David wrote:
On 23 May 2006 03:07:49 -0700, wrote:


n0xnh wrote:
I bought one at the Dayton Hamvention on Saturday that was supposed to
be "new in the box". When I got it home and opened it up on Monday
afternoon there had been battery leakage in the battery compartment. I
did put batteries in it to see how it worked and it seems fine, but it
is going back in the next couple of days and either they will give me a
new one or I will get a refund. This is the kind of crap that seems to
happen to me at when I buy things at Radio Shack...I should have known
better. On the other hand, it seems like a pretty good buy at $50 and
seems to work pretty well.

This happens to me, also, at RS; they lie like Hell, and tell you it
is, "new-in-the-box",
until you get it home and find batteries in it because it was a
display, or returned item. I only shop there, when I have to; on
clearance sales, you can bet it is not, "new-in-the-box". I was lucky,
and found two discontinued, "new-in-the-box", RS radios that I use as
backups. This an interesting link, that shows how RS lies:


http://digg.com/links/Proof_that_Rad...o_lie _to_you.

They're supposed to give you an extended warranty on display items.

Doesn't matter, I'm not going to buy a, "used", new item from them,
especially, if is a display item that has been handled by hundreds of
people, or, a returned item that someone has fooled with, and may have
something wrong with it...