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Dalton
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters  Posted: Jun Tue 04, 2019 4:01 am |
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How could I forget - "Displays nicely" translation - paperweight 
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Tim Tress
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Tue 11, 2019 1:30 am |
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Chuck Penson, in the Heathkit Guide to Amateur Radio Products, lists the following:
"I don't know if it works" - it's dead.
"I don't know what this is" - it's dead.
"Untested" - it's dead.
"No way to test it" - it's dead.
"As-is" - it's dead.
And my favorite:
"The chord(!) has been cut off" - We tried it, it smoked, now it's dead.
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Dalton
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Tue 11, 2019 11:29 am |
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All classics!
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radioterry
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Tue 11, 2019 1:28 pm |
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The parts are worth somewhere around that much...
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Dalton
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Tue 11, 2019 4:48 pm |
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"just needs a little tlc"...
translation - needs a time machine to take it back to the last time it worked, so you can figure out what's wrong with it...
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AuroraOldRadios
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Wed 12, 2019 2:57 pm |
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radioterry wrote: The parts are worth somewhere around that much... And its corollary: the tubes alone are worth that much. Often said of Dime A Dozen tubes.
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5Y4GT
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Thu 13, 2019 10:00 pm |
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Dalton
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Fri 14, 2019 2:00 am |
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Perish the thought!
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Jazzguy54
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Fri 14, 2019 5:05 am |
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The most useless description of all: "it used to work"
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Dalton
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Sat 15, 2019 4:27 am |
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I love that one! 
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Dalton
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Sun 23, 2019 4:51 am |
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Jazzguy54 wrote: The most useless description of all: "it used to work" How about "normal wear and tear"? Translation - my kids put it in the dryer to see if it would keep playing.
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5Y4GT
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Sat 29, 2019 1:39 am |
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Dalton
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jun Sat 29, 2019 3:58 am |
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jul Mon 01, 2019 10:29 pm |
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Dutch Rabbit wrote:
"professionally restored"--hack job by some weekend kitchen table technician
steve
Hey now! I resemble that remark!  Russ
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jul Mon 01, 2019 10:50 pm |
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I personally like the "Extremely Rare" tag. Which really means.... if the seller really knew it was extremely rare they wouldn't be selling it for $175!! and IF the seller bothered to check on a reliable source site they would find out that only 110,000 of these sets were EVER made.
Smoke m' if you got m'
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Dutch Rabbit
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jul Mon 01, 2019 11:18 pm |
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rmileham wrote: Dutch Rabbit wrote:
"professionally restored"--hack job by some weekend kitchen table technician
steve
Hey now! I resemble that remark! Russ no, not you at all because you are an ARF member. steve
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jul Tue 02, 2019 8:52 pm |
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Used by stereo/hifi sellers when they tried to fix it and couldn't/wouldn't because it's a total loss: I have too many projects
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jul Wed 03, 2019 5:59 am |
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AuroraOldRadios wrote: Used by stereo/hifi sellers when they tried to fix it and couldn't/wouldn't because it's a total loss: I have too many projects "Could use a good cleaning"
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jul Thu 04, 2019 4:16 am |
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5Y4GT wrote: Genuine warped tenite escutcheon, too. That makes it worth more than a set with a knockoff warped Tenite escutcheon.  John
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Post subject: Re: Glossary of Online Auction Terms for Radio Hunters Posted: Jul Sat 13, 2019 11:24 pm |
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"something must have happened in shipping"
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