[Heathkit] Scam alert - beware of DAN COTSIRILOS K9DTC

[k0ewu at juno.com]

How about that- another "gotcha from Dan"
see him at all of the hamfests around Chicago.
J

On Sun, 6 Nov 2005 16:33:39 -0800 (PST) Ron <ronami at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> The following is posted as a public service.
> 
> DAN COTSIRILOS K9DTC (dcsfree at comcast.net) posted
> a few Hethkit items for sale. I asked him about the
> cosmetic condition. He replied that one item was
> 'real clean' and the other was 'not bad'. Based 
> on this description, I agreed to pay $50 for both.
> 
> When the units arrived, the 'real clean' unit
> had extra holes in the front panel... Someone had
> replaced the Heathkit connectors with BNC connectors
> and, in his wisdom, used flanged connectors that
> require 4 additional holes for the screws. The 'not
> bad' unit had serious damage to the front panel,
> clear through the paint into the metal, in two
> spots.
> 
> My hobby is refurbishing test instruments to 
> like-new condition. Dan's description led me
> to buy these units. They turned out to be 
> useless for me.  
> 
> I wrote Dan to tell him how disappointed I was.
> I waited a few days and, since he did not bother
> to reply (why was I not surprised?), I gave him
> a call. He said that a drilled front panel still
> qualifies as 'real clean' and insisted that the 
> unit with the damaged front panel was 'beautiful'.
> Also, that I got what I paid for.
> 
> I told him I was going to post here a description
> of the transaction. His reponse: 'I do a lot of
> business. Losing one or two sales is no big deal
> for me.'
> 
> If anyone yearns to buy stuff from this paragon
> of honesty, I'll be happy to provide his address
> and phone number. (The address and phone seem to
> be registered to someone else, but Dan did 
> receive the check I sent to his address and
> did answer the phone).
> 
> -- Ron
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > more items
> > 
> > SW-717 lights up complete no signal with full copy
> > of manual
> > 
> > IT-12 signal tracer seems to work with probe
> > 
> > IG-102 Sig gen works great BNC connectors clean
> > 
> > IG-42 Sig gen works don't have the probe.
> > 
> > no reasonable offer refused on any or all of the
> > above. 
> > 
> > 
> > Dan K9DTC
> > 
> > 
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