|
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
Stopped by RS today and they had the E10 on sale for $49.97. Just
as the article I posted about sleazy Eton/Grundig/Tecsun said, the markup on SW radios is incredible (E10 retails for $120). At $50, RS is STILL making a profit ! I bought one (was going to buy two, to have one new-in-the-box, forever), but when I got it home, the plastic display cover had a blemish; of course, the RS salesman lied to me and said that it was new-in-the-box - RS is just as sleazy as Eton/Grundig/Tecsun ! Maybe it turned out for the best, because the tuning knob felt, as if it was goint to fall off, and the buttons were so small, as to be too annoying. Also, with the continued demise of SW, what in the Hell was I thinking ! Who was that guy, who spent $150 on a RS Eton E5 (from E5 gloat) ? |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
|
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
wrote: John S. wrote: wrote: Stopped by RS today and they had the E10 on sale for $49.97. Just as the article I posted about sleazy Eton/Grundig/Tecsun said, the markup on SW radios is incredible (E10 retails for $120). At $50, RS is STILL making a profit ! Since you do not have access to Radio Shack cost information nor do you know how direct and indirect overhead is allocated within the RS system, what is the basis for this "fact". I bought one (was going to buy two, to have one new-in-the-box, forever), but when I got it home, the plastic display cover had a blemish; of course, the RS salesman lied to me and said that it was new-in-the-box - RS is just as sleazy as Eton/Grundig/Tecsun ! Maybe it turned out for the best, because the tuning knob felt, as if it was goint to fall off, and the buttons were so small, as to be too annoying. Also, with the continued demise of SW, what in the Hell was I thinking ! Assuming this really happened, which I seriously doubt. Is your idea of entertainment stopping by a radio shack store to look over in great detail and buy a radio that you thoroughly detest? You have odd ways of keeping your self entertained. The welfare check must have come today. I've never heard of any senior software engineers, in the Intelligence Community, having to take welfare. Why would a senior software engineer, in the "Intelligence Community" buy what they've already said was a bad piece of equipment to begin with? dxAce Michigan USA |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
dxAce wrote: wrote: John S. wrote: wrote: Stopped by RS today and they had the E10 on sale for $49.97. Just as the article I posted about sleazy Eton/Grundig/Tecsun said, the markup on SW radios is incredible (E10 retails for $120). At $50, RS is STILL making a profit ! Since you do not have access to Radio Shack cost information nor do you know how direct and indirect overhead is allocated within the RS system, what is the basis for this "fact". I bought one (was going to buy two, to have one new-in-the-box, forever), but when I got it home, the plastic display cover had a blemish; of course, the RS salesman lied to me and said that it was new-in-the-box - RS is just as sleazy as Eton/Grundig/Tecsun ! Maybe it turned out for the best, because the tuning knob felt, as if it was goint to fall off, and the buttons were so small, as to be too annoying. Also, with the continued demise of SW, what in the Hell was I thinking ! Assuming this really happened, which I seriously doubt. Is your idea of entertainment stopping by a radio shack store to look over in great detail and buy a radio that you thoroughly detest? You have odd ways of keeping your self entertained. The welfare check must have come today. I've never heard of any senior software engineers, in the Intelligence Community, having to take welfare. Why would a senior software engineer, in the "Intelligence Community" buy what they've already said was a bad piece of equipment to begin with? Allow me to follow that up with an observation that you are perhaps a 'senior 'tard boy' in a 'group home community' who possesses very little 'intelligence'. dxAce Michigan USA |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
I've never heard of anyone intelligent in the intelligence community
announcing their status on a public message posting system. |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
In article 9,
Conan Ford wrote: I've never heard of anyone intelligent in the intelligence community announcing their status on a public message posting system. He was just trying to lay the Plame someplace else. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
Telamon wrote: In article 9, Conan Ford wrote: I've never heard of anyone intelligent in the intelligence community announcing their status on a public message posting system. He was just trying to lay the Plame someplace else. -- Telamon Ventura, California Once again, thanks for all the attention ! I am sorry, it looks like I have upset all of you again ! Almost an Eton E10 gloat ! |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
I'de be happy to get into a disussion about the Linux/UNIX kernel -
you know, ioctl(), copyin(), copyout(), signal handlers and interrupt routines, memory management (implemented as a linked list of malloc() blocks), and security clearance levels, such as, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), etc... |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
|
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
John S. wrote: wrote: I'de be happy to get into a disussion about the Linux/UNIX kernel - you know, ioctl(), copyin(), copyout(), signal handlers and interrupt routines, memory management (implemented as a linked list of malloc() blocks), and security clearance levels, such as, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), etc... Your writing gives the impression that you are trying to convince yourself as much as others of your technical qualifications and links to the Intelligence Community. I think that it is safe to say that those with meaningful connections to the Intelligence Community don't go bragging about them on Usenet groups. Oh, you are so right, asshole ! I have only been in the IC for 20+ years, so think what you may ! So what is your profession ? Collecting and over-paying for soon-to-be-useless SW radios ? You have to be a nerd-ball geek, with his own "ham shack". Are you skinny witha crew-cut, or fat, with a huge beer-belly from hunkering down in your "ham shack", chasing that elusive DX signal. Obviously, you and the other nerds lack the social skills, to effectively deal with antagonistic people, or even people in general ! |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
John S. wrote: wrote: I'de be happy to get into a disussion about the Linux/UNIX kernel - you know, ioctl(), copyin(), copyout(), signal handlers and interrupt routines, memory management (implemented as a linked list of malloc() blocks), and security clearance levels, such as, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), etc... Your writing gives the impression that you are trying to convince yourself as much as others of your technical qualifications and links to the Intelligence Community. I think that it is safe to say that those with meaningful connections to the Intelligence Community don't go bragging about them on Usenet groups. Oh, you are so right, asshole ! I have only been in the IC for 20+ years, so think what you may ! So what is your profession ? Collecting and over-paying for soon-to-be-useless SW radios ? You have to be a nerd-ball geek, with his own "ham shack". Are you skinny witha crew-cut, or fat, with a huge beer-belly from hunkering down in your "ham shack", chasing that elusive DX signal. Obviously, you and the other nerds lack the social skills, to effectively deal with antagonistic people, or even people in general ! |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
wrote: John S. wrote: wrote: I'de be happy to get into a disussion about the Linux/UNIX kernel - you know, ioctl(), copyin(), copyout(), signal handlers and interrupt routines, memory management (implemented as a linked list of malloc() blocks), and security clearance levels, such as, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), etc... Your writing gives the impression that you are trying to convince yourself as much as others of your technical qualifications and links to the Intelligence Community. I think that it is safe to say that those with meaningful connections to the Intelligence Community don't go bragging about them on Usenet groups. Oh, you are so right, asshole ! Thanks, I'm glad we finally agree that you really have no background in IT or IC. My oh my, but you are excitable today. So excited that you had to send the same message twice. I have only been in the IC for 20+ years, so think what you may ! So what is your profession ? Collecting and over-paying for soon-to-be-useless SW radios ? You have to be a nerd-ball geek, with his own "ham shack". Are you skinny witha crew-cut, or fat, with a huge beer-belly from hunkering down in your "ham shack", chasing that elusive DX signal. Obviously, you and the other nerds lack the social skills, to effectively deal with antagonistic people, or even people in general ! I've found that antagonistic people will ramble on and endlessly repeat information, but they usually are listening to themselves. Consequently it can be entertaining to poke and needle those with such a personality shortcoming and watch the results. |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
Then why do you give me so much attention ? This is obviously
upsetting you ! Actually, it is most entertaining watching all of you react to every one of my posts. Have you found any elusive DX signals ? Life, as a "DX hound", must get pretty lonely - I'm sure that is all you talk about and nobody gives a ****. So how many usless, over-hyped, over-priced SW receivers have you purchased ? |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
|
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
I still have the dilemma, whether I should wipe my radio with a soft
cotton cloth, possibly, eventually wearing off the finish and paint off the buttons, or can I stand using a radio that has my fingerprints on it ? Also, if I get a blemish on it, or drop it on the carpeted floor, can I stand using a defective radio, or should I break out one of my backup radios ? If I use a backup radio, then I have only one, "new-in-the-box", knowing that the radio has been discontinued. But if I continue using the defective radio, I can always look at the two, "new-in-the-box", with the security that I have two backups. I don't know which is worse, using a defective radio, or only having only one, "new-in-the-box". But if I have only one, then I could consider getting two, or three, new E10s off Ebay, and throw my remaining, "new-in-the-box", RS radio away. But if I get the E10s, and a better radio comes along on a really good sale, would I face the same dilemma again, as my RS radio ? But then again, what happens if someone has opened up the E10 boxes and touched the radios ? Would they still be considered, "new-in-the-box" ? |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
wrote in message oups.com... John S. wrote: wrote: I'de be happy to get into a disussion about the Linux/UNIX kernel - you know, ioctl(), copyin(), copyout(), signal handlers and interrupt routines, memory management (implemented as a linked list of malloc() blocks), and security clearance levels, such as, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), etc... Your writing gives the impression that you are trying to convince yourself as much as others of your technical qualifications and links to the Intelligence Community. I think that it is safe to say that those with meaningful connections to the Intelligence Community don't go bragging about them on Usenet groups. Oh, you are so right, asshole ! I have only been in the IC for 20+ years, so think what you may ! So what is your profession ? Collecting and over-paying for soon-to-be-useless SW radios ? You have to be a nerd-ball geek, with his own "ham shack". Are you skinny witha crew-cut, or fat, with a huge beer-belly from hunkering down in your "ham shack", chasing that elusive DX signal. Obviously, you and the other nerds lack the social skills, to effectively deal with antagonistic people, or even people in general ! Poser. |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
wrote in message ups.com... Once again, thanks for all the attention ! You're a sad, sorry, little man. You have my pitty. |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
There's also the case of the new electonics smell, that we all cherish,
when we open up a radio, for the first time. That may be the deciding factor, whether a radio is new, "new-in-the-box", or old, "new-in-the-box", In the case of the lucky gentleman that has a DX-440, "new-in-the-box", if the box is not sealed in plastic, and has lost its new electronics smell, we could still say it's, "new-in-the-box". My RS radios' boxes were not sealed in plastic, but appeared untouched by human hands, so I can say cautiously that they are, "new-in-the-box". The RS sleazy salesman said that he had an Eton E10 sealed in a plastic box, which I would have kept as backup, but I was unable to find another one sealed in a plastic box, so it may have been touched by someone else, and thus would have not been, "new-in-the-box". If I had a new radio unsealed in a plastic box, then I would hesitate in opening the box to look at the radio, because it would lose some of its smell and be less, "new-in-the-box" How does one deal with such dilemmas ? You all still didn't give me any solutions to these dilemmas. |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
|
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
wrote in message oups.com... There's also the case of the new electonics smell, that we all cherish, when we open up a radio, for the first time. That may be the deciding factor, whether a radio is new, "new-in-the-box", or old, "new-in-the-box", In the case of the lucky gentleman that has a DX-440, "new-in-the-box", if the box is not sealed in plastic, and has lost its new electronics smell, we could still say it's, "new-in-the-box". My RS radios' boxes were not sealed in plastic, but appeared untouched by human hands, so I can say cautiously that they are, "new-in-the-box". The RS sleazy salesman said that he had an Eton E10 sealed in a plastic box, which I would have kept as backup, but I was unable to find another one sealed in a plastic box, so it may have been touched by someone else, and thus would have not been, "new-in-the-box". If I had a new radio unsealed in a plastic box, then I would hesitate in opening the box to look at the radio, because it would lose some of its smell and be less, "new-in-the-box" How does one deal with such dilemmas ? You all still didn't give me any solutions to these dilemmas. Boy! You certainly are king of the stupid mother f--kers!! BH |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
I'm glad this upsets you, but that wasn't a very constructive solution
to these dilemmas ! |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
What happends, if our, "new-in-the-box", unsealed box is handled too
much, then someone might think it is not, "new-in-the-box" ? We could put the unsealed, "new-in-the-box", box in a large zippered plastic baggie, but it would need to be clear plastic and put in a place, in our "ham shack", so we could look at it in times of uncertainty, when our current radio gets dropped, or gets a blemish on it. Of course, we couldn't put it on a shelf, because it might get bumped and fall off, thus it might be damaged, "new-in-the-box". This would create a real dilemma, because we would not know, if it was damaged, or not, and if we should break out the new, but possibly damaged, "new-in-the-box", radio, or purchase yet another backup radio. If we broke out the backup radio, then we might be using a damaged radio, yet our old radio would still be pristine. We would then have to make the decision, whether to purchase yet another backup radio, if they still made it, but then we would be using two used radios, with two new, "new-in-the-box". This could get to be very expensive. This is where my $25 RS digital PLL receiver has its advantages - it performes, just as well as, my returned, but broken S350 to RS, and it is no big deal to throw out a $25 radio, unless you are on welfare. I have thrown out two of them, because of blemishes, but now the radio has been discontinued, so I can't afford to get any blemishes on my current radio - but I still have two new, "new-in-the-box", that I stare at time-to-time, for reassurance. So, we have to find a place in our "ham shack", that is safe for our new, "new-in-the-box" radios, but a place where we can stare at them. Of course, if we are lucky enough to find a radio, where the box is sealed in plastic, we know for sure that no one has touched it, and we can surely call it new, "new-in-the-box". So that would solve this dilemma, but we would probably want to keep the sealed box in a zippered plastic baggie, just to keep the plastic on the box pristine. |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
Brian Hill wrote: wrote in message oups.com... There's also the case of the new electonics smell, that we all cherish, when we open up a radio, for the first time. That may be the deciding factor, whether a radio is new, "new-in-the-box", or old, "new-in-the-box", In the case of the lucky gentleman that has a DX-440, "new-in-the-box", if the box is not sealed in plastic, and has lost its new electronics smell, we could still say it's, "new-in-the-box". My RS radios' boxes were not sealed in plastic, but appeared untouched by human hands, so I can say cautiously that they are, "new-in-the-box". The RS sleazy salesman said that he had an Eton E10 sealed in a plastic box, which I would have kept as backup, but I was unable to find another one sealed in a plastic box, so it may have been touched by someone else, and thus would have not been, "new-in-the-box". If I had a new radio unsealed in a plastic box, then I would hesitate in opening the box to look at the radio, because it would lose some of its smell and be less, "new-in-the-box" How does one deal with such dilemmas ? You all still didn't give me any solutions to these dilemmas. Boy! You certainly are king of the stupid mother f--kers!! BH Don't knw if you noticed, but the owner of that bot programmed it to answer itself and double up responses. |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
Telamon wrote:
In article 9, Conan Ford wrote: I've never heard of anyone intelligent in the intelligence community announcing their status on a public message posting system. He was just trying to lay the Plame someplace else. groan |
Almost an Eton E10 Gloat !
dxAce wrote:
wrote: You all still didn't give me any solutions to these dilemmas. Have you contemplated suicide? Don't give him ideas. He'll smear the floor of his ward with urine, feces and soapy water and we'll have to break out the sponge grenades. -- Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm |
| All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:29 PM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
RadioBanter.com