[Johnson] So sue me

[peter markavage]

A boatanchor is not a "boat anchor".

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:59:32 -0400 "Sherrill Watkins"
<Sherrill.Watkins at dgs.virginia.gov> writes:
> If one sells a piece of old electronic equipment and describes it as 
> a "boat
> anchor" one is inviting a law suit because it is not a "boat 
> anchor"!  -
> k4own
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fern Rivard [mailto:crc at cyberlink.bc.ca] 
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 9:55 AM
> To: johnson at mailman.qth.net; K6JEK
> Subject: Re: [Johnson] So sue me
> 
> 
> The answer to that liability is to sell..............AS IS WHERE IS! 
> 
> Fern
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "K6JEK" <k6jek at comcast.net>
> To: <johnson at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 2:20 PM
> Subject: [Johnson] So sue me
> 
> 
> > Does anyone know how to sell a boat anchor and not get sued for 
> it?  I 
> > was
> > thinking of selling one my Rangers but wonder what kind of warning 
> would 
> > suffice to cover me.   In this litigious society, people will sue 
> you for 
> > not telling them that water is wet.  I can think of several 
> dangerous 
> > things about a Ranger:
> >
> > 1) No interlock.  If you run it with the cover off, you're exposed 
> to
> > potentially fatal voltages.
> > 2) Two wire plug.  If anything goes wrong and you don't have it 
> otherwise 
> > grounded, the cabinet will get be hot;
> > 3) If it has the PTT that Johnson suggests,, there's 200V on the 
> mike 
> > cord;
> > 4) The relay socket has a 50/50 chance of being hot all the time;
> > 5) It things really go wrong, it'll set your house on fire;
> >
> > Not to mention
> >
> > 6)  It's old.  It might stop working any second now
> > 7) If you operate it without a license the FCC might get you.
> > 8) the fabled good audio isn't as good as the audio of a Collins 
> 20V2.
> >
> > I've learned recently that "as is" doesn't mean much.  It seems to 
> 
> > mean
> > "as described" and that includes "as not described (omitted) " and 
> even 
> > "you should have known even if you didn't"    Is there a better 
> phrase? 
> > How about a really CYA contract?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jon