The item may have been a well-intentioned gift that
wasn't needed or wanted by the recipient.

It might have been won as a door prize at a hamfest,
again not needed or wanted by the winner.

Maybe it was won in a raffle (ticket bought to support
the cause, not expecting to actually win the prize!).

It might have been bought on an impulse.

Maybe it was bought while gearing up for a project,
but the plans were later scrapped or changed, and the
item wasn't used.

Perhaps the buyer really wanted Product B but settled
for Product A, only to find a smokin' deal on Product
B right after buying Product A.

I've heard of the rare case in which the item came
from an estate where the buyer died before he/she had
a chance to use the item, and it got sold to an estate
liquidator.

There are probably other legitimate reasons as well.

In many cases, however, I suspect that the seller is
lying, pure and simple.

73,
Dean K5DH

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Hi all, I have been looking at some of these newsgroups
for a few years now. There is something I don't understand.
Every now and then somebody posts a radio for sale and says
"I only took it out of the box to test it and then I put it back in the
box".
Why buy it in the first place if you're not going to use it??
Why not look at the spec sheet on the manufactures site, they tested it.

Just curious, I do see this about once a month or so.
Any ideas?