[TenTec] How to sell an Omni VII

[Carter]

waltk8cv4612amos at att.net wrote:
> One of my favorites is " worked fine, when last used " ! I definitely do a 
> little whirl, swish and a side step after reading that ................
>
> Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.
>   

Well, I ran into what I think is one legitimate exception...

I bought a TT Omni B from a really old gent at a local swap and he said 
"it worked when last used". When I got the radio home and on the bench, 
it -didn't- work.

However, there were two reasons to not be mad at the old gent:

1) The radio was is storage for a -really- long time.

2) Eight or nine ceramic capacitors, spread across several boards, had 
cracked, with chunks of ceramic peeling off. Not the previous owner's 
(or TT's) fault. A manufacturing defect that no one could have foreseen. 
Also, a couple of electrolytics had gone leaky from age.

So, I contend that there are a few legitimate reasons to say "it worked 
fine when last used" but doesn't work today.

Carter  K8VT