Steve wrote:

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?


I figure if he decided he didn't want it that quickly it must be a piece
of junk.

Dave

Kinda' like the eBay stuff that reads: "MINT...9/10 condition, non-smoker,
never mobile. No warranty expressed or implied."


"Dave Holford" wrote in message
...


Steve wrote:

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?


I figure if he decided he didn't want it that quickly it must be a piece
of junk.

Dave

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??


There seem to be a surprising number of hams like this, (Wealthy?) who
buy a new rig, maybe play with it a little bit, then go on to something
else. I've been aware of a couple guys like this in my part of the country
over the past several years.


Ed WB6SAT

"Ed G" wrote in message
.248...


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??


There seem to be a surprising number of hams like this, (Wealthy?) who
buy a new rig, maybe play with it a little bit, then go on to something
else. I've been aware of a couple guys like this in my part of the
country
over the past several years.


Ed WB6SAT



In my beginning days of Ham radio, there was a guy who would buy H.T.s and
mobile rigs for 2 meters. He would try them for about a month. He would get
as many reports as he could, and give you his opinion. Good or Junk. Then he
would get rid of it to move on to the next. Yes, he sold the "junk" too, as
not everyone agreed with him, so obviously, they'd be happy to get "their"
choice of radio. I have to say, he influenced my first HT purchase choice.
He's now testing radios in radio heaven. Lou