[Hallicrafters] Hallicrafters Gear Scam

[John W. Harden, Jr.]

Dear Fellow Hams/Hallicrafters Collectors,

On July 24 2001 I shipped an SX-101A and an HT-32A "parts rig" to a ham
in Texas. I made him a package deal for $350 plus shipping. I paid
$116.17 to UPS for ground delivery. Therefore the grand total was
$466.17.

The fellow said he was disabled and didn't have the money at the time to
pay me. Like a fool I shipped the gear to him anyway
as I was sensitive to his situation. He has not paid me a penny to date.

I didn't do a good job on the packing on the parts rig as the panel
meter and some knob skirts were damaged according to him. However it was
a "PARTS RIG" I emphasize!!

He has refused to pay me. This is even after I said he could have the
parts rig for free in view of the damage. The SX-101A was in good
condition and had been completely recapped and aligned using Hewlett
Packard test gear. It was a very good SX-101A.

He started off saying that "you did a good job on the SX-101A. It is
much better on SSB than my SX-101MKII...." This was stated in his e-mail
of 1 August 2001. By 20 November 2001 he was complaining that the
SX-101A was "drifting, and the dial was slipping"...I knew by then that
I had been ripped off and that I would never get paid.

I explained several times to him that no BA gear is perfect, and that
gear is sold "as is"!!!

This gentleman should be avoided like the plague, and you should
definitely collect from him ahead of time. If you get any gear from him
you should make him ship it at his expense so you can check it out in
advance.

He had the audacity to tell me in January 2002 that he would ship the
gear back to me at my expense!!!

He is:

George R. Griesbach
W5GRG

Comfort, Texas

I feel like it is my duty to tell you all about the one time I have been
ripped off on the reflectors.

73,

John, W4NU
Atlanta


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