I have had bad experiences buying ham equipment on eBay and like Fred focus on QTH.com or qrz.com for used equipment. Burned by radiomart 2x, and a bad old skool Yaesu tube amp. These three experiences has made me move to those websites that are actually run and managed by ham operators.
I do use ebay and have had excellent experience buying discontinued Geoffrey Rowley Vans circa 1999/2000 on eBay and a certain pair of Perry Ellis pants that I like wearing. Keith AK6ZZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Dec 13, 2012, at 11:48 AM, "Dyarnes" <w7...@cox.net> wrote: > Fred and All, > > I think Fred's comment is a bit excessive. It's a shame he had a bad > experience, but the same thing could have happened if he had used almost any > other "venue" for selling gear, like Eham, or QTH, or whatever. You can't > just blame Ebay for your own mistakes. His comments about being more careful > about just how you effect the transaction are more appropriate. Truth is, you > can make a bad deal anywhere! > > I don't use Ebay a lot, but I have made a few acquisitions through it. > Fortunately, they all turned out O.K. I guess I was just lucky. Like Fred, > I'm somewhat cautious about some things I see there, but that's mainly > because it is so wide open. Half the time you really don't know who you are > really dealing with. Usually, though, you do have the option to contact the > seller first, so it doesn't have to be totally blind faith. > > In any event, if you have any significant concerns, you should probably > follow Fred's suggestion and get some sort of assurance that you have > recourse. You should probably do that with any 2nd hand acquisition, > regardless of where you get it. I think Ebay has some sort of "problem > resolution" process, but I don't know how effective it is since I've never > had to use it. If it has any value at all, it may be better to buy there > than on some other venues. However, I think the first rule of any such > transaction should be to have at least some idea as to who you are dealing > with. If it's some "phantom", hiding behind some obtuse ID, you don't have > much upon which to place your faith. I also have another rule--"When in > doubt, pass!" If you can't get the assurances that make you reasonably > comfortable, I'd let the deal go. Except in rare instances, there is almost > surely going to be another equally reasonable deal, if not better, coming > down the pike. Personally, I have t o keep reminding myself of this last rule. It's hard not to get somewhat excited (and possibly foolish) when you see a good deal come along. > > Dave W7AQK > > > > ------------------------------- > Fred Smith Said: > > I make it a point of never buying any radios on eBay usually there is a > problem with them or they wouldn't be there. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
