[R-390] R-390/URR on Ebay

[John Lawson]

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Cecil Acuff wrote:

> Good Morning folks.....
>
>           In an effort to minimize any confusion and idle chatter of the 
> negative nature concerning the merits of the radio I have listed or the 
> perceived value of the radio listed, here are things you should know. (maybe 
> more "Crapola" Mr. Lawson...use delete key as needed)


   Dear Mr. Cecil -

   Firstly I lumped R-390 "A" and "non-A" together - I was wrong to do 
that. My apologies.

   But if you do eBay: Advanced Search: click 'completed listings only' 
with "R-390" as the search argument, you will be able to discern the 
relative number sold.  I bought one four months ago, for $300 - though the 
auction has dropped off eBay now and I can't cite it for you.  Was this 
the 'other one' to which you were referring? Perhaps not... at any rate 
many more than "a couple" of "non=A"s have been sold on eBay in the 
last few years.

  Dear Sir: this is what I meant by Crapola, and I stand by my epithet -
in my opinion you have written an untrue and misleading statement, that,
if not in error, seems designed to 'inflate' the cache of your radio -
especially to those who may not be as familiar with the breed as some of
the Listmembers.

   As to negative idle chatter: I think the device *is* very pretty, though 
I wonder where the internal covers are, (is the case included?) and I also 
maintain that your asking price is quite high: but more power to you in 
that regard - these radios need to be preserved and used.

  These are my personal opinions, I speak for no-one but myself, and I
remind all readers of the Old Saw equating Opinions with Rectums.....
etc etc.


  Cheers

John  KB6SCO