No kidding on that! I had tagged it in my head as a fraud, and I know the fellow! Easy to do, and as you said, in today's market all too often happening. -- Support better RFI practices, please sign this petition: at Whitehouse.gov
http://wh.gov/lpz5Y On Mon, 2014-04-07 at 07:24 -0700, AA6VO wrote: > Tell Greg to repost the ad giving his contact info (email, phone). He > should spell it phonetically so a bot cannot pick it up. Also include his > fathers call sign to add credibility. Also, to help make a sale, he should > have pictures available on another site or by email. > > Sadly there are many folks committing Internet fraud, and the savvy users > on this reflector are just trying to help prevent a ripoff. > > Steve AA6VO > > On Monday, April 7, 2014, David Cole [via Elecraft] < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > Previously there was a K3 for sale here, and a question was brought up > > as to the validity of the seller. This was the rig with the son selling > > for his father. The son was out of the US when he posted the ad on > > Craig's list, which is why it showed as not from the US. The father's > > health is failing, and he is moving to be closer to his children. > > > > As it turns out I know the Father, (we worked together in MARS for a > > number of years), so I drove up to look at the rig, and to say hello to > > an old friend whom I had lost contact with. The rig and owner live in > > Salem Oregon, and I live in Eugene, Oregon, so the drive was only about > > 70 or so miles. > > > > While the radio was not the one I wanted, the seller is real, and the > > rig is in 7 or 8 out of 10 for physical condition, no visible scratches, > > but the new look is gone. It seemed to work, I am very new at using a > > K3, so all I can say is it powered up, it tuned a few stations, it > > transmitted, and teh ATU looked like it was working. > > > > It has the stock filters, no Sub RX, and the Panadapter's front panel is > > in good shape, with the exception of one cross threaded screw on the > > upper right top as you look at it from the front. It also has the ATU, > > and the Voice memory. He has the original receipt for it from Elecraft. > > Beyond that I can not say anything more about working condition. YMMV > > > > Given that you have all been so kind as to allow me to generate a large > > number of posts/questions, and you have all answered every question I > > have asked, I thought this would help to pay some of the kindness back > > to the list by posting the results of my ventures looking at this > > particular K3. > > > > > > > > -- > > Support better RFI practices, please sign this petition: > > at Whitehouse.gov > > > > http://wh.gov/lpz5Y > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[hidden > > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7586767&i=0> > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > Message delivered to [hidden > > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=7586767&i=1> > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > > below: > > > > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Previous-rig-for-sale-here-tp7586767.html > > To start a new topic under Elecraft, email > > [email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ml-node%[email protected]');> > > To unsubscribe from Elecraft, click > > here<http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=365791&code=c2JhdW1AYmF1bXNpdGUuY29tfDM2NTc5MXwxNzU4MTQyOTAx> > > . > > NAML<http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > > > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
