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he has repeatedly threatened to file fraud charges against me and states that he has no interest in meeting me to exchange radio for cash (wonder why?)
but INSISTS I send HIM $200 and then he would send the radio back......
this is the email I just now sent to him....
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now after I offered to drive there and pick up the radio and give him a 100% IN CASH refund he is stating that that is not acceptable and if I send him $200 (160 purchase price + 20 for shipping and 20 for his "handling") he will send me the radio back......
I refused and told him that I would...
honestly I don't know.....
but he DID see my ad on here so I wanted to let everyone here know about it..
as I said...if it is inappropriate the mods may feel free to delete this ....
Rob...
He led me to believe that the church did missionary work and they wanted a shortwave radio...
see?? he told me he WAS NOT a HAM so I never thought to look him up anyhow....
I only found out he has a callsign after looking his address up online so I could drive down there...
live and learn I guess
you're right.although I called him ALOT worse once i found out he SEEMS to be a...
I had a BEAUTIFUL ONE OWNER panasonic RF-4900 on the board and he contacted me about it ........
he didn't give me his call sign and in fact toldme he was NOT a HAM......
and that they needed a radio for the church.......
I dropped $65 off of the price AND ate the shipping because I was...
last time i bought a 102" they were like 20 bucks at radio shack.....
FWIW i agree..........
IF you CAN run a 102" then do it......
i have one on my dodge pickup on the bed rail right behind the cab and i have 1.2:1 on 11M and only a 1.3 or so up well into 10M......once i start getting...
up and running here in PA at 314EST....
but it WAS down earlier today.....
on a side note did anyone else hear fred last night on the ham radio show on 7415?
noooooo
even if item was paid for by paypal if EBAY forces the refund funds they will charge the SELLERS EBAY account and restrict him from using ebay at all untill he squares up his account
ebay will force the return and ding the sellers account for the purchase price PLUS shipping if paypal wont..........
case in point:
couple years ago i sold a big dynaco stereo amp (a QSA-300)
when I had originally bought the amplifier it had a dead channel so during part of my complete...
why not tell us a little about your potential installation and what you would like to do with an antenna and we can try to make some suggestions.......
i hate to see hams spend 100+ dollars on $10 worth of wire and some insulators that they could have made from $5 worth of PVC pipe
if you have...
DO NOT BUY A WIRE ANTENNA!!!!
ALL hams should be able to "roll their own " wire antennas!!!
i can understand purchasing baluns etc but Marconi spins in his grave every time a ham BUYS a wire antenna
I've decided to go all hallicrafters for the boat anchor portion of my shack so i have this fine national general coverage receiver up for sale or swap for a hallicrafters gen coverage or ham band only receiver
good condition and works GREAT....
i usually light this one up on friday nights...
i think it more "intended end user " than "easily modified" even tho i know the law say easily modified.....
its all in the intended market etc....
to quote myself from an earlier thread...........
(toaster comparison in 5..4..3..2..1.......
very nice panasonic RF4900 general coverage receiver up for grabs here...
radio is a solid 8.5-9 appearance and 100% mechanical
first $250 buys it
all usual forms of payment are accepted........
paypal ,money order etc...
would consider partial trade on a RF signal generator...
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