[TenTec] How to sell an Omni VII

[Ken Brown]

> I've learned to translate "As Is" to mean :
> It doesn't work, it never has worked and it never will work.
>
>   
There is also the description "worked great last time I used it", which 
can mean "I haven't used it
 since it stopped working."

Some people will give an accurate description of a rig, explaining that 
it does work, but to protect themselves from dishonest buyers will sell 
it "as is."

Perhaps once upon a time hams could more universally be trusted than 
today. That could have something to do with the ease of getting a 
license, but I don't want to start that discussion.  Unfortunately there 
are unscrupulous hams out there.

Recently the widow of a OT ham here sold one of his rigs to another ham, 
who sent it off for some kind of service. He is now claiming that the 
person servicing it says the rig was "gutted" (or some such verbiage) 
before he bought it, and the buyer is insisting that the widow refund 
his money. No mention of even returning the radio was made. Other folks 
around here who knew the SK and know his widow (who is also licensed) 
seriously doubt he would have had a "gutted" radio set up on an 
operating table and connected to an antenna switch. So, is the buyer 
trying to cheat the widow? It looks that way.

It is sad, but true, that hams cannot apparently be trusted like in the 
old days. I am not going to tear up my license because of it, but I am 
more cautious.

DE N6KB