[R-390] And another thing - $99 headphones? Not a scam.

[Mark Huss]

That's nice, but what is his contact info?

Tom Norris wrote:

> On the other hand, here is something that I *don't* see as a sham.
>
> There is another fellow that routinely sells H-251A headsets for $99   
> He does it for collectors that don't have technical wherewithal to do  
> it for themselves or that have no one else to do it for them.  He  
> supplies a new H-251, replaces the connector with a switchcraft heavy  
> brass phone plug and provides a pair of extension cords so the user  
> can operate them with "normal" radios with 1/4 plugs or with older  
> mil radios that take U-77 plugs.
>
> I hate tinsel wire. Years ago I made a few up with phone plugs and  
> sold to local folks and charged them a bit less than half that  
> without any extension cords.  They hated tinsel wire too.  Several  
> couldn't solder and one or two couldn't see how any longer - but they  
> could listen to their receivers with decent 'phones again.  At the  
> time they were cheap, new, and could be had by the case.
>
> Think of the time put in the make the cables/cords. $25 per unit for  
> headphones, new plugs and cable, and the rest for labor. I would have  
> only a small amount of guilt charging that price.  For $99 I'd be  
> able to add a reasonable warranty of some sort as well 90 days, maybe?
>
> I'm not going to start doing it, but when I first saw this I thought  
> it was a scam.  Then I spoke with him, saw what he was doing and why.
>
> 73
>
> Tom N
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