[TenTec] Relief for Alec/SP2EWQ

[promedia]

Hopefully you spared 50 cents.
It's where the ten-tec bidding starts...





Bill Cotter wrote:

> Jay (and Alec),
>
> Sorry, but the money is all gone (told you to hurry!). The kids got
> all the money this weekend for Christmas shopping, hi. Besides, I
> was outbid by $125.....
>
> 73 de N4ALG
>
> At 12:48 PM 12/7/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Alec,
> >
> >One thing to add to Bill's comments (what a big heart you have,
> Bill). Once
> >you get that money from Bill, buy locally to prevent the long
> distance
> >difficulties. Use it to buy the latest Polish transceiver.
> >
> >73,
> >
> >Jay/KM6VX
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:        Bill Cotter [SMTP:bcotter@pop.uky.edu]
> >> Sent:        Wednesday, December 02, 1998 10:14 AM
> >> To:  tentec@contesting.com; promedia
> >> Subject:     [TenTec] Relief for Alec/SP2EWQ
> >>
> >>
> >> Alec,
> >>
> >> I'm sorry you have been having so much trouble getting TenTec to
> >> fix that piece of junk they call a Paragon. No one should have to
> >> jump through all the hoops that you have had to go through. Can't
> >> even fix a simple subassemmbly without the rest of the radio - who
> >> ever heard of such a thing. From all your complaints you've aired,
> >> I think you deserve some relief (the reflector could use some,
> >> too). You need a break and I feel generous enough to assist you.
> >> I'll give you $100US for that broken down, unrepairable mess that
> >> TenTec dares to call a decent radio. You can ship the whole basket
> >> of parts loose in a box, it doesn't matter to me.
> >>
> >> With the generous offer I'm making you, you'll be ready to get a
> >> real radio from Kenwood or Yaesu or even Icom, and be sitting back
> >> working DX once again. Let your woes be mine and have some extra
> >> christmas money. I'll sweat it out with the boys in TN. Hell, I'll
> >> even throw in some greenstamps for shipping, ho ho ho.... But,
> >> hurry up, the kids are tugging at my wallet, too.
> >>
> >> 73 es bst dx bill N4ALG
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> At 11:37 AM 12/2/98 +0100, you wrote:
> >> >
> >> >Hi Bill,
> >> >
> >> >I've checked all my previous messages and found in no way one
> could
> >> >understand I had sent them the whole device.
> >> >Maybe I used too small a font and thus confused your absorption.
> >> >
> >> >There's a lot of ways anyone can discredit everything. That's the
> >> life.
> >> >So, no blame on you.
> >> >The only thing why I posted all that was to show the other profile
>
> >> >of ten-tec. As you well know both may very well be co-existent.
> >> >And they are, apparently, in this case.
> >> >
> >> >Besides,
> >> >The fact no one from them (ten-tec)  really bothers what I've been
>
> >> >writing about,
> >> >might give you some more possibilities to think about,
> >> >to you, a keen between-lines reader, Bill...
> >> >
> >> >See you,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Alec/SP2EWQ
> >>
> >>
> >> __________________________________________________________________
> >>
> >> Bill Cotter                            Mail:   bcotter@pop.uky.edu
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> >
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> __________________________________________________________________
>
> Bill Cotter                            Mail:   bcotter@pop.uky.edu
> Technical Systems Project Manager      ICQ:    13117266
> VPIS Special Projects Office           Pager:  (606) 259-6082
> McVey Hall, Room-100                   Phone:  (606) 323-6474
> University of Kentucky                 FAX:    (606) 323-1978
> Lexington, KY 40506-0045               Home:   (606) 887-5563,2402
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