I'm a big chicken when dealing with foreign companies. I really squirmed the
first time I ordered radio from a foreign company.

It was 1998. I decided that I wanted to buy a Yupi MVT-7100 from a Finnish
company called Bandercom. $300 was (and still is) a lot of money for me, and
I was scared to death that something was going to happen and I wouldn't get
my scanner or my money back. It was extremely scary for a couple of weeks.

One thing that helped was that there was lots of good input about Bandercom
at the Strong Signals site, and I figured that Bandercom must be legit. And
the scanner arrived on time and worked perfectly, so I had a good
experience.

Last month, I decided that I wanted one of the 1102 radios that I discovered
at the Radio Intelligencer site. The reviewer loved the radio, so I started
doing a bunch of research. I found the Kaito version for $100 at Universal
Radio and for $90 at many other places. I found the Degen version for as low
as $49 on eBay, but it would be from a Chinese seller.

Because I am so suspicious, I decided I would start asking questions. I
emailed Degen who confirmed the Kaito and Degen models are identical. Hmmm.
OK, the radios were identical. What about the seller. I checked Liypn's eBay
feedback. Wow! 100% positive. 230 out of 230 left positive feedback. So I
emailed Liypn and asked a bunch of questions about the radio. Then I emailed
a couple of people who had bought from him, asking them about their 1102s
and about Liypn. Nothing but positives all the way. So I made the big leap.
I sent Liypn my $49 (plus shipping), and he sent me back a pretty cool
little radio. Yes, I was still concerned till it got here, but the package
arrived in perfect condition and I now feel completely at ease with doing
business with him.

On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:38:54 -0500, "Corbin Ray"
wrote:

I'm a big chicken when dealing with foreign companies. I really squirmed the
first time I ordered radio from a foreign company.

It was 1998. I decided that I wanted to buy a Yupi MVT-7100 from a Finnish
company called Bandercom. $300 was (and still is) a lot of money for me, and
I was scared to death that something was going to happen and I wouldn't get
my scanner or my money back. It was extremely scary for a couple of weeks.

One thing that helped was that there was lots of good input about Bandercom
at the Strong Signals site, and I figured that Bandercom must be legit. And
the scanner arrived on time and worked perfectly, so I had a good
experience.

Last month, I decided that I wanted one of the 1102 radios that I discovered
at the Radio Intelligencer site. The reviewer loved the radio, so I started
doing a bunch of research. I found the Kaito version for $100 at Universal
Radio and for $90 at many other places. I found the Degen version for as low
as $49 on eBay, but it would be from a Chinese seller.

Because I am so suspicious, I decided I would start asking questions. I
emailed Degen who confirmed the Kaito and Degen models are identical. Hmmm.
OK, the radios were identical. What about the seller. I checked Liypn's eBay
feedback. Wow! 100% positive. 230 out of 230 left positive feedback. So I
emailed Liypn and asked a bunch of questions about the radio. Then I emailed
a couple of people who had bought from him, asking them about their 1102s
and about Liypn. Nothing but positives all the way. So I made the big leap.
I sent Liypn my $49 (plus shipping), and he sent me back a pretty cool
little radio. Yes, I was still concerned till it got here, but the package
arrived in perfect condition and I now feel completely at ease with doing
business with him.

I purchased one from him a couple of months ago. He is a very good
seller. The radio in IMO is the best portable value available today.

I reading the specs on the 1102 and how the FM band is expanded. I was
wondering if the FM band on the 1102 receives TV stations being it goes
quite low....down to 70?
Most radios receive around 87-108 or so.
Corbin Ray wrote in message
...
I'm a big chicken when dealing with foreign companies. I really squirmed
the
first time I ordered radio from a foreign company.

It was 1998. I decided that I wanted to buy a Yupi MVT-7100 from a Finnish
company called Bandercom. $300 was (and still is) a lot of money for me,
and
I was scared to death that something was going to happen and I wouldn't
get
my scanner or my money back. It was extremely scary for a couple of weeks.

One thing that helped was that there was lots of good input about
Bandercom
at the Strong Signals site, and I figured that Bandercom must be legit.
And
the scanner arrived on time and worked perfectly, so I had a good
experience.

Last month, I decided that I wanted one of the 1102 radios that I
discovered
at the Radio Intelligencer site. The reviewer loved the radio, so I
started
doing a bunch of research. I found the Kaito version for $100 at Universal
Radio and for $90 at many other places. I found the Degen version for as
low
as $49 on eBay, but it would be from a Chinese seller.

Because I am so suspicious, I decided I would start asking questions. I
emailed Degen who confirmed the Kaito and Degen models are identical.
Hmmm.
OK, the radios were identical. What about the seller. I checked Liypn's
eBay
feedback. Wow! 100% positive. 230 out of 230 left positive feedback. So I
emailed Liypn and asked a bunch of questions about the radio. Then I
emailed
a couple of people who had bought from him, asking them about their 1102s
and about Liypn. Nothing but positives all the way. So I made the big
leap.
I sent Liypn my $49 (plus shipping), and he sent me back a pretty cool
little radio. Yes, I was still concerned till it got here, but the package
arrived in perfect condition and I now feel completely at ease with doing
business with him.

If I were going to buy from a "broker," trans-shipping from China, (and felt
like dealing with the rip-off that is PayPal) then I would have chosen Liypn
as well. At the time you bought your radio, you didn't have the option to
buy for a realistic, discounted price from a bona-fide radio dealer.

Price being very close to equal (while it is on sale), and having had other
transactions with RadioLabs it's a no-brainer. If the radio arrives "sick"
all I've got to do is have them ship me another one out of their stock in
California while I return the other. Again, I'm glad it worked out for you,
and I'm not putting down Liypn. But I am saying that an actual radio
dealer, shipping actual American-market (no 220 adapter) radios from their
own stock is at the same price is vastly preferable to a guy telling
somebody in Shanghai to send you a radio after your PayPal transaction
finally goes through -- especially if something goes wrong. Paypal just
isn't the way to go when you can avoid it (see
http://www.paypalsucks.com/ ).

Your mileage may vary, void where prohibited by law, objects are closer than
they may appear, etc.

-- Stinger

"Corbin Ray" wrote in message
...
I'm a big chicken when dealing with foreign companies. I really squirmed
the
first time I ordered radio from a foreign company.

It was 1998. I decided that I wanted to buy a Yupi MVT-7100 from a Finnish
company called Bandercom. $300 was (and still is) a lot of money for me,
and
I was scared to death that something was going to happen and I wouldn't
get
my scanner or my money back. It was extremely scary for a couple of weeks.

One thing that helped was that there was lots of good input about
Bandercom
at the Strong Signals site, and I figured that Bandercom must be legit.
And
the scanner arrived on time and worked perfectly, so I had a good
experience.

Last month, I decided that I wanted one of the 1102 radios that I
discovered
at the Radio Intelligencer site. The reviewer loved the radio, so I
started
doing a bunch of research. I found the Kaito version for $100 at Universal
Radio and for $90 at many other places. I found the Degen version for as
low
as $49 on eBay, but it would be from a Chinese seller.

Because I am so suspicious, I decided I would start asking questions. I
emailed Degen who confirmed the Kaito and Degen models are identical.
Hmmm.
OK, the radios were identical. What about the seller. I checked Liypn's
eBay
feedback. Wow! 100% positive. 230 out of 230 left positive feedback. So I
emailed Liypn and asked a bunch of questions about the radio. Then I
emailed
a couple of people who had bought from him, asking them about their 1102s
and about Liypn. Nothing but positives all the way. So I made the big
leap.
I sent Liypn my $49 (plus shipping), and he sent me back a pretty cool
little radio. Yes, I was still concerned till it got here, but the package
arrived in perfect condition and I now feel completely at ease with doing
business with him.

Paypal and my Banks' credit card departmant have had immediate data

transfer / " What's this you want from me" problems.
\No other electronic vendor has had these problems with my bank..

- hence I've NEVER used ( and never will use) paypal.

Nothing against anyone, but

Universal radio is a few bucks more expensive, but I like them better.
fewer hassles. Peace of mind..

Helps pay for someones salary here in the US Of A.

Dan






In article , "Stinger"
writes:


If I were going to buy from a "broker," trans-shipping from China, (and felt
like dealing with the rip-off that is PayPal) then I would have chosen Liypn
as well. At the time you bought your radio, you didn't have the option to
buy for a realistic, discounted price from a bona-fide radio dealer.

Price being very close to equal (while it is on sale), and having had other
transactions with RadioLabs it's a no-brainer. If the radio arrives "sick"
all I've got to do is have them ship me another one out of their stock in
California while I return the other. Again, I'm glad it worked out for you,
and I'm not putting down Liypn. But I am saying that an actual radio
dealer, shipping actual American-market (no 220 adapter) radios from their
own stock is at the same price is vastly preferable to a guy telling
somebody in Shanghai to send you a radio after your PayPal transaction
finally goes through -- especially if something goes wrong. Paypal just
isn't the way to go when you can avoid it (see
http://www.paypalsucks.com/ ).

Your mileage may vary, void where prohibited by law, objects are closer than
they may appear, etc.

-- Stinger

I ordered and got my 1102 from Lypin in 6 days. The problem with my unit is
the convertor almost burned. I put a few pics up on the yahoo group. I
contacted Lypin and he is sending me a replacement convertor.

I think the coil may have fried my AC adapter and in turn messeed up the
charging circuit to the radio. I will see once my convertor arrives. He was
pretty quick on sending a replacement for the faulty item.

I found ont he radio that the voltage is 6 V and the power configuration. I
connected a RS adapter at 6V 300ma and did not see the "AC" icon on the
display.

I hope it isn't damaged and it is just the AC convetor.

(Diverd4777) wrote in message ...
Paypal and my Banks' credit card departmant have had immediate data

transfer / " What's this you want from me" problems.
\No other electronic vendor has had these problems with my bank..

- hence I've NEVER used ( and never will use) paypal.

Nothing against anyone, but

Universal radio is a few bucks more expensive, but I like them better.
fewer hassles. Peace of mind..

Helps pay for someones salary here in the US Of A.

Dan

Been using PayPal since it was rolled out and it has been of the most
convenience and reliability. I had one STORE charge me twice and a
quick email and reply had it taken care of in 2 hours.

I heartily endorse it.

- Just a happy user since, what, 1998?

I'll have to agree with you. I've also been using it since it's inception.
In both directions for dozens of transactions with NO, NONE, 0, ZILCH, etc.
problems. Best thing since e-Bay...



"AC Smith" wrote in message
om...
(Diverd4777) wrote in message
...
Paypal and my Banks' credit card departmant have had immediate data

transfer / " What's this you want from me" problems.
\No other electronic vendor has had these problems with my bank..

- hence I've NEVER used ( and never will use) paypal.

Nothing against anyone, but

Universal radio is a few bucks more expensive, but I like them better.
fewer hassles. Peace of mind..

Helps pay for someones salary here in the US Of A.

Dan

Been using PayPal since it was rolled out and it has been of the most
convenience and reliability. I had one STORE charge me twice and a
quick email and reply had it taken care of in 2 hours.

I heartily endorse it.

- Just a happy user since, what, 1998?

Newsgroup Lurker wrote:

I ordered and got my 1102 from Lypin in 6 days. The problem with my unit is
the convertor almost burned. I put a few pics up on the yahoo group. I
contacted Lypin and he is sending me a replacement convertor.

I think the coil may have fried my AC adapter and in turn messeed up the
charging circuit to the radio. I will see once my convertor arrives. He was
pretty quick on sending a replacement for the faulty item.

I found ont he radio that the voltage is 6 V and the power configuration. I
connected a RS adapter at 6V 300ma and did not see the "AC" icon on the
display.

I hope it isn't damaged and it is just the AC convetor.

It's best to use only converters/adapters which have the 'UL' label but
these days they're getting harder to find.


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