[RVRC] FW: COMPLAINT ABOUT THE HAMFEST

[drew Moore]

Members, the hamfest Jumper Cable team spent considerable time constructing
the jumper. We admit there were some issues but we did our best and crimped
every crimp connections. We were a little laxed in some areas requiring
solder and we have certainly learned a lot from this project and appreciate
the efforts and time of the teams members. I'm sure going forward we will
adjust and be even more diligent to make sure this doesn't ever happen
again.

If the complainer had contacted us we would have corrected the problem
immediately by fixing the finished product or offered him a full refund.
However since he chooses to remain anonymous and sling names I see this as a
lessons learned experience. The 5/8" clear label was the cable price.

Regrets,

Drew
W2OU

-----Original Message-----
From: rvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:rvrc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Joseph F. Cash, Jr. 
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:44 AM
To: asajm at optimum.net
Cc: RVRC, RVRC
Subject: Re: [RVRC] COMPLAINT ABOUT THE HAMFEST

Gee, I hope he didn't buy them from the club table ! :-)

Regards,

Joe

Joseph F. Cash, Jr. 
Keller Williams -
         Cornerstone Realty
908-704-1222 - wireless
908-359-0893 - office
jcash at joecash.com
www.joecash.com

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On Jun 18, 2012, at 11:35 AM, asajm at optimum.net wrote:

> Sorry that the original was blank....Here it is.
> ==================================
> Got this e-mail from a friend after the Hamfest....... 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> In other news.......
> I'd like to lodge a complaint (about one of the vendors at the hamfest).
> I bought five short (3 foot) coax cables Saturday and whoever 
> assembled them is utterly incompetent and should either be retrained 
> or prevented from doing that job. All of the cables had clear plastic 
> tape on them printed with the number "12," leading me to think that 
> that was the assembler's ID. The problems are: all ten of the center 
> pins had cold solder joints and none of the crimp ferrules were 
> crimped. They were just slid on and heat-shrink tubing was used to 
> hold them in place. Whoever it was did a really lousy job of that too. 
> A trained blind monkey, or Radio Shack employee, could have done a 
> better job. Fixing the center pin was easy, but I had to cut apart an 
> 11 mm, six-point deep socket to make a crimping tool. To use it, I had 
> to cut off all the heat-shrink tubing and clamp it in a vise. I only 
> have a small hand vise at home, so I brought the cables in to work to 
> finish the job that I should have never had to do. I know that it's 
> Caveat Emptor in venues like that
 , 
> but this was supposed to be a new, quality product. I would think the
sponsors of the event would at least like to know about this. At least the
cable they used was Mil-Spec RG-213/U, instead of that crappy RG8X or "TYPE"
cable. The cables were $12 each too!. If I had known about the problem, I
might have still bought them, because it's easier to finish a job than do
the whole job, but I would have haggled over the workmanship. It's ironic
that in the next row over a guy was selling six foot cables using RG-214/U
for $10 each, and the workmanship was superb, or at least looks that way.
And the cable he used is more expensive and better quality. Essentially it's
double-shielded RG-213/U. I bought four of those cables.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Thought you guys might like to see this.
> I'll see if Bob remembers the Vendor's name so none of you guys get
burned, too.
> 
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