[R-390] Who Says It's Junk???

Tom Norris r390a at bellsouth.net
Fri Jul 22 17:48:46 EDT 2005


All those faults don't matter since it's being
advertised as a Collins. Never mind the tag on
the front that says "Stewart-Warner". It is
clean and shiny though.

We could probably sell bricks with Collins tags
on them if we said they came from Art's childhood
home.         heehee

Tom NU4G
"What's the reserve on that listing for the envelope
of Art Collins' toenail clippings?"


On Jul 22, 2005, at 3:49 PM, John Lawson wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, Michael Crestohl wrote:
>> Hi Gang:
>>
>> I see that there's an R-390A on ePay that is currently sitting at  
>> $2,425.00
>> and it hasn't even hit the reserve price.
>>
>   Well, yes it's in great shape, nicely refurbed - but - no covers  
> over the IF racks, no bottom cover, no Bristo wrench or screwdriver  
> in the rear panel holder - has the original selenium rectifier, and  
> the case is $600 extra - he has "standing orders" for that so  
> "don't ask".
>
>   Okay, I won't. $3500 + 600 = quite a bit for an admittedly pretty  
> radio set.
>
>   And it's not even a late-model EAC!
>
>
>
>  9 bids so far - $2,425 as of this writing - on a $3,500 reserve /  
> buy-it-now.
>
>   Capitalism at work.....   sort of....
>
>
> Cheers
>
> John  KB6SCO
>


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