[Hallicrafters] Appeal for help with selling rules

[Keith Poindexter]

One thing you could do is phone him. An extra 25 cents isn't a lot.
Best of 73.
Keith

----- Original Message -----
From: <GARDGORE at aol.com>
To: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:52 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] Appeal for help with selling rules


> I would like to relate a very recent disappointing experience I had with a
> seller concerning Hallicrafters items and a Howard 435 for sale on this
list.
> The seller told me I was first to respond about the Howard but later I
told
> it was spoken for after I tried to buy it. I learned about this after I
sent
> my address along with a few questions about the set. It shouldn't be
> unreasonable to ask about "what kind of project I will have coming" along
> with my address to figure the shipping which is what I sent right away. He
> told me the next day "the Howard receiver has been spoken for." His
> explanation two days later was "I sold it to the first person who made an
> expressed commitment." Something is just not right with the system if we
> forfeit our position by asking questions about what we are buying or what
> kind of a project we are getting ourselves into to another who is only
> interested in being first and just doesn't care. My question to the list:
> What can we do if the seller won't tell us a little more about the item
> before selling it to someone else?
>
> Thanks, Greg
> ***********************************************
> The original ad posted on the 20th was as follows:
>
> I'm cleaning out my shop and found the following restorable receivers that
I
> probably will never get around to fixing.  I don't think any of them work,
> but all are very restorable.
>
> Hallicrafters S-85
> Hallicrafters S-120  ( I have two of these).
> Howard Model 435
> Knight R-100A
>
> I want $50 each plus shipping for these.
> ***********************************************
> I responded later that same day with:
>
> xxx, Is the Howard 435 still available?
>
> Thanks, Greg
> ***********************************************
> His reply the next day, the 21st:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> The Howard is still available.  There is a lot of interest in it and you
were
> the first to ask about it.  Please let me know.
> ***********************************************
> My reply soon afterwards on the same day (21st):
>
> Thanks for the reply xxx. Could you please take a minute to describe its
> condition so I can know about what kind of a project I will have coming?
> Mods, holes, missing parts? Any rust? Does the cabinet need to be
repainted?
>
> Thanks, Greg; WA1KBQ
>
> Greg Gore
> 11528 Watermoss Ln.
> Charlotte, NC 28262
> ***********************************************
>
> He sent me this the next day on the 22nd:
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> The Howard receiver has been spoken for.
>
> Thanks,
> xxx
>
>
>
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