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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 52717" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Your plan certainly has merit. The major flaw in it is it requires <em>me</em> to have done the necessary work ahead of time. It's the kind of task that I know I should do, but would be very easy to never quite get around to actually doing.</p><p></p><p>Beyond me being the unreliable cog in this plan, I'm reminded of what a friend who owns a motorcycle shop/salvage yard told me years ago when I mentioned a computerized inventory system for his business. He said something like<em> "What would I enter, Unidentified Part #1, Rusty Part #2, ...?" </em>Remember, once I/we are gone, that inventory sheet created for our now-widow says there is a "Amal GP carburetor, ~$1k" in the garage, but -- assuming she knows what a carburetor looks like -- it doesn't say where it is nor how to identify it rather than the boxes filled with Monobloc, Concentric, Mikuni, etc. bodies, all of which pretty much look like a GP to the uninitiated. So, that list that was intended to help instead torments her because she <em>knows</em> there's a $1k needle in that haystack, but she doesn't know where it is. Also, even with photographs, a BSA M21 frame looks essentially identical to a Triumph 6T frame. And, while we would look at a garage full of unidentified motorcycle parts as a thrilling discovery to be mined, I suspect our widows would look at it as a depressing pile of crap to be dealt with.</p><p></p><p>I'm a fan of eBay myself, having bought a lot (no, a LOT) of items over the past 15 years. However, I've never sold a thing (which provides insight into the problem my future-widow will face...). I've been told by various people who do sell a lot on eBay, including my friend mentioned above, that the fees charged take quite a chunk out of profits. Also, my friend's shop is piled high with an "inventory" of empty cardboard boxes for shipping things out. I don't know about your future-widow, but mine wouldn't have the interest in dealing with all the listing, packing, shipping, etc. required to empty my garage.</p><p></p><p>But, none of the above is meant as criticism of your suggestions. They are good ones. It's just the devil is in the details, and it's making sure as many of those details are thought about and dealt with ahead of time that will make or break a plan. A flawed plan that is implemented very often is better than a perfect plan that isn't, and I have a feeling the final answer to this will be a plan that has somewhat fewer flaws than other plans.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 52717, member: 2806"] Your plan certainly has merit. The major flaw in it is it requires [I]me[/I] to have done the necessary work ahead of time. It's the kind of task that I know I should do, but would be very easy to never quite get around to actually doing. Beyond me being the unreliable cog in this plan, I'm reminded of what a friend who owns a motorcycle shop/salvage yard told me years ago when I mentioned a computerized inventory system for his business. He said something like[I] "What would I enter, Unidentified Part #1, Rusty Part #2, ...?" [/I]Remember, once I/we are gone, that inventory sheet created for our now-widow says there is a "Amal GP carburetor, ~$1k" in the garage, but -- assuming she knows what a carburetor looks like -- it doesn't say where it is nor how to identify it rather than the boxes filled with Monobloc, Concentric, Mikuni, etc. bodies, all of which pretty much look like a GP to the uninitiated. So, that list that was intended to help instead torments her because she [I]knows[/I] there's a $1k needle in that haystack, but she doesn't know where it is. Also, even with photographs, a BSA M21 frame looks essentially identical to a Triumph 6T frame. And, while we would look at a garage full of unidentified motorcycle parts as a thrilling discovery to be mined, I suspect our widows would look at it as a depressing pile of crap to be dealt with. I'm a fan of eBay myself, having bought a lot (no, a LOT) of items over the past 15 years. However, I've never sold a thing (which provides insight into the problem my future-widow will face...). I've been told by various people who do sell a lot on eBay, including my friend mentioned above, that the fees charged take quite a chunk out of profits. Also, my friend's shop is piled high with an "inventory" of empty cardboard boxes for shipping things out. I don't know about your future-widow, but mine wouldn't have the interest in dealing with all the listing, packing, shipping, etc. required to empty my garage. But, none of the above is meant as criticism of your suggestions. They are good ones. It's just the devil is in the details, and it's making sure as many of those details are thought about and dealt with ahead of time that will make or break a plan. A flawed plan that is implemented very often is better than a perfect plan that isn't, and I have a feeling the final answer to this will be a plan that has somewhat fewer flaws than other plans. [/QUOTE]
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