[Motorola] Stuff for sale on e-bay

[Douglas Fitts W7FDF]

For the amount of money/currently indicated [$99 bux] and for the amount of 
gear I would say its a reasonable beginning but this auction may top out at 
over $150 bux or more. Plus the shipping may run you at least $50 bux due 
to the weight, especially with that BIG Compastation.The Mocom 70 radios 
and accessories [a lot of weight there] are "Boatanchors" and I would not 
waste my time on them. The Maxar 80's would be a better radio [I use 
several in my Ham Radio applications......converted/modified]. The only 
other drawback...Service Manuals for all this hardware. That alone may cost 
you over $100 bux just to get the books either to retune to another 
commercial frequency or to mod to the Amateur Radio frequencies.

So my honest opinion......look elsewhere!

Doug W7FDF
PS: The real "heads up" here is the statement on the description page with 
regards to shipping: "Because of the weight we will package this for 
shipping and get it weighed after funds clear our bank". This alone would 
scare me away........the seller is saying that your money [the winning 
amount] must be in his bank **first** then he will then tell you how much 
to send additionally, to pay for the shipping!!! Not good!
PS: I am a regular eBAY Bidder [mostly for Ham Radio gear], have been a 
member for over four years and I have the experience in these matters so I 
hope I have not discouraged you. Good Luck!

At 04:43 PM 10/28/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Is this worth what he is asking for ?
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1782037726&ssPageName=ADME:B:BN:US:1
>
>Thanx,
>
>JD