[ForSale-Swap] VARIOUS RADIOS

[Lloyd KK7IZ]

In other words, it has a 2 part guarantee, if it breaks in 2 parts, you get 
to keep both of them.
Thanx
Lloyd  KK7IZ
kk7iz at cox.net

Lloyd Godsey  KK7IZ
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim DiMauro" <radio6146 at yahoo.com>
To: <fkamp at comcast.net>; "Philip Atchley" <beaconeer at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <ACI6 at aol.com>; <forsale-swap at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] VARIOUS RADIOS


>I had a bit of fun with one of my eBay sales from
> about a month ago.  Here's an actual excerpt from the
> item description that I had posted (it was for an old,
> 1950s Regency Monitoradio):
>
> "Don't you just love it when someone offers a piece of
> electronics for sale and says they know nothing about
> it, yet they go on for three pages with detailed
> techincal specifications?  How about sellers who say
> they have no way of testing the item?  I presume that
> these people live in areas of the country where
> there's no electric service, or maybe they just
> haven't paid their electric bills for the past ten
> years or so (which makes me wonder how they got their
> computers to work in order to place their eBay ads).
> Or how about when they say that the gizmo hadn't been
> turned on for years and that they don't want to damage
> it by turning it on (like they're afraid it's going to
> blow up in their face.  Real nice.  Make me pay for
> the privilege of having it blow up in MY face!).  How
> about "I turned it on and it powers up, but I don't
> know if it's supposed to actually DO anything."  And I
> particularly like the typical guarantee: "As with all
> vintage electronics, it worked the last time it did."
> Humbug.
>
> Well, I can proudly say that prior to today (February
> 17, 2005), this radio hadn't been turned on since
> 1983, when my uncle passed away.  It's been in my
> dad's basement since then.  I turned it on about an
> hour ago.  It didn't blow up.  It didn't take down the
> local JCP&L power substation.  It didn't snap,
> crackle, pop, or catch fire.  It did, however, WORK!
> In fact, it received the local NOAA weather station on
> 162.550 mHz WITHOUT AN ANTENNA (no, their tower isn't
> located at my house).  I also checked the 30-50 mHz
> range by listening to a 41 mHz signal from my signal
> generator.
>
> A couple of qualifiers.  First, there's a slight,
> low-level 60 Hz hum on the audio, most likely the
> power supply capacitor(s) needs replacement.  Second,
> although this thing worked the last time it did (about
> an hour ago), the only guarantee I'll make is that it
> worked the last time it did.  This radio is offered
> as-is (meaning as-is when you get it, not "as-was"
> when I had it).  This could work for another forty
> years or forty seconds; maybe the shock of the journey
> will be too much for it, who knows?
>
> All meaningful questions will be answered.  I post all
> questions and answers so as to publicly humiliate
> people who ask stupid questions (like, "Does it
> work?"), and to avoid my having to answer the same
> question repeatedly.
>
> Own a piece of history: an eBay vintage electronics
> offering that was actually tested!"
>
> The product sold, the buyer was delighted with it, and
> we all had a chuckle.
>
> Jim
> w2bvm
>
> --- fkamp at comcast.net wrote:
>>
>>
>> Philip Atchley wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Probably because it's working but has problems and
>> the owner doesn't want to
>> > see it again 8^)
>>
>> That is probably the case with 90 percent of all
>> used equipment offered,
>> but it is still no excuse not to be up front with a
>> good description.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Frank Kamp
>> K5DKZ
>>
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