[Boatanchors] Now I've heard it all

[J. Forster]

I generally don't ask any more if something works. I just assume it does not.

The correllary is that I don't buy things I know I cannot fix. This
includes most test gear made after about 1990 because the special chips
are unobtanium or hopelessly expensive.

Following these rules, I rarely get nasty surprises.

YMMV,

-John

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> I would think $400 for factory repairs is a bargain.  I don't understand
> people who want to complain about things like that when they knew
> up.front.what they were buying needed repairs.
> I once sold a guy a dune buggy that was 30 years old. Had been sitting for
> 4 years, that he stopped to ask of I would sell.  Be bought it and for a
> week it was fine, then the transaxel developed a problem.  Be called and
> complained that the car needed work.   People!
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net>
> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:50:17
> Cc: <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Now I've heard it all
>
> On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:43 PM, DAve Mayfield wrote:
>
>> Thought you all might be in for a good laugh.
>>
>> A few weeks back, I sold a guy a FT101, it was advertised as not
>> working, told him that it did receive ok but there was no output in
>> transmit. So he bought it.  Today I get an e-mail from him complaining
>> to me that he sent it to Yaesu for repairs, and they told him that it
>> would cost $389.00.
>>
>> I responded to him, telling him that he has no business buying 30 year
>> old radios that do not work, if he is not able to work on it himself,
>> further I told him he needs to  just buy new radios if he is not able to
>> work on them. Also I mentioned that $389.00 for the factory to repair
>> the radio is not all that much.
>>
>> Am I wrong? just wanted others thoughts.
>>
>> --
>>     73 Dave W9WRL
>> http://www.w9wrl.com/w9wrl
>> http://www.facebook.com/w9wrl
>>
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