[Hallicrafters] re: All shipping has risks

[Gerry Steffens]

You guys need to move to Minnesota, where things are rosy (at least from the
shipping point of view).

I have around 300 radios (a few light hollow state Zenith TOs to many
several hundred pound E.H. Scott consoles and run of the mill SX-62s, SX-42s
and SX-28s) that have come from Europe, Canada, Australia and the good ole
USA.  About two thirds have been shipped here via USPS, UPS, Fed Ex ground,
and a couple of others.

In that volume, I have received one TransOceanic transistor that was dropped
on a corner and broken (as has been talked about here - no packing - three
wadded up plastic supermarket bags) and an S-19R that too was a minor victim
of a corner bash, although not a very serious one (but once again the
packing around and above the unit was adequate but the folks forgot to pad
underneath the radio).  That's the sum total of all damage for nearly 200
shipments received.  Likewise I have only shipped about 30 units and have
never had a problem at all in that mode.

So, they ain't all bad.  I have noticed comments that might lead one to the
conclusion that possibly some of the problems may be regional.

What I find disconcerting is that I have run across a couple of people too
far away to visit that have had either Scotts or McMurdo Silvers (large
heavy consoles, some over 300 pounds total) at the right price, etc. but
they "won't ship".

Maybe the latter is a blessing in disguise, fewer radios!  8>)

Anyway while I know there are problems out there, I thought it is good to
know that one can still fully participate in the obsession and be more than
reasonably successful.

Gerry

Collecting & Restoring since 1959
Gerald Steffens P.E.
Rochester, MN


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