It has happened to me - not on a K3 but on a power supply. I sold a perfectly good 50 Amp Astron linear DC supply on eBay. Guy said it didn't work and shipped it back to me.
Before I sold it, I added 3 new MOV's as per an article on repeater-builder. They were a certain color and size and of course I soldered them in place - I knew what they looked like. When I received the power supply back, I opened it to check it out. I immediately noticed the transformer only had a single MOV across the input leads and it was discolored due to heat or age or both. The transformer was not connected on the low voltage side at all - the remnants of the old leads were still soldered to diode/rectifier parts and appears to have been cut from "my" transformer with dikes. The cork pieces between the transformer and the case were gone - I had added an extra piece to help with the hum - all gone. This wasn't my transformer!! Since the transformer was disconnected on the low side I plugged the supply up to AC and flipped on the switch and the supply's fuse blew >:-( I bypassed all of the internal wiring in the supply and tied the high side of the transformer to AC and plugged it in on the bench - it blew the breaker on my power strip. So, I gave away my good working transformer to some guy who needed it in his supply. I made a case with eBay and the only resolve so far is the buyer was delisted and they have refunded all of my fees. The case is ongoing. The buyer was not a ham to my knowledge. Hank K4HYJ ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave (d...@nk7z.net) Date: 10/29/21 12:26 To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Parts swappers -- is this a real "thing" Maybe some people do this, but I have never had it happen to me, and I buy/sell on QTH, and QRZ. I suspect people looking for a good excuse to not offer returns, no matter what. Personally, I won't purchase from a person claiming parts swappers are a problem. Why? It gives them an excuse to sell me a radio I can't return for any reason-- even if it does not work out of the shipping box. I am sure someone someplace got burned by this, but it looks like an excuse to me. Hence why I don't trade with people that claim that. On 10/29/21 6:30 AM, Anthony Wanschura wrote: > Hi all, > > I've seen a few K3 For Sale ads that mention "parts swappers". Has this > really been an issue? > > It makes me hesitate to put my K3 up for sale. > > 73, > Tony KM0O > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to d...@nk7z.net > 73, Dave, https://www.nk7z.net ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to h...@optilink.us ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
