[ForSale-Swap] Heath Seneca FS - sort of

[RJ Mattson]

I agree Steve.
Nowhere does it say the Seneca is plug and play.
>From the description and posts, I would say it will be easy to restore. Nice 
price also.
bob...w2ami

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <restonham at gmail.com>
To: <wa0kds at yahoo.com>
Cc: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>; <FLBOATANCHORS at yahoogroups.com>; 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [ForSale-Swap] Heath Seneca FS - sort of


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Let's clear the air - this is the actual description:

A FAIRLY NICE HEATHKIT SENECA TRANSMITTER. IT IS 6 AND 2 METERS, HAS A
FEW SCUFFS, ALSO HAS DOW KEY MOUNTED ON BACK. I HAVE NOT POWERED IT
UP, AND HAVE NO WAY TO TEST SO SOLD AS IS. THANKS FOR LOOKING AND
CHECK MY OTHER ITEMS.

The final cost was the princely sum of $39.95 plus shipping.  It
actually does look fairly nice and he clearly states it's untested and
sold as is.  I take that as meaning you will be lucky if it works -
prepare for a parts junker.  He sold a nice looking box with
components in it - he did not misrepresent, nor did he ever, anywhere,
say it actually worked.  I agree with Ron - I have no idea what you
were expecting for that price with that description, but clearly you
did not read the text thoroughly.  Assuming otherwise in the face of
an "as is" is a recipe for disaster.

73,

Steve, N4EUK

On 9/27/06, Ron <wa0kds at yahoo.com> wrote:
> ______________________________________________________________
>
> I think you had better rethink what you are saying about this person.
> He sold you a non working not checked out unit and clearly stated it in
> his listing.  He didn't say it was in excellent shape.  I beleive you
> got exactly what the listing stated and at a good price also.  Sounds to
> me like what you got was a fixer upper just like the listing stated.
> Next time you are buying something on eBay ask questions and buy one
> that is quaranteed to work and you will be OK
>  Just for the record I have bought more junk from people on the
> newsgroups and other sites than I have ever bought on eBay.  I have
> bought a lot of almost prefect items off eBay but had to pay for them
> also.  I guess you get what you pay for.  There are no free lunches.
>
> Ron   WA0KDS
>
>
> rayfri wrote:
>
> > ______________________________________________________________
> >
> >
> >     curtisbarlow_racing66 
> > <http://myworld.ebay.com/curtisbarlow_racing66>
> >
> > Item number: 260030127773
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Ron wrote:
> >
> >> Would you please state who you bought this from so I don't make the
> >> same mistake.
> >> Ron  WA0KDS
> >>
> >>
> >> rayfri wrote:
> >>
> >>> ______________________________________________________________
> >>>
> >>> Well ... I learned a sad lesson about buying from "that other place"
> >>> instead of asking here for what I'd like to get.
> >>> The Heathkit Seneca I bought just arrived ...  I've always wanted
> >>> one and was excited to get this one.  However, it turns out
> >>> not be be "as advertised."
> >>>
> >>> The dial cord is broken, the dial glass is broken, the meter and
> >>> crystal/VFO switches are frozen.   Cosmetically, the face plate and
> >>> the cabinet look great.... which is probably one reason I let my
> >>> guard down.  Definitely not in the "fairly nice" condition stated.
> >>>
> >>> SOOOOOO since I dont think anyone would want the whole thing shipped
> >>> to them as a project ..  I guess I will just part it out.
> >>> If anyone knows of any parts from  it they would want ....  knobs,
> >>> meter, etc .... contact me for prices.
> >>>
> >>> There is also a Dow Key antenna relay mounted on the back which I
> >>> will let go of too....
> >>>
> >>> In the meantime, I'll just keep looking for and dreaming of owning
> >>> one of these rigs.....
> >>> Ray  WA7ITZ
> >>>
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