneous
claims that his tower was the cause of a decrease (or lack of historical
increase) in surrounding home values that might otherwise be due to
various unrelated market factors? That's the "blank cheque" nobody in
their right mind would sign.
Dave AB7E
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