SBARC ANNUAL BAZAAR
The 2014 BAZAAR is upon us. We've waited for this fun day and now here it is. It's this Saturday morning. As you know by now, our Bazaar will be held at the Santa Barbara Elks Lodge from 8:00 AM until 11:30 AM. The Elks Lodge is located at 150 No. Kellogg Ave. in Goleta, just off of Hollister Ave. Park on the mountain side of the building. The other side is for Elks members only. If you are bringing things to drop off, there will be one space reserved close to the Bazaar area for that purpose. After you have dropped them off, please park your vehicle in another area of the parking lot right away.
You have been wondering if you could part with all that stuff that you have been looking at for all these years. Yes, you can part with it. If you haven't done anything with it by now, you're not going to. That's the stuff we want for our Bazaar. We need lots of stuff for this to be a success for our club. Look through your shack and find all that stuff you haven't used. This is your opportunity to clean out all that stuff and lay it on us! If you haven't a vehicle appropriate for the job, we will ask someone to drop by and help you move it into his vehicle and transport it to the Bazaar for you. What a deal that is! But, please don't wait until the last minute. Do it now. Give me a shout.
If you have something that has obvious value, you may bring it to our Bazaar and place it on the Red Tag Table next to the building. Put your name/call and asking price on a Red Tag and attach it to your item. Then, either you or your agent should be nearby to sell it. Remember, the Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club get its 10% of the sale amount. That's a pretty good deal.
For other items that are for sale at the Bazaar, let one of our salesmen know that you wish to purchase an item or items or a box of stuff and ask what they want for them. See what they say. Make a deal. Haggle. Take your sales slip over to our treasurer, Tom, N6YX, or to our secretary, Dorothy, KJ6UGL, and pay them for your new treasure. Then, quickly take your purchase out to your vehicle and lock it inside so that it doesn't get sold again! Of course you may come back and shop some more.
Now what exactly are all these things that can be dropped off and purchased by others at our Bazaar? Well, OK, here we go -- Antennas of all sorts, J-Poles, Yagis, Tower parts, Antenna masts, Coaxial cable, Rotators, Wire, Cable, VCRs, DVD players, Antenna tuners, Hand-held radios, Telegraph keys, Base stations, Test equipment, Meters, Electronic components, Relays, Vacuum tubes, Metal chassis, Tools, Computers, Software, Computer boards, Books, QST, 73, etc. plus hundreds of other kinds of things that fall into the miscellaneous category. You should see what's coming over from our Club Station!
The area will be roped off where all the stuff is and kept vacant between 7:45 AM and 8:00 AM after which the sales can begin. Before 7:45 AM you may look it all over. Then at 8:00 AM you will hear someone say something like, "OK, open for business." Jug, WA6MBZ, has enjoyed being our Bazaar sergeant-at-arms for years and will check that the stuff leaving the area has been paid for, as in a paid receipt. All paid-for items must be removed from the area right away lest they, in error, be 'sold again' to someone else.
Ice Cold Drinks will be available for sale as it will probably get a bit warm out there on the concrete on that July morning. Coffee and donuts may be available.
This year's Bazaar promises to be a real hoot and will provide an opportunity for everyone to get rid of stuff that has been sitting around for far too long! Bring it all over to our Bazaar and say 'goodbye' to it and let someone else enjoy it for awhile!
73, Darryl Widman, KF6DI 2014 Bazaar Chairman Santa Barbara Amateur Radio Club kf6di@sbarc.org 805-969-2326
