[Premium-Rx] Kobayashi AS-76 on ebay

[Dan Robinson]

This has been one of my holy grails for decades, after I saw one in 
Akihabara in
Japan -- as I recall that one was new.   What is interesting is that 
this is marked as
Furuno.   A note of caution -- last year I bid on a Furuno receiver.  
Long story, but
it arrived here in maryland and was clearly the worse for wear but more 
importantly,
I found that it seemed very cheaply made in comparison with JRC 
receivers, though they
have a number of similarities.   As for this particular Japan-based Ebay 
seller, ozaki_zero1,
he was reported to Ebay (by me) at one point because he was posting the 
same equipment
under separate IDs, and even using the same photos for both.  His prices 
are astronomical,
for example, the NRD-93(A) that he has up at the moment -- wow, way too 
much for a 93.