Well folks, I had said some time ago that I was not going to be using QTH anymore as I was no longer doing any selling, buying or trading and that was true. Since that time I have had to make some qth modifications and I needed to sell all of the spare gear that I had.
I had even closed out the ham related email addresses except for one as several friends around the world had asked me to keep it going.
Well, I placed a couple of ads and I started getting hate mail from some of the "stay in the background boys"
Then this one guy starts posting nonsence that I was supposed to have sent to him.
I know this this guy and I wouldnt send him an email if it would save the world. I had one business deal with him where I was the buyer and he has been trying to cause me grief ever since. Check back in the arcives if you want but it is really boreing reading.
A few others have joined in with private email comments that know nothing about what happened and I really don't care.
What does bother me is when I called a dealer today to order some items on open account as I always have in the past and he refused to sell to me and asked me who I PO'd on qth?? Well, his name is deleted from my phone books.
So in closing, I have done several hundred sales and trades over 40 + years and I have never had one single complaint about me ever.
The was one guy who is a "hide in the background boy" that purchased some vintage gear from me a few years back and who is not very well versed in the radio collectable market and did cry a little bit but I never refunded his money because he did not know what he was buying.
The problem was a slight difference in the shade of cabinet paint on a couplel items of different years mfg.
All I asked was for him to have the items sent to a dealer of his choice at my expense for inspection and he refused.... So, tough stuff.
And no, I am not leaving ham radio, I am just reducing excess gear and will remain on my Extra class freq's talking to my world wide friends. No nothing against the rest of you but I am just tired of the gripes from people without a similar background as me. Elect. Eng.
