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Hallicrafters sx-9
I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am concerned
about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5744936655 |
I have never dealt with them but share you concern. I have restored an SX-9
and offer the following observations about their claims " Okay the story behind this receiver, I purchased it for resale, Fedex delivered it but the sender didn't put any packing inside so the tubes got smashed. " Little hard to believe since one of the claims to fame of the SX-9 was that it was the first to use all metal tubes. I was surprised how good the receiver is and looking at the components, all except a couple of capacitors, everything else looks totally original. " Nothing original about that PS transformer, nor the spoke knob on the front. In addition There also seems to be quite a rats nest around the speaker. It needs minimal work to return the receiver to its original glory, the cabinet is virtually unmarked and the face panel is very good, all original. There is a phone jack added to the upper right hand corner. Just to the left of the logo. -- Carl WA1KPD Visit My Boatanchor Collection at http://home.comcast.net/~chnord/wa1kpd.html "Jay" wrote in message ... I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am concerned about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5744936655 |
Why do you consider 97.2% a "terrible" feedback?
73 Antonio I0JX "Carl WA1KPD" ha scritto nel messaggio = ... I have never dealt with them but share you concern. I have restored an = SX-9=20 and offer the following observations about their claims =20 " Okay the story behind this receiver, I purchased it for resale, = Fedex=20 delivered it but the sender didn't put any packing inside so the tubes = got=20 smashed. " =20 Little hard to believe since one of the claims to fame of the SX-9 was = that=20 it was the first to use all metal tubes. =20 =20 I was surprised how good the receiver is and looking at the = components, all=20 except a couple of capacitors, everything else looks totally original. = " Nothing original about that PS transformer, nor the spoke knob on the = front.=20 In addition There also seems to be quite a rats nest around the = speaker. =20 It needs minimal work to return the receiver to its original glory, = the=20 cabinet is virtually unmarked and the face panel is very good, all = original. There is a phone jack added to the upper right hand corner. Just to = the left=20 of the logo. =20 =20 --=20 Carl WA1KPD Visit My Boatanchor Collection at=20 http://home.comcast.net/~chnord/wa1kpd.html =20 "Jay" wrote in message=20 ... I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am = concerned about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...D5744936655=20 =20 |
I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am concerned about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay He has a reputation for grossly exagerating the condition of some of his items. Some say the photos he posts are not always the equipment he has for sale. Be careful. 73, Darrell |
"Why do you consider 97.2% a "terrible" feedback"
Because the odds of the buyer becoming one of the unhappy 3% is 10 times higher than if his rating was 99.7% and 100 times higher than if his rating was 99.97%. I have only been cheated once on eBay, and it was by someone that had a lower feedback rating. If you are giving money to someone, do you want them to be honest 97% or 100% of the time? Sure there is the occasional time when a buyer will not be happy, but I consider 3% significant. K7FM --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.783 / Virus Database: 529 - Release Date: 10/25/04 |
Thanks, Carl, for your reply. Based on your analysis, I am going to
pass I think you saved me a big disappointment. I checked your pages on the net. What a fantastic collection of radios. Thanks again, 73 Jay On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:37:39 -0500, "Carl WA1KPD" wrote: I have never dealt with them but share you concern. I have restored an SX-9 and offer the following observations about their claims " Okay the story behind this receiver, I purchased it for resale, Fedex delivered it but the sender didn't put any packing inside so the tubes got smashed. " Little hard to believe since one of the claims to fame of the SX-9 was that it was the first to use all metal tubes. I was surprised how good the receiver is and looking at the components, all except a couple of capacitors, everything else looks totally original. " Nothing original about that PS transformer, nor the spoke knob on the front. In addition There also seems to be quite a rats nest around the speaker. It needs minimal work to return the receiver to its original glory, the cabinet is virtually unmarked and the face panel is very good, all original. There is a phone jack added to the upper right hand corner. Just to the left of the logo. |
You are right, but one cannot assume that all buyers are 100% reliable. =
Moreover sometimes negative feedbacks are just due to misunderstandings = or incidents. So, it would be more advisable to read the red feedback reports rather = than just taking the percentage figure. 73 Antonio I0JX "COLIN LAMB" ha scritto nel messaggio = nk.net... "Why do you consider 97.2% a "terrible" feedback" =20 Because the odds of the buyer becoming one of the unhappy 3% is 10 = times higher than if his rating was 99.7% and 100 times higher than if his = rating was 99.97%. =20 I have only been cheated once on eBay, and it was by someone that had = a lower feedback rating. =20 If you are giving money to someone, do you want them to be honest 97% = or 100% of the time? Sure there is the occasional time when a buyer will = not be happy, but I consider 3% significant. =20 K7FM =20 =20 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.783 / Virus Database: 529 - Release Date: 10/25/04 =20 |
This guy is not honest. He lied about the condition of a receiver I bought
and when I challenged him, he left negative feedback for me. I'd avoid dealing with him--he's a loser. "Jay" wrote in message ... I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am concerned about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5744936655 |
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:19:17 UTC, "john gindlesberger"
wrote: This guy is not honest. He lied about the condition of a receiver I bought and when I challenged him, he left negative feedback for me. I'd avoid dealing with him--he's a loser. "Jay" wrote in message ... I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am concerned about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5744936655 Just about every radio from "him", is his personal unit, retubed and tuned to factory spec's, or the best one he's ever seen. Pretty much the same set of superlatives each time. de ah6gi/4 |
First off there radiofart does not indicate the "extra" phone jack near the
Hali logo. There are probably other mods as well. However, he does 'fess up to the fact that he received this radio in damaged condition and retubed it. Translation : this radio is mechanically screwed up. I see a bent front panel, transformer askew (probably not original) one of the IF cans has a good dent on the top. Nice vernier too (?!?) "Jay" wrote in message ... I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am concerned about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5744936655 |
"Just about every radio from "him", is his personal unit, retubed
and tuned to factory spec's, or the best one he's ever seen. Pretty much the same set of superlatives each time." Sound like he is the right guy for the wrong job. He should be selling used cars. I have met a number just like him there. Fortunately, I learned my lesson after one car. Clin K7FM --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.783 / Virus Database: 529 - Release Date: 10/25/04 |
I bought what was auctioned as 100 plus tubes from this guy. I only received
41 tubes and 11 of them were broken. I emailed the guy and he told me to "QUITE WHINING". All I wanted was a refund. You be the judge. Gary "Jay" wrote in message ... I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am concerned about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5744936655 |
If you go back far enough in this guy's feedback, you'll see that
someone accused him of bidding on his own auctions under the name "gottahaveit1998" or something like that. Both accounts were then suspended; I think the gottahaveit account is still gone. He came back some time this fall - I had to chuckle when I saw his first auction and it said "well, I'm back after an extended summer vacation". Yup, sure. I do *not* know if he was bidding on his own auctions for sure. But he and the gottahaveit guy sure traded a lot of feedback, and they both lived in Ky, and they both had the first name martin... 73 John |
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However, if you had bid, say $800 max for that mint SX-115 and nobody
else bid it past $500, the shill bidder (your "gottahaveit1998" friend) will drive up the price for you. A radio you could have gotten for $500 now might cost you $700 because of the shill bidder. Anyone who deals like this is dishonest and should be *permanantly* banned from eBay. Again, I do *not* know that gottahaveit1998 was shilling for radiomart. 73 John W3JN |
No Spam wrote:
If a radio looks good, I make my best estimate and bid my max. I think most people also do that. Never heard anybody say they bid their minimum. :-) -Bill |
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WHO is Radio Mart?
WHERE does he live? HOW will we recognize him at a hamfest? Is he one of these guys like Thomas J. Bruckner who would go around to ham fests buying tubes from hams for pennies on the dollar and then put them up on his site http://www.elexs.com/ for 100's or a 1000 times more than what he payed. That little F****r always ****ed me off with his fox like approach to picking apart some guy to buy his tubes. He would stuff his bag go back to the car and hunt for more. He used to hit EVERY ham fest in the northeast and midwest. It was funny as hell when he missed a deal. He would sputter and sweat and try to talk the guy out of his purchase. He would have is wife spotting the suckers and then he would go in for the kill. "Jay" wrote in message ... I am interested in the Hallicrafters SX-9 On e-bay , but am concerned about the terrible feed back on seller. Any advise on purchasing from radio-mart ? Thanks Jay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5744936655 |
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"VT1" wrote WHO is Radio Mart? WHERE does he live? HOW will we recognize him at a hamfest? Is he one of these guys like Thomas J. Bruckner who would go around to ham fests buying tubes from hams for pennies on the dollar and then put them up on his site http://www.elexs.com/ for 100's or a 1000 times more than what he payed. That little F****r always ****ed me off with his fox like approach to picking apart some guy to buy his tubes. He would stuff his bag go back to the car and hunt for more. He used to hit EVERY ham fest in the northeast and midwest. It was funny as hell when he missed a deal. He would sputter and sweat and try to talk the guy out of his purchase. He would have is wife spotting the suckers and then he would go in for the kill. ***** He ****ed you off because HE got off his arse ,stuffed his bag with tubes (legitimately, under a capitalist system that we all hold so dear),and sold them on his website,made a profit and you didn't!! Dear oh dear!!! What an indication of the human condition! Brian Goldsmith |
By the way, he is not a licensed ham. Ask him what his call is and he
will give you some baloney story about looking for him on 15 meters. Would not give his call. A name search search on QRZ shows nothing. His first name has an unusual spelling so it would be easy to find if he were licensed. |
I sent him an e-mail on the SX-100 and asked him what was up with his
description and he e-mailed me back to check the listing in a few minutes. I did - he ended it with "Their was an error in the listing" |
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 12:38:31 UTC, "Brian Goldsmith"
wrote: All very well and good except for one thing--what is the rest of the bidding world doing while all your listed shenninagians are going on???? Brian Goldsmith. Doesn't matter as they fall into three categories. 1. Bottom feeders who aren't will to pay a fair price. They fall out of the bidding early. 2. Feedback(0) who are willing to pay too much. They win the item of course but I'll get the one next week or the week after. 3. Serious buyers who are watching their pennies as closely as I am. Seems odd to call "shenninagians" what's actually simply deciding what an item is worth to me and offering up a fair bid. That term, however it's spelled, is better applied to "shilling" or "sniping". I have bought primo Collins gear from r.r.a.b members using my method. Decide what I'm willing to pay, offering up my bid. All I ask is that their photo's and descriptions are honest and they pack the item well. |
Shilling is STEALING. It's taking money right out of your pocket for
the sole benefit of the seller. It's also illegal in most states and auctioneers can lose their licenses over this. You may be happy paying more for something than you have to but I prefer not to deal with someone who is demonstrably dishonest. Who knows how *else* they might screw you? 73 John W3JN |
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