[R-390] Mint condition R-390A

[Charles Steinmetz]

Don wrote:

> We will auction a very special ‘R390A Receiver during the Mixer. This unit
> is in “out-of-the-box-new” condition with a full set of spare tubes.

It would be interesting to know what the basis is for the claim that it 
was never deployed.  Is it a documented civilian sale radio?  Otherwise, 
I think it would be very difficult to determine authoritatively that it 
was never deployed.  Also, the blurb says it was "thoroughly gone over" 
by a rebuilder who is known to sell 390As that have been "remanufactured 
to like new."  If that is what it is -- a "remanufactured to like new" 
refurb -- it seems to me that advertising it as "in out-of-the-box new 
condition" is fraud.  I don't care if a radio was refurbished by the 
ghost of Art Collins himself, a refurbished radio by definition cannot 
be in "out-of-the-box new condition."

On the other hand, it might really be brand new, still sealed in its 
original carton, and was just "gone over" to make sure that nothing had 
failed during a half-century of storage.

I'd want to know lots more before even thinking of buying it.

Best regards,

Charles