Angry Hallicrafters mob takes on eBay. The following is from an eBay
listing.

http://cgi.ebay.com/HALLICRAFTERS-SX-28A-PM-23-IS-IT-
MISREPRESENTED_W0QQitemZ170181847596QQihZ007QQcate goryZ4673QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



This is a heads-up warning to please be careful when considering any
high priced Hallicrafters SX-28A at auction in the Ham Receivers
category. It was brought to my attention that there is a second
Hallicrafters SX-28A currently listed that is using copied pictures of
my SX-28A from a previous auction that ran here and concluded just
last week. Please carefully compare the inside view in auction
#130186049284 with the pictures of my receiver from auction
#170179225705. Notice how the yokes on the tuning shaft couplers are
in exactly the same positions, spots are in the same places and dial
lamp light is reflecting off the backside of the dial in the same
place. The seller's intent to deceive is more evident by his strategic
cropping of my original picture which is an attempt to hide the more
obvious identifying features appearing in the background. The seller
is plagiarizing pictures copied over the Internet and posting them as
his own. Using pictures of my receiver in his auction is serious
misrepresentation.

BREAKING NEWS: We just learned the seller admitted all pictures
connected to the SX-28A auction #130186049284 featured at the top have
been copied and pasted from various sources on the Internet. The
auction requires immediate payment via PayPal and is running as a
private auction which means a bidder's ID will be hidden from all
other viewers. A hidden ID prevents other members from contacting the
bidder before he has had a chance to pay. The auction has been
reported to SafeHarbor for investigation into pirated pictures which
is prohibited and we also asked to check for a possible hi-jacked ID
running a fraudulent annonymous auction. We will keep you posted by
updating the information as it becomes available.



I Received This Alert From My Buyer and Decided It Was Important and
Should Be Reported:

Rusty:
You might find it interesting to know that one of your pictures from
your,
now our, SX-28 listing, is presently being used by another person
on a present eBay listing. Namely, this pictu




is being used by : devin3247 (144)

for item: 130186049284

Not only is this person stealing your picture, but, the picture is
SUPPOSED to be an interior shot of HIS radio for potential buyers;
instead, it is an interior shot of YOUR radio which you have already
sold to me and for which I have already sent the payment.

Although this doesn't harm either of us directly, it still "ain't
right".

Thought you'd like to know.

DP



I was also contacted by a good friend who asked the subject seller for
more detail about the condition of his SX-28A and this is the reply he
received which he then forwarded to me:

Hi, the cabinet top was discolored for some reason so it has been
painted.
I'm not so sure about the capacitors, I'm pretty sure that some have
been
replace, but most I think most of them are original. I'm not able to
lift
or turn the radio over anymore. My son should be over this weekend and
I'll
have him take a look.

Thanks!

I noticed he did not allow this answer to post to the description like
one of the others so this indicates selective description posting and
more deception.



This is the actual original picture of my receiver from auction
#170179225705 which is now sold