Remembrance Thread - Reno (Radio Raheem) - drop in and remember him

Indeed very sad to see the Victor, knowing that RR isn’t with it. I’ve made the chrome tweeter surrounds for his Victor, because they didn’t look nice when he got it years ago from Asia. They were the only ones I made (with a lasercutter), specially for him. Because he was such a nice guy. He never stopped reminding me how happy he was with them and the looks of his Victor. He was a very grateful person.

 

I was very curious what happened to his collection of expensive audio gear... all taken away / stolen by the social workers or Council people? Surely someone would have Googled the models of a few of these boomboxes and reeled at their value... not to mention all the other stuff. I wonder if the neighbours saw the coming or going of any of it? A grim reminder of what will happen to all of our stuff too one day..

 

As Erasure sang It Doesn't Have to Be That Way.

I have posted this before but will post it here. Remove the word phone and it is extremely relevant.
Passing on your Phone Collection discussion ... (classicrotaryphones.com)

I think I joined the forum shortly after Litfan (R.I.P.) died but from what I have read I think he would have been very pleased with the way his collection was dealt with. People seem proud to own boxes once owned by Litfan.

Being in a Amateur (Ham) radio club full of aging members we have had to deal with "Silent Key" sales on quite a few occasions. Sometimes the silent key isn't even a club member. We get contacted by widows for advice on how to sell equipment and sometimes come to an arrangement to do it. A memorable time, which did involve a club member, was when it took four people with cars four evenings to empty a guys garage which was stacked with layers of WWII vintage radio gear. None of it was in good condition but we took it all to the next Amateur Radio sale. Nothing sold for more than £30 but we raised £900 for his widow who was delighted and a several £hundreds for the club. On a personal note I use what was his calculator most days at work. R.I.P. Fred.

If none of those ideas work for you:

Pick the right Charity Shop / Thift Store. The "Chinese Cheap and Cheerful" sets in my late Fathers collection which I didn't think were worth selling on eBay went to the local one. On one drop off they told me "We sell some of these on eBay because we get more money there". TBH I didn't mind as it was them having to pack and post them.

At worse specify that a house clearance company is used. The people who run them aren't fools and the items will make their way back to the market.

Something to think about if you are writing a will. I wish my Father had specified what do do with his toy collection, but like to think I did the right thing.

 

I have just read that Reno has passed.. He was genuine and always expressed his opinion about things in his unique way! A very good friend of mine.
Its a sad day for me today. He will be greatly missed. What a character..

 

Sorry for the Late reply, The Council Clearance people are Very Brutal, I remember a few months before he died, he was put in to temporary accommodation while the council cleaned his place up for him, they threw away a few nice radios without even asking him, i think they threw a nice Sony FH909 that was still in it's original box that he got from Member Dave Bush, Also a Boxed Pc5 Jvc, They Threw a lot of his stuff away, so no doubt the rest of it would have been dumped as well, a lot of the council clearance people don't really care about value, they are just told to go to a place, clear it out, and to go straight from the property, to the dump. i don't even think they have time to go through any of it, and i'm sure they are not allowed by law to keep any of it because if they are found out they will lose their jobs. and the way they do it is savage, they don't just carefully place the stuff on to the back of the truck, they usually throw it from a distance because they are in such a hurry, so all the stuff is just crashing on to each other, i've seen it done myself. They are on to a strict time, so they have to get it done and finished within a certain time of the day, and i think if any of the council clearance guys would have managed to keep any of it, i reckon it would have been on ebay pretty Quickly, but i haven't seen anything, and i know what quite a lot of his stuff looked like, His Victor M90 was a japanese import, he had a Sony F40 imported from Japan, A Panasonic DT9 that was from Japan, 2x Red Panasonic F32 that he bought from Germany, 2 Red Sony Fh7, He had all of his Panasonic Rx Cw55's, He had just bought a Aiwa Ca W20, but he died before he had the chance to open the parcel, i was speaking to him on the phone the final week before he died and he said he wasn't interested in opening it because he was sick. he also had a Pioneer 9800 Amp that was worth a fortune, all that stuff was worth thousands. but i think it's all got dumped, so wrong, such a shame man. i fricken miss that guy, he was annoying sometimes and i would often get mad at him, but i'd rather him still be with us than not, just knowing i will never speak to him again on the phone is just distressing and depressing.

 

Well there we have it. An important warning to all those out there who have nice stuff and no one to leave it to when they pass on.

 

Like me

 

…so why don‘t you stop hoarding that stuff, start selling it for whatever you can get for it, renovate your house or make a world-trip… if you carry on just hoard piles and piles of that stuff will never satisfy you and you‘ll be captured by the load of it for the rest of your life (…sorry, that‘s how it is, it doesn‘t need a psychologist do diagnose this)

 

Yeah it's shocking "the state" just throws everything out without checking or putting it up up for auction or having a "Council Thrift" store where they sell items to raise funds for a charity or something.

 

well, best way to avoid that to happen is. plan early enough in advance, what's going to happen with your stuff. get rid of whatever is a load for you, that will be a lot of a load for anybody, who's got to sort it out finally (...and without having the slightest idea what it is)...

 

I have been trying to sell this stuff but there's been an ongoing issue that hasn't been resolved yet. That started back in this month one year ago. Hopefully it may be resolved by the summertime. I hope so one way or the other . And if it's resolved the other way then it might be a much longer time before I can have a chance to sell the rest of them . Once that's over with then I'll be left and right selling. Meanwhile I'm selling them slowly.