ebay: devocom73 and dx-398's
 

Anyone else notice this seller who was selling a total of eight DX-398's,
all miraculously new and in mint condition, in box?

First thing that got me wondering what was why anyone would have nine of
these radios, The reason of "I am gradually quitting my radio collecting
hobby to pursue my other passion in life which is vintage cars and trucks.
Doing so is taking up all my free time which leaves me with no time with my
radios anymore so all 8 of these Radio Shack units MUST GO NOW!!!" sounded
rather bogus. Collecting eight identical radios and letting them sitting
around is a hobby now? I suspect something else like customer returns that
were liquidated at a high discount. The radios might be new and appear
mint in appearance, but I bet something is wrong with them.

In addition, the seller uses a lot of private auctions. This leads me to
think that something funny must have happened in the past. For reference,
another user who uses many private auctions is radio-mart. Note a recent
feedback comment, "NICE PACKING&SHIPPING JUST CAN'T GET THE RADIO TO WORK
alan."

Another thing was, I emailed the seller asking for a picture of the radio
on and tuned into a station. I suggested WWV(H). The seller angrily
retorted that the radios simply "worked." The degree of functionality was
not stated. I think this is a reasonable request for an E-bay auction--the
single blurry picture provided, of just one of the eight original units,
with just the clock functioning is not adequate. I've heard of radios that
were broken except for the clock before.

Anyways, I'm steering clear for these reasons. If I was new to this
newsgroup and to shortwave radios, I might have bit.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...9557 980&rd=1

Right like a guy will collect (8) of the same radios!!! I sold mine that was
new a while back for $135.00
with all documentation, box, etc. This guy wants $205.00 BuyItNow, WTF?

"Conan Ford" wrote in message
3.159...
Anyone else notice this seller who was selling a total of eight DX-398's,
all miraculously new and in mint condition, in box?

First thing that got me wondering what was why anyone would have nine of
these radios, The reason of "I am gradually quitting my radio collecting
hobby to pursue my other passion in life which is vintage cars and trucks.
Doing so is taking up all my free time which leaves me with no time with
my
radios anymore so all 8 of these Radio Shack units MUST GO NOW!!!" sounded
rather bogus. Collecting eight identical radios and letting them sitting
around is a hobby now? I suspect something else like customer returns
that
were liquidated at a high discount. The radios might be new and appear
mint in appearance, but I bet something is wrong with them.

In addition, the seller uses a lot of private auctions. This leads me to
think that something funny must have happened in the past. For reference,
another user who uses many private auctions is radio-mart. Note a recent
feedback comment, "NICE PACKING&SHIPPING JUST CAN'T GET THE RADIO TO WORK
alan."

Another thing was, I emailed the seller asking for a picture of the radio
on and tuned into a station. I suggested WWV(H). The seller angrily
retorted that the radios simply "worked." The degree of functionality was
not stated. I think this is a reasonable request for an E-bay
auction--the
single blurry picture provided, of just one of the eight original units,
with just the clock functioning is not adequate. I've heard of radios
that
were broken except for the clock before.

Anyways, I'm steering clear for these reasons. If I was new to this
newsgroup and to shortwave radios, I might have bit.

CF & JD,