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February 2nd 05, 02:19 PM
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Ebay'er radio-mart Using "Fake" Photo's?
Found this interesting negative feedback response from an unsatisfied
customer of ebay'er radio-mart: " Look at his feedback Not the first to complain! My fault for trusting fake photo ...." In the meantime, I was looking at a nice Yeasu FRG-7700 being sold by radio-mart on ebay..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW I noticed that the description of the 7700 has many links depicting close-up photo's of the s-meter, rear panel, etc. Clicking on those links reveals that the source of the pictures are from Universal Radio......they are not pictures of the receiver that radio-mart is selling. Just a heads up for those interested in bidding on merchandise from radio-mart....things may not be as they seem. BTW, I declined to bid on the radio. |
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#2
February 2nd 05, 06:20 PM
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Not that I really know anything about this company, nor have I ever bought
from them, I did notice one other suspicious act from them... The majority of all recent auctions are labeled as "PRIVATE". By doing this, anyone scanning through his feedback can't see the actual auction the feedback was left for. A good way to cover up your tracks and prevent potential buyers from checking out past auctions that get negative feedback... "patgkz" wrote in message news  Found this interesting negative feedback response from an unsatisfied customer of ebay'er radio-mart: " Look at his feedback Not the first to complain! My fault for trusting fake photo ...." In the meantime, I was looking at a nice Yeasu FRG-7700 being sold by radio-mart on ebay..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW I noticed that the description of the 7700 has many links depicting close-up photo's of the s-meter, rear panel, etc. Clicking on those links reveals that the source of the pictures are from Universal Radio......they are not pictures of the receiver that radio-mart is selling. Just a heads up for those interested in bidding on merchandise from radio-mart....things may not be as they seem. BTW, I declined to bid on the radio. |
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#3
February 3rd 05, 10:56 PM
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"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message ... A good way to cover up your tracks and prevent potential buyers from checking out past auctions that get negative feedback... Also a nice way to hide the fact you bid on your own stuff! Radio Mart gets high prices because his tapeworm (Gotthaveit1995) bids the price up and up as a shill bidder. |
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February 4th 05, 02:13 AM
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#5
February 4th 05, 06:56 PM
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"DeWayne" wrote in message ... "JOE" Joe wrote in message news:1107471672.51c583f462125c27cc784db0be84d8ba@m eganetnews2... "PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message ... A good way to cover up your tracks and prevent potential buyers from checking out past auctions that get negative feedback... Also a nice way to hide the fact you bid on your own stuff! Radio Mart gets high prices because his tapeworm (Gotthaveit1995) bids the price up and up as a shill bidder. Last year I had the high bid on a Drake R8A up until the last minute when gottahaveit1995 shot me out of the saddle. Too bad I didn't know then about his Radio-Mart connection as I don't remember who the seller was. DeWayne K9KZ I should have mentioned also, the price was at $495 when I lost it which is very low as it had the VHF converter. |
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#6
February 4th 05, 08:16 PM
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DeWayne wrote:
"DeWayne" wrote in message ... "JOE" Joe wrote in message news:1107471672.51c583f462125c27cc784db0be84d8ba @meganetnews2... "PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message ... A good way to cover up your tracks and prevent potential buyers from checking out past auctions that get negative feedback... Also a nice way to hide the fact you bid on your own stuff! Radio Mart gets high prices because his tapeworm (Gotthaveit1995) bids the price up and up as a shill bidder. Last year I had the high bid on a Drake R8A up until the last minute when gottahaveit1995 shot me out of the saddle. Too bad I didn't know then about his Radio-Mart connection as I don't remember who the seller was. DeWayne K9KZ I should have mentioned also, the price was at $495 when I lost it which is very low as it had the VHF converter. Crooks on Ebay? Whoda thunk it? - Mike KB3EIa - |
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#7
February 5th 05, 03:31 PM
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Amazing. And look at his statemet he
we only picture the "Actual" items listed. No trick photography, just excellent equipment offered!! -- Steve N4LQ "patgkz" wrote in message news Found this interesting negative feedback response from an unsatisfied customer of ebay'er radio-mart: " Look at his feedback Not the first to complain! My fault for trusting fake photo ...." In the meantime, I was looking at a nice Yeasu FRG-7700 being sold by radio-mart on ebay..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW I noticed that the description of the 7700 has many links depicting close-up photo's of the s-meter, rear panel, etc. Clicking on those links reveals that the source of the pictures are from Universal Radio......they are not pictures of the receiver that radio-mart is selling. Just a heads up for those interested in bidding on merchandise from radio-mart....things may not be as they seem. BTW, I declined to bid on the radio. |
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#8
February 5th 05, 10:39 PM
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radio-mart on ebay....
Is this the Martyn guy? Running a W4/UK licence? He's got an ad running on QTH.com. Listed as: G4AGV Martin Alison Sadieville, Kentucky, USA A |
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#9
February 7th 05, 10:30 AM
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Many people on Ebay do this. If not they use blurry, far away, or
dark photos to hide the true condition of the equipment. On Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:19:01 GMT, "patgkz" wrote: Found this interesting negative feedback response from an unsatisfied customer of ebay'er radio-mart: " Look at his feedback Not the first to complain! My fault for trusting fake photo ...." In the meantime, I was looking at a nice Yeasu FRG-7700 being sold by radio-mart on ebay..... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW I noticed that the description of the 7700 has many links depicting close-up photo's of the s-meter, rear panel, etc. Clicking on those links reveals that the source of the pictures are from Universal Radio......they are not pictures of the receiver that radio-mart is selling. Just a heads up for those interested in bidding on merchandise from radio-mart....things may not be as they seem. BTW, I declined to bid on the radio. |
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