[Heathkit] Digital SB-303?

[Chris Kepus]

John and all,

After more than a dozen years of buying and selling on eBay, I remained as
dumbfounded as anyone about Martyn's success.  Like many others in the ham
community, I have heard many 1st hand stories about Martyn's infamous
selling tactics and the buyer disappointment and anger that comes with
receiving something that is quite different than what was in the picture or
description.

Having said that, and *assuming* the stories are true (feeling some
uneasiness using the "A" word), how does a seller who operates like that
amass a 99.6% positive feedback on 14,823 feedbacks!!??  What does that say
about buyers? Does everyone who buys from him have such low expectations
that just getting the item is good enough to leave positive feedback?  

I have never bought anything from him, mostly because of the aforementioned
stories, so I am out on a limb saying anything without personal experience
one way or the other.

In regard to the "Digital SB-303", the unit sold for $310, a sum well north
of other SB-303's (granted the other's didn't have the rare, rumored to be
factory installed, digital readout).

Since it was a private auction, we may never know who may have bought this.
It would be interesting to hear from the buyer about that which is found
under the cover.

73,
Chris
W7JPG



-----Original Message-----
From: heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of john
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:44 AM
To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Digital SB-303?


If Marty says so, it must be true!

I'm sure it's also from his "personal collection"

John K5MO



At 02:45 PM 2/13/2010, Bill Kuhn wrote:
>Here's what the seller had to say when I asked him about it.
>
>
>"From what I was told, 2 engineers at Heathkit developed a digital read
>out mod kit
>As you can see the surround is perfect and made for this mod
>It is not a homemade bodge, it is a rare upgrade, I have seen the exact
>same upgrade several years ago in Europe
>
>73s
>
>Best Regards
>Martyn
>Radio-Mart"
>
>73 DE NO0OO
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of C E
>Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 1:07 PM
>To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Digital SB-303?
>
>
>
>
>I just saw that post on ebay. Thanks.  It's up to $305.00.  A phool and
>his money are soon to be parting on this fraud. Cal, N6KYR/4
>
>
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