[Amps] UNBUILT SB 220 SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!

[Roger]

Carl wrote:
> Fools and their money are soon parted should be the mantra for all obsessed
> collectors. Who in their right mind would pay millions for a hunk of canvas
> with a bunch of oil impregnated mud thrown on by a demented pervert? Or a
> French or Italian vintage auto? Maybe the latter are worth it since they 
> didnt use Lucas
>   
College English 111 and 112 was mainly read from "Norton's Anthology of 
Great Masterpieces". All the old masters were dirty old men! <:-))

Actually those mud covered canvases have continued to gain in value so 
they might just be a good investment. Certainly better than US dollars 
which are worth about a third less than they were two years ago.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> Electrics....
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> Carl
> KM1H
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> SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!
>   
>>     
>>> But what do you do with an unbuilt kit? Look at it?  Keep it as an 
>>> investment? Build it and lose half the value?  If it's the last option 
>>> then do you regard it as paying $xx per hour for entertainment?  A 
>>> premiership soccer game here in the UK probably costs about GBP40 - 
>>> perhaps GBP80 in London (Londoners typically have more money than sense) 
>>> and that's for 90 minutes' entertainment.  Building the vintage SB220 
>>> would probably cost less per hour...
>>>
>>> What would motivate you to buy such a thing? I'm not being judgemental, 
>>> just interested.
>>>
>>> Perhaps the building is the fun....
>>>
>>> Dave G0OIL
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "Jeff Blaine AC0C" <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab at cdsnet.net>; "AMPS" <amps at contesting.com>; "Bill 
>>> Fuqua" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
>>> Sent: 31/03/2010 20:43
>>> Subject: Re: [Amps] UNBUILT SB 220 SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!
>>>
>>> You will get it Van, I believe.  New unbuilt kits are nearly non-existent 
>>> as
>>> Bill says.
>>>
>>> 73/jeff/ac0c
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Bill Fuqua" <wlfuqu00 at uky.edu>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 1:17 PM
>>> To: "Van K7VS" <wa7fab at cdsnet.net>; "AMPS" <amps at contesting.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [Amps] UNBUILT SB 220 SOLD...I CANNOT TELL A LIE!
>>>
>>>       
>>>>    There are some people that want a new antique. I have spent more than
>>>>         
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