Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

A couple of years ago me and my mother were responsible for clearing out my dad's entire collection of equipment accumulated over a career as an electronics engineer. I know much of it had value but there was too much to deal with so we sold a few obvious items and gave away the rest to someone on a local Facebook ham radio group who could drive round and take it all away. There was certainly a Tektronix oscilloscope like this among it! (Along with spectrum analyzers, test sets of various vintages..)

I'm not sure of the best way to find such opportunities, but I bet there's plenty of kit like this getting thrown out when people's affairs are being put into order by their relatives. It gets me to thinking I should add some tips in my will as to where to give away my technical odds and ends(!)



A good place to start is your local auction house. They are often tasked with disposing of people's estates. Technical stuff usually goes for pennies on the dollar since nobody knows what to do with it.




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: