[Yaesu] Radio-Mart

[Ted Wright]

Hi Buddy
It would be nice to deal with him if he could just stay on the up and up 
But that is not the case ... Very sad ..
tnx for the reply..
Ted

F.R. Ashley wrote:

>
> Ted,
>
> I am an occasional eBay browser and have seen equipment offered for 
> sale by "Radio Mart".   I often wondered how and where he got all of 
> that nice, new-looking equipment!  Thanks for bringing this to our 
> attention, looks like you did some good detective work.
>
> 73 Buddy
> WB4M
>
>> Hello
>> Radio-Mart is GOTTAHAVEIT1995 and MUTICOMM2000 . Gottahaveit is the 
>> one he buys under then sell as Radio Mart  He uses snipping software 
>> to beat out other bidders in his shady dealings. The reason he hides 
>> the bidders on his listings is so his pals can shill bid for him.   
>> He is a crook who lies and cheats any one he can all in the name of 
>> the almighty dollar.He has robbed  many people in his crooked sales 
>> including myself .
>>
>> Most people do not know that GOTTAHAVEIT1995 is Radio-Mart . I have 
>> sent reports about him to the to E-Bay listing complaints about his 
>> unfair and untrue write ups he places on his items for sale.  I my 
>> case he showed a real nice looking Drake TR-4. In his description he 
>> talked it up so much you would think it was fresh from the assembly 
>> line . After I won the auction and the item arrived I was presented 
>> with beat up looking tr4 poorly packed bouncing around in it's box 
>> not at all the item shown in the listing .  And heavily damaged.
>>
>> What I did not expect was a person to show one thing and then sell me 
>> another The rig I bought and the one he sent where two totally 
>> different radios  I was able to return it as it did not work and it 
>> may or may not have been damaged in shipping. In any case it was not 
>> the one shown in his listing. At this time I just chalked it up as a 
>> learning experience , but it did cost me shipping from Pa.to Kentucky 
>> two times. After this incident I then began to watch this Martyn 
>> Allison and I was very surprised to find out after just a little 
>> research on my part that I am not the only one that has been scammed 
>> by him ..
>>
>> It seems that he was also banned from E-Bay this past summer{05} for 
>> reasons that I do not know of. He is also banned from the CCA as 
>> well  Be very careful when dealing with this guy. If he thinks he has 
>> something of any value his buddies shill bid on it for him so he can 
>> lure someone unsuspecting into buying an item at a overly inflated 
>> price.  A classic example is  He bought a Drake R4C from a person as 
>> GOTTAHAVEIT  for 640.00 Nice Radio all sherwood mods etc.etc. Now 
>> keep in mind he paid 640.00 for this drake. Now just about three 
>> weeks later it shows up for sale by Radio-Mart  and winds up 
>> receiving maybe twenty or more bids and then sells for over 1200.00 
>> ..  You figure it out shill bidding at it's best and when E-Bay was 
>> made aware of this they did nothing.  Why hide your bidders list if 
>> you have nothing to hide ????? This is my experience with this guy.. 
>> If any one has any other dealings with him good or bad i would like 
>> to hear from you..
>> tnx Ted
>>
>> Wokoun Peter A PHNS wrote:
>>
>>> He buys a lot under other names.  I wonder if he uses some program 
>>> to bid
>>> because he almost always bets within seconds of the closing time.  
>>> And it's
>>> always buy low, sell high and everything sold is collector quality.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Still, I cannot figure out where he keeps coming up with all the 
>>>> Collins equipment! That has me puzzled.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> ron
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> N4UE
>>>>
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