"choro-nik" wrote in message
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"Robert Morein" wrote in message
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On 15/7/03 18:52, in article , "Ball Lam"
wrote:
-9990 Hi-End FM tuner which is the
european edition of T-9090 MK II. Mind one in 8.5/10 condition due
very
minor scratches on the top and front. Working voltage is 220V. I only
ask for USD300 plus
Bluebook value, $110. Note wrong, unusable voltage.
RIPOFF ALERT!
in all honesty, the seller has clearly indicated that this is the european
model and that the item works off 220V mains. However, if the Bluebook
value
is $110, this is clearly a RIPOFF, as you say.
Choronik,
It's not $110. In his forgery of my name, McCarty always quotes a single
price in the Bluebook, IF THAT, which happens to be the "wholesale average
condition" quotation. That happens to be the price that some sample of
dealers ALLEGE they pay retail customers if they walk in the door with a
piece of equipment. There is general agreement that
a. This price is not relevant to enduser to enduser transactions.
b. The quotations are reports by dealers that may not be accurate,
since there is absolutely no auditing procedure for these voluntary reports.
I personally own two of these tuners for which I paid $300 each. They are
the DXers favorites throughout the transpacific regions, due to their double
RF stages, double balanced mixers, and three selectable IF bandwidths. In my
case, they are the only tuners in my experience that can pick up NYC from
the other side of the hill. Due to their low power requirement, they are
easily powered through a step down transformer. Oddly enough, they are quite
popular in McCarty's region of Queensland, Australia, due to their ability
to reach deep into the Pacific for FM "island hopping."
Please do not encourage McCarty. Although I realize that on some occasions
McCarty may happen to voice an opinion with which some of us may sympathize,
the issue of McCarty has nothing to do with audio. If you've been following
the posts, McCarty is actually a very active scammer himself, who by some
twisted logic (holier than thou?) tries to cleanse his soul by attacking
quite innocent people.