KA9MOT
09-13-2012, 03:15 PM
Another ham called me today and wanted to know if I could sell his Yaesu FT-8800 for him. I decided to see what these rigs are selling for these days. In my search I can across this ad: http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?214215-Yaesu-FT-8800R-2M-440-amp-equipment
I was surprised to see him go into such detail, yet it was very hard to read. He peaked my curiosity and I wanted to see how things went. So, to brief it for you, the ad gets very long and takes us through the sale from start to finish Meanwhile through it all a side story starts to develop.
The guy was scrimping and saving so he could go to Europe, to meet relatives he'd never met. Then he gets kicked out of his house in California. He takes the money he was saving for his trip plus some money he'd saved from his Social Security Disability backpay and buys a nice RV. There is no place in CA where he can park the thing inexpensively so he travels to WA and rents a lot at the same trailer park his sister lives in.
A short time passes and he is diagnosed with Lung Cancer, so he decides to sell off his stuff so his sis can pay off his final costs and not go into debt. He sounds like a really great person.
So he sells the radio to somebody in IL and everybody his happy. That was his last post on DA ZED.
I got curious, is he still alive? If so, how is he doing?
I learned that he passed away on September 21, 2009. I expected that. What surprises me is that there is no Obituary on record.... anywhere. No SK notice anywhere. It's like the guy died and nobody noticed. That is terrible and I hope it is not something that happens to any of us.
I was surprised to see him go into such detail, yet it was very hard to read. He peaked my curiosity and I wanted to see how things went. So, to brief it for you, the ad gets very long and takes us through the sale from start to finish Meanwhile through it all a side story starts to develop.
The guy was scrimping and saving so he could go to Europe, to meet relatives he'd never met. Then he gets kicked out of his house in California. He takes the money he was saving for his trip plus some money he'd saved from his Social Security Disability backpay and buys a nice RV. There is no place in CA where he can park the thing inexpensively so he travels to WA and rents a lot at the same trailer park his sister lives in.
A short time passes and he is diagnosed with Lung Cancer, so he decides to sell off his stuff so his sis can pay off his final costs and not go into debt. He sounds like a really great person.
So he sells the radio to somebody in IL and everybody his happy. That was his last post on DA ZED.
I got curious, is he still alive? If so, how is he doing?
I learned that he passed away on September 21, 2009. I expected that. What surprises me is that there is no Obituary on record.... anywhere. No SK notice anywhere. It's like the guy died and nobody noticed. That is terrible and I hope it is not something that happens to any of us.