[Hallicrafters] Florida rip-offs

[chnord at comcast.net]

I am really suprised tghe moterator is allowing this off topic thread to continue. He ususally so diligent about such items 

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> Charlie, 
> 
> No, this is Ken Simpson, W8EK, of Ocala, Florida. He has not been arrested and 
> is in no way involved in that other terrible Ham rip off scam. He is advertising 
> almost daily on the 'forsale-swap' list on the QTH.NET lists, probably others 
> too. 
> 
> Why he is permitted to continue posting ads with his reputation, well, it is not 
> my call. 
> 
> ---------- 
> From: Charlie 
> To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net 
> Subject: [Hallicrafters] Florida rip-offs 
> Date: Monday, March 07, 2005 8:15 PM 
> 
> If it's the same guy I'm thinking of, he went by several names: Eddie Locke 
> & Fred Wright come to mind, but there was a whole list of them. Most of the 
> deals occurred in early 2000. 
> 
> We had quite a sting operation going with him advertising quite regularly 
> on the QRZ.COM site, until some #@$% doo gooder made a bunch of posts on all 
> the websites about "avoiding the crook". At that point, he went underground 
> and we never heard from him again. I sure hope it's the same guy in jail 
> now. 
> 
> Have you heard whether there's any chance to recover some money from him? I 
> actually had an FBI agent come to my home to get information. Still have 
> the file on it. 
> 
> 73' Charlie k3ICH 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Todd, KA1KAQ" 
> To: "William L Howard" 
> Cc: "Hallicrafters list" 
> Sent: Monday, 07 March 2005 12:45 PM 
> Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Radio Relay League 
> 
> 
> > On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 01:23:23 -0500, William L Howard 
> > wrote: 
> > 
> > > Need to remember the saga of the man now in jail in Florida for this 
> > > sort of scam. He would sell you some batch of radio gear, have his 
> > > brother in law, the long haul trucker deliver and you never saw your 
> > > money or the radios or the brother in law again. They finally caught 
> > > him, but those of us who remember him would be very leeery of such a 
> > > deal. 
> > 
> > I remember him, Bill. He's been in the clink for 2-3 years now at 
> > least, hasn't he? His name is on the tip of my tongue. I recall it 
> > took quite a while to get them to do anything about him, but when they 
> > did, they made sure he got the point. Of course, this is another 
> > advantage of the 'eyeball-to-eyeball' approach - pay when you pick up 
> > and save getting ripped off. 
> > 
> > BTW, we haven't spoken since the visit, but both my YL tour guide and 
> > I enjoyed your museum emmensely. Never saw so many Hallicrafters 
> > Village and field radios in one place before! I've sent your info to a 
> > couple of other interested parties since, hope they get to stop by and 
> > take a look .Also to a guy who wanted to discuss the coastwatchers 
> > radio with you. 
> > 
> > 
> > 73, Todd/'Boomer' KA1KAQ 
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