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Old April 11th 04, 09:50 PM
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This Hallicrafters SX-115 is bidding furiously with a "buy now" price of
$6,500
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3091034 041
&rd=1
Who on earth would pay that price for a limited frequency ham band only
receiver ?
AND the seller carefully hides the fact that it is a limited freq receiver
and NOT full frequency

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Old April 12th 04, 04:17 AM
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John Plimmer wrote:
This Hallicrafters SX-115 is bidding furiously with a "buy now" price of
$6,500
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3091034 041
&rd=1
Who on earth would pay that price for a limited frequency ham band only
receiver ?
AND the seller carefully hides the fact that it is a limited freq receiver
and NOT full frequency


Anyone who is seriously interested in this receiver will *know* it is
ham band converage only. I don't think he is hiding anything. I don't
see any bidding going on so far or was that a tounge-in-cheek comment.

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Old April 12th 04, 04:19 AM
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Michael Bryant wrote:

From: "John Plimmer"



This Hallicrafters SX-115 is bidding furiously with a "buy now" price of
$6,500
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3091034 041
&rd=1
Who on earth would pay that price for a limited frequency ham band only
receiver ?



It's a hoax.


What led you to that conclusion?

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Old April 12th 04, 05:05 AM
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From: "John Plimmer"

This Hallicrafters SX-115 is bidding furiously with a "buy now" price of
$6,500
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3091034 041
&rd=1
Who on earth would pay that price for a limited frequency ham band only
receiver ?


It's a hoax.


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Old April 12th 04, 05:52 AM
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"John Plimmer" wrote in message
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This Hallicrafters SX-115 is bidding furiously with a "buy now" price of
$6,500

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3091034 041
&rd=1
Who on earth would pay that price for a limited frequency ham band only
receiver ?


A wealthy ham who really wants a SX-115? An investor who thinks the radio
will be more valuable in the future? My older copy of "Radios by
Hallicrafters" has the SX-115 going from $385 to $495. AADE's Hampedia has
the SX-115 going from $750 to $3050. It seems the price has rocketed over
the last few years.

http://www.aade.com/hampedia/prices2.htm


AND the seller carefully hides the fact that it is a limited freq receiver
and NOT full frequency


There's no deception in not describing the radio's band coverage. The
SX-115 is a well known radio. Anybody who's spend that kind of money
without even a basic idea of what they're buying is a fool.

Frank Dresser




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Old April 12th 04, 07:01 AM
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"JJ" wrote in message
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John Plimmer wrote:
This Hallicrafters SX-115 is bidding furiously with a "buy now" price of
$6,500

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=3091034 041
&rd=1
Who on earth would pay that price for a limited frequency ham band only
receiver ?
AND the seller carefully hides the fact that it is a limited freq

receiver
and NOT full frequency


Anyone who is seriously interested in this receiver will *know* it is
ham band converage only. I don't think he is hiding anything. I don't
see any bidding going on so far or was that a tounge-in-cheek comment.


Note the seller is "dadslawyer." He probably paid the local ham a hundred
bucks for it. He might get 20% of the opening bid for it; all he needs is
one fool with more money than sense. My back aches just thinking about
hefting that thing.

"PM"


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Old April 12th 04, 05:49 PM
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Paul_Morphy wrote:


Note the seller is "dadslawyer." He probably paid the local ham a hundred
bucks for it. He might get 20% of the opening bid for it; all he needs is
one fool with more money than sense. My back aches just thinking about
hefting that thing.

"PM"


The seller is the "local ham", Ronald Isaacs - K9IHJ, Baton Rouge LA.
This is a high quality ham band receiver but the price is a bit too high
for my taste, but to a Hallicrafters collector maybe not.

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