[Amps] WARNING! W4RT

[gpt750 at gmail.com]

If a seller feels a need to fly under the radar fine but,
with no way for a buyer find a seller in case of a deal gone bad,
"caveat emptor' aptly applies...

Its not a "terrible statement"... just one of abundant caution...

73, Ott


On 4/14/2011 1:17 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>   >  I think that the warning 'caveat emptor' applies even more to sellers
>   >  who fail to publish a street address and/or telephone number on their
>   >  website...
>
> That's a terrible statement.  There are a large number of sellers who
> operate e-mail based businesses out of their home as a "second job".
> In general they do not want "customers" showing up on their doorstep
> at all hours/weekends/holidays and have restrictions on the user of the
> telephone for "outside activities" during extended business hours from
> their primary employer.
>
> Particularly in hobby type activities like amateur radio, it is not
> practical for many sellers to maintain a brick and mortar storefront
> and pay someone to set around waiting on telephone calls.
>
> This is no defence of W4RT but be careful about the "broad brush."
>
> 73,
>
>      ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
> On 4/14/2011 12:52 PM, DAVE WHITE wrote:
>    
>> I think that the warning 'caveat emptor' applies even more to sellers who fail to publish a street address and/or telephone number on their website...
>>
>> Thanks for the warning - though please let us know if this just happens to be an inadvertent visit to W4RT from Captain Cockup
>>
>> Dave G0OIL
>>
>>
>> --- On Thu, 14/4/11, Roger D Johnson<n1rj at roadrunner.com>   wrote:
>>
>> From: Roger D Johnson<n1rj at roadrunner.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] WARNING!  W4RT
>> To: "Commander John"<crazytvjohn at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: Amps at contesting.com
>> Date: Thursday, 14 April, 2011, 16:46
>>
>> On 4/14/2011 11:04 AM, Commander John wrote:
>>      
>>> No, I don't think so, but you paid for it with Paypal which you stated.
>>> EBay and Paypal are one and the same. I will rephrase,
>>> Why not keep your squawk with them on Paypal where it belongs.
>>> I do understand there is widespread interest in crooked sellers.
>>> When the claim is settled then give the details.
>>> Until then it is inappropriate.
>>> john W9ZY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> I think it's entirely appropriate to give a heads up to others who might be
>> contemplating the
>> purchase of a tuner to use on the input of a homebrew amp. Apparently, the W4RT
>> folks
>> don't realize that the PROll model cannot utilize the CPU chip they supply for
>> conversion to
>> an AT-100AMP. I'm sure this is an inadvertent error and not some attempt to cheat a
>> customer.
>>
>> The real problem here is their failure to answer emails....there is no phone
>> number listed on
>> their site. They were very prompt in mailing the unit to me so I assume there is
>> someone working
>> there at least part-time. How long does it take to reply to a customer email
>> saying, "We're working
>> on it" or something. It's very troubling when you have a problem with a vendor
>> and they take a
>> "head in the sand" approach and hope you will go away.
>>
>> 73, Roger
>>
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