[R-390] Black faced R390-A

[wglevy]

To the list, Happy Bunny Day!

I sell things on Ebay. Have around 100 sales. Its my stuff mostly though 
some of the Premium RX's I have bought and tried  and didn't like I have 
turned around and resold.

However saying that it is imperative as a seller to be truthful. Use a full 
set of photos. Answer questions postively and give as much history as one 
can. When I sold a 3030 Cubic a few years ago I mentioned it came from 
Toronto Surplus and it had a scratch pot and otherwise worked fine.

When selling an R 390 an honest person would say where the R390 came from, 
who worked on it and when, what mods were or weren't made on it. Mentioning 
that Rich or Chuck or some other in the same class had something to do could 
only add value. Intelligence Agency Black is the lie that got the goat of 
our group. Do we have any spooks on the net that can verify that the NSA, 
CIA, DEA ever had black radios?

Considering that Chuck sold a radio a few weeks ago that settled for under $ 
2K we can pretty much guage the market for 390's from low hundreds for ham 
junk to a bit more for Fair Radio blue streaks to the high end rebuilt by 
the experts.

So I for one think that the discussion on this list is fair for what is not 
said by the owner. When I have bought stuff on Ebay the guys I buy from 
answer questions and provide extra pics and aren't travelling during auction 
week. Pretty hard to manage and auction and answer questions and pack and 
ship if you are "travelling".

Now we boys on this list can get rather snippy about certain stuff but 
having watched this list of a couple of years now I don't think this is an 
instance. Further any bonafide seller might have heard of us by now and to 
further sale of one's R 390/a it would have been pretty easy to send a memo 
regarding the radio in question on Ebay and a more definitive discussion. I 
would include this list IN on a Sale. That just makes me smarter. AS Lyndon 
Johnson said about a fellow he had hired into his administration he didn't 
trust' " I would rather have him in pissing out then outside pissing in on 
us."

Cheers and 73,

Bill N2WL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joel Richey" <richey2 at mindspring.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 11:52 AM
Subject: [R-390] Black faced R390-A


Man you guys are brutal, like a shark that got the scent of blood, give the 
guy a break, its a good-looking radio and he has a good feedback rating, if 
you don't want it don't bid on it.  I see this all too often on here, some 
of you "hams" will jump on somebody with out knowing half the facts. Lets 
get away from the witch hunts and on to more important things, and no, it 
isn't my radio and I don't know the guy.

Joe W2DBO
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