[Hallicrafters] Re: Another sucker, etc.

[pete wokoun, sr.]

On another side this 'this' problem, is there any way to NOT sell to him 
when he comes up with the winning bid.  I hate to add to his offerings but I 
think I'm legally bound to sell to him when he comes up with the winning bid 
in the last 3 seconds of the auction.  I just cringed  when that happened 
and went out of my way to 'be nice' and make sure everything went ok.  Sure 
enough, he found fault.  I'm watching to see when my fair stuff becomes 
collector quality.  Sometimes it's worth far more not to sell to the highest 
bidder when it's him.


>From: "Clayton L. Nicolsen" <cnicolsen at msn.com>
>To: hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [Hallicrafters] Re: Another sucker, etc.
>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:49:54 -0600
>
>Martyn is becoming more famous all the time.  The biggest warning is that 
>now all of his auctions keep the bidders' id's private until AFTER the 
>auction so that nobody who's been burned in the past can warn them.
>
>He always overstates the condition of his items, and then lies about why he 
>gets negative feedback.
>
>I've actually emailed him on a few instances when he said a radio was 
>"completely original" when it had wrong knobs, etc.  One was an SX-62 that 
>had Radio Shack knobs on it.  I told him "come on Martyn!  It's not like 
>you've never seen an SX-62 before.  How can you say these are the original 
>knobs??"
>
>His response was the usual "I never noticed, looks fine to me, etc., etc."
>
>To anyone who has been cheated by him, you need to write calm, clear, 
>specific, and logical complaints to ebay.  Don't give ebay a reason to 
>ignore your complaint by making it too emotional.
>
>Stay away, and tell your friends!
>
>
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