[R-390] Beautifully Restored R-390 on eBay

[Tom Norris]

I guess the past time or two of overpriced "Buy It Now"s has got  
other folks thinking they can do the  same thing.  tsk tsk.  The sad  
thing is there are folks out there that will pay that much for a  
shiny radio with a nice description.  What's worse is if I put a  
shiny picture and an honest description in an auction, nobody seems  
to bid on any of the things I've tried to sell LOL.

I'm holding on to my two Collins designed Collins made R-390's and my  
Collins designed whoozit made R-390A's.

I *DO* agree with Todd the pix are nice in the auction, though.

Tom NU4G


On Oct 30, 2005, at 6:46 PM, John Lawson wrote:
> in reply to
> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com wrote:
>> Saw this new auction listed on eBay of a beautifully restored  
>> R-390. Has a
>> nice description of what the man did to the radio and a wonderful  
>> set of
>> close-up pictures. Worth seeing for the pictures alone - I saved  
>> all of them. Makes a
>> great tutorial on restoring an R-390. 73 - Todd WD4NGG
>>
>
>   Also quite a bit of "Crapola" - read this again:
>
> "Here is a fairly rare opportunity to add a very nice Collins  
> designed Motorola built R-390/URR receiver to your collection.   
> There haven't been but a couple of these offered on Ebay in the  
> last few years, one sold by me and none in this condition.  This is  
> the nicest R-390/URR I've had the pleasure to work on. "
>
>
>   A "couple" in the last few years...?  O-Kay....
>
>   And y'all can "buy it now" for ONLY $2.5K!
>
>   My 'Umble Opinion is that, yes, it's a nice radio....   but it  
> ain't *that* nice.
>
> Cheers
>
> John  KB6SCO
> R-390, R-390A, R-388