[TenTec] Is this how it is done today?...NO

[w3sz]

Hi Chip!

I have read the emails, and you clearly DID have an agreement with W5YE, which he
acknowledged.  Any attempt he makes to say otherwise is just rationalization, an
attempt to hide the truth.

But what you are dealing with here is a matter of character.

It has been my experience that it is most difficult to get people to behave more
honorably than it is in their character to do.

W5YE is clearly comfortable being less than 'a man of his word' to you.  Unless you
have a big stick or a bigger carrot, you will not succeeed in making his behavior
more honorable than he is used to being.

Character is generally determined at an early age.  Some of it is a reflection of
one's upbringing, some of it a reflection of how honorably one's parents or their
surrogates behaved when they were observed during one's childhood years, some of it
is likely genetic, and some of it is cultural.  But any attempt to improve the
character of an adult, from a distance, in a situation like this, is doomed to
failure.

So I would suggest that you move on.  Hopefully your next attempted transaction will
be with someone whose word is good, and who is 'as good as his word'.

I have been a ham for 35 years and have made many deals with fellow hams, and haven't
been 'stuck' yet.  So most of our brothers and sisters ARE honest people with
character.  You just had an unlucky experience

73,

Roger
W3SZ

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> > Brian, I would like to buy the amp.
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> >  
> > 
> > Chip Pardini WA6MHW
> > 
> > 925-989-8900
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> >  
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com 
> > [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
> > On Behalf Of Brian Hunsaker
> > 
> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 7:57 PM
> > 
> > To: tentec at contesting.com
> > 
> > Subject: [TenTec] For Sale
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I have the following in near mint condition:
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> >  
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> > 1. Hercules II (model 420)
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> > 2. Auto Tuner (model 253)
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> >  
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> > Asking $1600 for both, or $850 per each, if sold separately.  Prices 
> > do 
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> > not include shipping and packing.
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> >  
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> > These units have been used very little over the past few years, and 
> > 
> > 
> > have always been in a "smoke-free", air conditioned environment.
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> >  
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> > Reply here, or contact:
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> > Brian - W5YE
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> > email: w5ye at arrl.net
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> > Phone: (956) 357-0625
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> >  
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> > Hi, Chip. Good choice! It is really nice, and has not been used much 
> > 
> > 
> > since I purchased it a few years ago. Not long after buying it, I 
> > got 
> > 
> > interested in QRP, and low power CW.  The amp has been sitting in 
> > the 
> > 
> > shack with the tuner - not being used. I also failed to mention in 
> > my 
> > 
> > ad - I have the Ten Tec Rack Mount for these rigs.  It holds the 
> > Omni 
> > 
> > VI (which I plan to keep), the Hercules, and the Tuner - all in a 
> > 
> > "military/commercial-style" rack mount. It makes a very good 
> > looking, 
> > 
> > professional package, with the same paint scheme and lettering as 
> > the 
> > 
> > other Ten Tec gear. I won't have any need for it, after I sell the 
> > amp, 
> > 
> > and tuner. I will take $400 for the rack.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Please send me your address, and shipping preference (UPS, etc). I 
> > will 
> > 
> > check online for the shipping from here to you with UPS. If you 
> > prefer 
> > 
> > a different method of shipment, let me know. Here is my address for 
> > the 
> > 
> > check.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Brian Hunsaker
> > 
> > 131 Lakeview South
> > 
> > San Benito, Texas 78586
> > 
> >   (956) 357-0625
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks again for your reply, and interest. I want this Hercules to 
> > have 
> > 
> > a good home.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  



73,
Roger Rehr
W3SZ
FN20ah
http://www.qsl.net/w3sz