Rusty In Lousiville,

I had a negative experience and would *not* recommend Universal Radio.
Alternatively, I *would* recommend C Crane Radio and/or Grove Radio:
I have made satisfactory purchases from both.

Good Luck
From sdl in Maryland.


Eric F. Richards wrote:
"Rusty in Louisville" wrote:

I would like to get some opinions about
Universal Radio, Inc., located in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

My reason for asking is they seem to never ship on time
and always have to back order, sometimes taking 30 days
or more to back order.


I've had similar experiences. You are told the product is in stock
until the order is completed, then they tell you the item is
backordered.

I did want to test a Ten-Tec RX-340 there, and when the lady who
answered the phone asked someone else if I could test the radio, she
was told, "hell no, that's a $4000 radio."

So I drove to Ten-Tec and was given free-reign to play with the
radio.
I bought one, from Ten-Tec, two months later.

All that said, Universal is kinda the lesser of two evils in the
shortwave supply biz. I look elsewhere when I can, such as Ham
Radio
Outlet or one of the myriad national mail-order scanner shops.

sdl wrote:

I had a negative experience and would *not* recommend Universal Radio.
Alternatively, I *would* recommend C Crane Radio and/or Grove Radio:
I have made satisfactory purchases from both.

I agree about Grove Enterprizes. They have an especially good return
policy and rarely charge a restocking fee if all the literature and
packing materials are included in the return.


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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 22:37:01 -0600, starman wrote
(in message ):

sdl wrote:

I had a negative experience and would *not* recommend Universal Radio.
Alternatively, I *would* recommend C Crane Radio and/or Grove Radio:
I have made satisfactory purchases from both.

I agree about Grove Enterprizes. They have an especially good return
policy and rarely charge a restocking fee if all the literature and
packing materials are included in the return.


And I'll agree about CCrane. I had a problem with an used radio I bought from
them (and the problem was not very great) and they went so far out of their
way to make sure I was satisfied that it embarassed me!

I tried to talk them into taking some money ($25?) and they just wouldn't let
me give it to them.

If CCrane has something I want, I'll buy it from them without comparison
shopping - I could care less if they charge more; I don't mind paying for
quality.


And just wait 'til I tell y'all about their battery charger!



Gray Shockley
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RX-320 DX-399
CCradio+ w/RS Loop
Justice AM Antenna
Torus Tuner (3-13 MHz)
Select-A-Tenna
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Vicksburg, MS US

"starman" wrote in message
...
sdl wrote:

I had a negative experience and would *not* recommend Universal Radio.


No experience here with Universal Radio but I would whole heartedly
recommend R&L. I won't go into details here but they were very good to me.

73 Tom KI3R Belle Vernon Pa.