14 Aug
2012
14 Aug
'12
12:03 a.m.
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 08/13/2012 12:19 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Sometimes I think there has to be a way we could have an online global
inventory system for those of us with large stashes of components. Keeping
it updated might be a major pain though. I fear some reseller would at
some point also try to find a way to take advantage of it as some
resellers already tried here on the email list many many years ago. (Some
of my FT boards never netted the 'trade' part and I later discovered the
boards that I sent the guy on eBay...after that I actually stopped
bothering to participate here for awhile.)
But I can empathize with those trying to sell
stuff now. If I look in
my own stuff, I ask myself "Who wants bipolar RAM any more?" Once very
expensive, now practically worthless. Yet I can't bring myself to toss
it.
Why on earth would you toss it in any case? Functioning chips? Good
heavens man, at least give it away. Even ignoring the explosive growth
of electronics hacking in the past few years, I'm sure there's someone
who would use it for something.
If I ran a surplus store, I'd go broke.
It's a tough business.
But it'd be fun! (even today I suspect!)