[TenTec] Reputable dealer vs Hamfests

[mcelmer1]

How about honesty, integrity and professionalism?  All of those words are 
lost in some circles.  Why offer $400 for a $1250 piece of equipment to a 
woman whose husband was alive two months earlier?  Heard a guy bragging 
about the latter on 20 meter SSB about 3 years ago.

Mike
W8TRN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "W8KZW" <w8kzw at arrl.net>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 12:12
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Reputable dealer vs Hamfests


> Great replies to the original post.
>
> We bash eBay for high prices.
> We bash hamfests for shady sellers.
> We can't afford "new".
>
> ... then why bother.  Just do without?
>
> I just sold three nice scopes (HP-465, HP-455, and a 30 Mhz 2-channel
> Hitachi for $90, $90, and $80 respectively) with full disclosure of any
> foibles at a swap yesterday.  All were on the table powered up, with 
> probes
> (Tektronix, and included in the sale) connected to the reference 
> oscillator
> and freely available for "fiddling".  I even had an HF signal generator
> available for testing.
>
> All three buyers were delighted with their purchase.  I probably could 
> have
> sold them for more via other venues, but I have 5 other scopes, I'm not
> desperate for $$, and I like swaps.
>
> Try before you buy.  If there's no power, ask to carry it to a working
> outlet and then try before you buy.
>
> If you don't know what you are looking at, ask someone who does to help 
> you
> shop.
>
> .... sorry for the OT post, but couldn't take it any longer.  What do you 
> do
> when you shop for a car????
>
> 73,
> W8KZW
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>> Please excuse me  if I missed it... but I don't recall anyone explaining
>> to the unwashed...
>>
>> What can one do to avoid getting a lemon or broken
>> or poorly calibrated,  or whatever broken,  oscilloscope
>> at the local hamfest ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> ----------------------------  K8JHR  ----------------------------------
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