K4TEC Martyn Allison aka "Radio Mart"

[W4LTD]

The Ebay transaction number for this auction was 120764451979

Thank you for posting this, I feel better knowing that Martyn is on the up-and-up and my apology for not being more trusting of him.

73,
Rich

[K4TEC]

120764451979

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0764451979

Now we're getting somewhere...

It's a matter of he-said, he said in who scammed who at this point.

"Now we're getting somewhere..." I didnt know you had contacted my state police Tony? nor what your involvement in this matter actually is?

Needless to say it is me who called in the state police and are pressing for charges to be filed, so maybe you will reword your post?

There is so much I would like to print here but am under instruction not to so will refrain from doing so.

Oh Rich, its okay but thank you for your comments.

[ke7hqy]

"Now we're getting somewhere..." I didnt know you had contacted my state police Tony? nor what your involvement in this matter actually is?

Needless to say it is me who called in the state police and are pressing for charges to be filed, so maybe you will reword your post?

I'm not involved, that's not my matter.

Many of us have been asking for an ebay link, and by "now we're getting somewhere..." I simply state we now have an ebay.com reference.

[K4TEC]

"Now we're getting somewhere..." I didnt know you had contacted my state police Tony? nor what your involvement in this matter actually is?

Needless to say it is me who called in the state police and are pressing for charges to be filed, so maybe you will reword your post?

I'm not involved in this case, that's not my matter.

Many of us have been asking for an ebay link, and by "now we're getting somewhere..." we now have an ebay.com reference.

You seem to miss the point, What I am asking you is what business is it of yours? there,, thats about as simple as I can put it

"Many of us have been asking for an ebay link" it is the Many Of Us who are just being plain nosey hihi and sticking it in where it does not belong.

Dont take offence with my words but I know you would not like strangers sticking their noses in your buisness now would you.

And I suppose it will be the "Many of us" who will post that "Hey poor Martyn Got scammed we feel sorry for him,, Right?

If I listed the Hams who scammed me it would be quite a list, anyway I am busy,, 73s

[ke7hqy]

What I am asking you is what business is it of yours?

none - that's my simple reply

This "business" has been very publicly aired so it was the many curious among us who wanted to see a link to the auction in question. One's grievance in public is worth concrete evidence... like an ebay auction link.

[N5AL]

My complete guess on the situation:
The radio got swapped out for a pile of junk somewhere along the shipping chain (or, at the packing company if it was professionally packed). Maybe, the radio was sent in the original Icom box and some dishonest employee saw that it was a high-end consumer product. This thief either wanted to keep the radio for himself, or easily resell it. He repacked the box with junk material to equal the approximate weight of the original radio so that the weight change wouldn't be detectable while in transit, and he could easily hide in anonymity while the buyer and seller point fingers at each other.

[K4TEC]

My complete guess on the situation:
The radio got swapped out for a pile of junk somewhere along the shipping chain (or, at the packing company if it was professionally packed). Maybe, the radio was sent in the original Icom box and some dishonest employee saw that it was a high-end consumer product. This thief either wanted to keep the radio for himself, or easily resell it. He repacked the box with junk material to equal the approximate weight of the original radio so that the weight change wouldn't be detectable while in transit, and he could easily hide in anonymity while the buyer and seller point fingers at each other.

I would love to think that too N5AL,, but there are certain discrepencies to prove otherwise plus the seller didnt insure it for a penny (odd to say the least) thus not drawing attention to a high value item,, The rig despite being sold with the original box was not shipped in the original box,,, there is a bunch of other "stuff" to back me up so despite the nice thoughts this is just not the case,, 73s

[ke7hqy]

My complete guess on the situation:
The radio got swapped out for a pile of junk somewhere along the shipping chain (or, at the packing company if it was professionally packed). Maybe, the radio was sent in the original Icom box and some dishonest employee saw that it was a high-end consumer product. This thief either wanted to keep the radio for himself, or easily resell it. He repacked the box with junk material to equal the approximate weight of the original radio so that the weight change wouldn't be detectable while in transit, and he could easily hide in anonymity while the buyer and seller point fingers at each other.

Very possible. It's between the seller and buyer at this point.

[K4TEC]

My complete guess on the situation:
The radio got swapped out for a pile of junk somewhere along the shipping chain (or, at the packing company if it was professionally packed). Maybe, the radio was sent in the original Icom box and some dishonest employee saw that it was a high-end consumer product. This thief either wanted to keep the radio for himself, or easily resell it. He repacked the box with junk material to equal the approximate weight of the original radio so that the weight change wouldn't be detectable while in transit, and he could easily hide in anonymity while the buyer and seller point fingers at each other.

Very possible. It's between the seller and buyer at this point.

Thanks for that, Well the way I see it, it is between me (the buyer) the seller and the state police and county attourneys.

[W6GQ]

My complete guess on the situation:
The radio got swapped out for a pile of junk somewhere along the shipping chain (or, at the packing company if it was professionally packed). Maybe, the radio was sent in the original Icom box and some dishonest employee saw that it was a high-end consumer product. This thief either wanted to keep the radio for himself, or easily resell it. He repacked the box with junk material to equal the approximate weight of the original radio so that the weight change wouldn't be detectable while in transit, and he could easily hide in anonymity while the buyer and seller point fingers at each other.

Very possible. It's between the seller and buyer at this point.

It has between the buyer and seller since it was first started.

The rest of this should have never been allowed to continue on, but thats how traffic is brought to this site sooooooooooooo

[K4TEC]

The way I see it is its free advertising

I am pleased I am not the one to have brought this to public attention, one I did however bring back to life was this one.

http://chat.qth.com/viewtopic.php?t=10051

This is the side of my business you dont see and this happens currently once every 2 weeks,, another one just happened Monday with a TS-870

Got to love eBay[/url]

[larrylanberg]

Who are you kidding, Martyn? Yourself maybe. Your stuff just ain't selling.

[k8tj]

I have known and dealt with Martin MANY times over the years through eBay. He has bought from me and I have bought from him. We have a good relationship and he is a straight shooter. Martin has always been great about making things right with his customers. He moved off of eBay because of their constant price increases as well as Paypal's fee increase. He was NEVER banned from eBay. The guy is just simply trying to make a living and the last thing he want's to do is piss off a customer. He's been around a LONG time selling used ham gear as have I. If you folks purchase something that isn't right ALL you have to do is email us or call us and we'll make it right. But name calling and bad mouthing a seller because your radio had a small scratch that wasn't revealed is nonsense. If you want perfect equipment, BUY NEW!
--
Tim, K8TJ
K8TJ at COMCAST dot NET
"CW FOREVER"

[N9LCD]

All this bitchin' & bellyachin' about Martyn has done one thing:

It's made me sympathetic for him!

N9LCD[/i]

[w3qe]

I have known and dealt with Martin MANY times over the years through eBay. He has bought from me and I have bought from him. We have a good relationship and he is a straight shooter. Martin has always been great about making things right with his customers. He moved off of eBay because of their constant price increases as well as Paypal's fee increase. He was NEVER banned from eBay. The guy is just simply trying to make a living and the last thing he want's to do is piss off a customer. He's been around a LONG time selling used ham gear as have I. If you folks purchase something that isn't right ALL you have to do is email us or call us and we'll make it right. But name calling and bad mouthing a seller because your radio had a small scratch that wasn't revealed is nonsense. If you want perfect equipment, BUY NEW!
--
Tim, K8TJ
K8TJ at COMCAST dot NET
"CW FOREVER"

AMEN---never did ham sales for a living but used to horse trade until I tired of the sniffling cry babies wanting something for nothing playing the pauper yet wanting mint new flawless items at very used prices. Anyone making a living dealing with hams deserves a medallion hung around their neck.

Curt/w3qe

[N9LCD]

I's take a barrel of George Stagg instead of a medal any day!

N9LCD

[Donndon]

thanks

[birddog01]

Don I can not believe you are pointing the figer at anyone!!!
By the way where is my ts-b2000 and remote or my 1060 dollars??

[WB6VHK]

http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index ... 388.0.html

Hey Martyn, now would be a great time to show everyone what a "stand up" guy you really are and make things right with this fellow ham !

[Donndon]

thanks

[K4TEC]

http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index ... 388.0.html

Hey Martyn, now would be a great time to show everyone what a "stand up" guy you really are and make things right with this fellow ham !

Hi Darryl, there you go poking your nose in it again and talking about a deal you know only one half of a story, How about you post this on eHam for me... here is my response..

""I sold a perfectly good working IC-7000 to a Russian, he claimed the internal speaker was not good, he wanted $350 off the price or he would make trouble, he also asked I put a low value on the customs form to avoid as much tax, so I said just return it and pointed out our return policy (this is after he had it 3 months and I offered him $100 off the price so he can go get a $10 speaker)

So today he writes on eHam a bunch of one sided garbage about how I ripped him off,

Our return policy is very simple
“We offer a no quibble 5 STAR Return policy. If an item is not as expected when delivered then please email me to arrange its return within 48 hours of receipt. We do not refund shipping charges unless otherwise agreed on.
Any item that is found to be faulty after receipt and has no mention of it having a warrantee when purchased is not covered by any return policy and sold as such and considered non returnable
"

Post that Darryl

Comments?

[K4TEC]

MARTYN,
LETS SEE YOU SMOOTH TALK YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS ONE SEE ABOVE LINK FOR DETAILS IF YOU HAVE FORGOT

Don how about you go and give back the $12,000 that you owe 7 poor unfortunate hams who you have taken money from and failed to supply equipment to.
Anyone doing a google search on you Don will see all the complaints and you post on here? your are something else Don you really are, I am so lucky to have received some equipment from you even though not everthing inlike the many you have simply just scammed.

[WB6VHK]

Martyn:

There are always two ( maybe more ) sides to every story...The problem with you is that so many overseas hams seem to say the exact same thing in their dealings with you. ( item not nearly as described, not working, ect... )

You know FULL WELL how much they have to pay for shipping so you conveniently say " send it back at your expense" for a refund. From what I have read most just bite the bullet and keep the equipment.

As I said Martyn, now would be a great time to show everyone here on Eham ( and the whole world what a swell guy you really are and make it right with this fellow ham who trusted you from halfway around the world. Why is it ALWAYS the other guys fault when a deal goes sour with you ? In my opinion its not too professional. ( you want to be seen as a professional business right ? )

[Donndon]

thanks

[K4TEC]

Martyn:

There are always two ( maybe more ) sides to every story...The problem with you is that so many overseas hams seem to say the exact same thing in their dealings with you. ( item not nearly as described, not working, ect... )

You know FULL WELL how much they have to pay for shipping so you conveniently say " send it back at your expense" for a refund. From what I have read most just bite the bullet and keep the equipment.

As I said Martyn, now would be a great time to show everyone here on Eham ( and the whole world what a swell guy you really are and make it right with this fellow ham who trusted you from halfway around the world. Why is it ALWAYS the other guys fault when a deal goes sour with you ? In my opinion its not too professional. ( you want to be seen as a professional business right ? )

And as you well know, no one is forcing an overseas customer to buy from my company right? knowing full well that if something supplied may not be as expected as after all, this is the internet and people buy blind each time they place an order with not only me but eBay, QTH, QRZ etc, so get off my case and realise I gave him a full refund for the product after 3 months which is more than I dare say you or most others would do and thats after I offered him $100 towards getting a speaker only to find now it is back here it was a trapped wire and the radio has been resold.
So did you post my side of the story on eham or are you just nit picking at me here and sticking your nose it it again?