[R-390] Radio Mart Does It Again!

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 RadioMartyn bought this radio 6-8 months ago for $450
on eBay. He buys under the user name "gottahaveitnow".
 For once he was taken for a ride. I remember the 
meters and spiffy new looking power transformer. He sold 
it about 3 months ago. He must have been the winning
 private bidder .
 He once tried to bid one of my sales. It felt so good to
block him out :-)

 Scott W3CV

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Francesco Ledda" <frledda at verizon.net>
> The mazing thing is that he seems to get away with it....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Cecil Acuff
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 8:22 AM
> To: Walter Wilson; Tom M.
> Cc: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Radio Mart Does It Again!
> 
> 
> Sounds more to me like someone might have invested in a Mish restoration and
> sold/shipped a spare surplus receiver to Martyn in the Mish "Fastpack".
> Martyn is jumping to great conclusions with the smallest of evidence.  (read
> none)  You can look at the radio and tell it's a cleaned up surplus R-390A.
> Looks to me like an engraved front panel which Mish doesn't do.  He fills
> his and silk-screens them as I understand it.  Meters are look-a-likes but
> not original.  Not sure they will even work properly....both have weird
> scale markings and are marked the same it looks like to me.  Almost looks
> like someone has spliced the coax cabling going to the IF deck.  They are
> yellow on one side of the electrical tape and appear to be white on the
> other side....Strange.
> 
> I'm guessing he makes more profit from the sale of R-390A's than any other
> single item he sells.  I'll bet he picks them up real cheap from
> unsuspecting widows due to their weight and age, (the radio's) knowing there
> is a great market for them at the moment. He puts a spit shine on the panel
> and washes down the inside a bit and puts them on the auction block....then
> runs all the way to the bank!
> 
> Just my opinion....
> 
> Cecil....
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter Wilson" <wewilsonjr at gmail.com>
> To: "Tom M." <courir26 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 6:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Radio Mart Does It Again!
> 
> 
> This might have been a mint radio at one time in its distant history,
> but not nearly that now.  Even with the poor images, I see some
> scratches in the panel finish that seem to go underneath the name tag.
>  And the cosmetics inside are atrocious.  No one restoring an R-390A
> receiver would let this pass.  I do not believe Rick Mish has touched
> this receiver in the past 10 years, if ever.
> 
> Walter Wilson - KK4DF
> http://www.r-390a.us
> 
> On 4/13/06, Tom M. <courir26 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  9703567491
> >
> > This man has no shame.
> >
> > He is pimping this box as a Collins/Mish/mint; it is none
> > of the above.
> >
> > Not exactly an investgative reporter this guy.
> >
> > Get a chuckle and read this offering.
> >
> > Tom
> >
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