Death of Pedroskova

barbaraekurth · 21st September 2011, 11:53 AM

My husband died suddenly leaving hundreds of capacitors, resisters, fuses, transformers, etc. I would rather not throw them away but I need to get rid of them somehow. Any ideas?
BK

wintermute · 21st September 2011, 12:15 PM

BK I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. If you are willing to post your general location (ie city), I'm sure that some members who are in the vicinity could offer help to sort out what you have and perhaps sell on your behalf. If there is a local audio club they may also be able to help.

Tony.

Radugazon · 21st September 2011, 01:33 PM

Very sad, but what you do here is a great tribute to his passion.

tinitus · 21st September 2011, 02:04 PM

pictures might help

and some clew of location(country)

maybe someone will take it all
either for himself, or to share it with other members

barbaraekurth · 21st September 2011, 07:01 PM

I am in Charlottesville, Virginia. I will get some pictures out in the next couple of days. Thanks all.
BK

SY · 21st September 2011, 09:30 PM

Our deepest sympathies on your loss. Peter was a great contributor here and will be missed.

planet10 · 21st September 2011, 09:56 PM

Condolences.

dave

badman · 21st September 2011, 10:39 PM

Condolences

If you can box them up by type (box of capacitors, box of resistors) and take a few pictures and any details you DO have, you can post them here and I'm sure people will offer you some value.

Alternatively:
Another widow was in your position recently and I was able to help hook her up with a conscientious friend in the SF Bay area who took the bits off her hand, paid her, and generally was helpful in cleaning up the hobby stuff. Perhaps someone here is in VA? If I knew someone I'd refer them to you.

Third, if you just want rid of it all at once, I'll take a box of loose bits and parse them out for people (no profit) and send you some money for the trouble and shipping, but you'll get more value back with one of the first two methods.

barbaraekurth · 22nd September 2011, 02:50 AM

Too much to handle in the next few days but I have audio people coming on Thursday to tell me what they will want as well as an LP person who wants to make an offer on Peter's record collection. After those people I will be more able to see what is left here. What a nightmare. I am hoping that joining this forum I will not only be able to communicate with all you crazy people (Peter was one of you and I adored him) but also offer his things to someone.
BK

ArtG · 03:12 AM

Unless you personally know the "audio people" coming in to purchase the equipment, please be careful.
There is some excellent advise in the above posts, and one "kind" offer.

21st September 2011, 11:53 AM	#1
barbaraekurth diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	Death of Pedroskova My husband died suddenly leaving hundreds of capacitors, resisters, fuses, transformers, etc. I would rather not throw them away but I need to get rid of them somehow. Any ideas? BK

21st September 2011, 12:15 PM	#2
wintermute just another diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Sydney Blog Entries: 22	BK I'm very sorry to hear of your loss. If you are willing to post your general location (ie city), I'm sure that some members who are in the vicinity could offer help to sort out what you have and perhaps sell on your behalf. If there is a local audio club they may also be able to help. Tony. __________________ Any intelligence I may appear to have is purely artificial! Some of my photos

21st September 2011, 07:01 PM	#5
barbaraekurth diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	location I am in Charlottesville, Virginia. I will get some pictures out in the next couple of days. Thanks all. BK

21st September 2011, 09:30 PM	#6
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	Our deepest sympathies on your loss. Peter was a great contributor here and will be missed. __________________ “Listening to records is like ****ing a picture of Brigitte Bardot.” - Sergiu Celibidache

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21st September 2011, 01:33 PM	#3
Radugazon diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Sulawesi	Very sad, but what you do here is a great tribute to his passion.

21st September 2011, 02:04 PM	#4
tinitus diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Nov 2005	pictures might help and some clew of location(country) maybe someone will take it all either for himself, or to share it with other members

21st September 2011, 10:39 PM	#8
badman Custom Title diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sunny Tustin, SoCal	Condolences If you can box them up by type (box of capacitors, box of resistors) and take a few pictures and any details you DO have, you can post them here and I'm sure people will offer you some value. Alternatively: Another widow was in your position recently and I was able to help hook her up with a conscientious friend in the SF Bay area who took the bits off her hand, paid her, and generally was helpful in cleaning up the hobby stuff. Perhaps someone here is in VA? If I knew someone I'd refer them to you. Third, if you just want rid of it all at once, I'll take a box of loose bits and parse them out for people (no profit) and send you some money for the trouble and shipping, but you'll get more value back with one of the first two methods. __________________ I write for www.enjoythemusic.com in the DIY section. You may find yourself getting a preview of a project in-progress. Be warned!

22nd September 2011, 02:50 AM	#9
barbaraekurth diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2011	Too much to handle in the next few days but I have audio people coming on Thursday to tell me what they will want as well as an LP person who wants to make an offer on Peter's record collection. After those people I will be more able to see what is left here. What a nightmare. I am hoping that joining this forum I will not only be able to communicate with all you crazy people (Peter was one of you and I adored him) but also offer his things to someone. BK

22nd September 2011, 03:09 AM	#10
ArtG diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Central PA	Unless you personally know the "audio people" coming in to purchase the equipment, please be careful. There is some excellent advise in the above posts, and one "kind" offer. Last edited by ArtG; 22nd September 2011 at 03:12 AM.

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