K4TEC Martyn Allison aka "Radio Mart"

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Post by K4TEC »

I hear ya K2XT, eBau jas just increased their charges again and will be raising them again in June and I believe August, I am far happier selling less and enjoying myself far more than I have in a very long time.

I do want to stress that I have not shill bid despite so many accusations of doing so, I have always been more than satisfied with the prices I achieved for my products as they were and I guess that because so many overseas buyers beat the home community that it was easy to point the finger and shout "shill bidding" well like I have said in the past I have no problem supplying a bidder the bid history of an item that has to knock that suggestion on the head.

eBay did not close any of my accounts as you can see I did some eBay business only this past week.

As far as stripping out filters, hey, everyone else does and so do I,, no secret there.

9% eBay, 3% PayPal then hosting fees, shipping in to and out of,, cost of components and time, now do you get the idea why I have set up my own ecommerce web site, oh and thank you to the many who have commented on it, I really appreciate that.
Well 73s, Martyn K4TEC
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Oh My, what an angry fellow you are Charles, I am not going to go in to a long winded explanation as it is clear that you fail to listen to a single word I say and only seem to repeat yourself, in fact it’s almost sad.
Now let me turn the tables slightly, the radio I purchased from you, you seemed very happy to take my money, I paid you more than anyone else was willing to and I don’t remember you mentioning any faults the receiver had?
I do remember fixing two receivers with backlash and I fixed several capacitors along with other repairs and replacement tubes etc,, you see I actually work for my money, anyway Charkes what I think is eating you up is the fact I sold the radio at a profit, you know, the same as HRO, AES, Universal etc do,, it’s what we choose to do for a living and I dont think you like it? well sorry you will have to get over that, now let me end by putting it this way, I sold the radio restored and the buyer was very happy and fully satisfied with his purchase, now as far as I am concerned you should be happy i paid you more than anyone else for your old mis-described receiver and didn’t complain and I repaired it and turned it around for a profit.
So like I said, the only issue I can think of you having is the jealousy of the fact I made a profit? as I cannot see any other gripe you can possibly have.
Now Charles I have finished addressing you for good.
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Re: REALLY???

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K9XR wrote:Really? How would wee know that you did some ebay business last week?

I think most thought your accounts may nave been suspended. not closed.
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"eBay did not close any of my accounts as you can see I did some eBay business only this past week."
Mr Albert Brooks again, now theres a surprise, if you go to my account and look you will see, wow thats a simple answer.

You never did answer my question, where did you get that beautiful map from?

73s
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Post by W8UAB »

Here is an auction running right now on Ebay. The seller seems to have had a bad experience with Radio-Mart:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dentron-DTR-1200-HF ... 2562537ed1

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Dentron-DTR-1200-HF-Amplifier-10m-PARTS-REPAIR
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Sold to radio-mart, AKA Martyn Allison, AKA Martin Alison, who keep the AMP for a MONTH, then claimed not as describe.
- - Returned amp in horrid condition – Single box, no protection – terrible packing
REFUSED TO RETURN - - CD, SILVER DOLLAR AND MANUAL
** KNOW ISSUES * * Rack handle bent – Rattles, (TUBE?) Glass pieces in box - METER POINTER BROKEN , Bare spot on top of case.
** MAYBE AN EASY FIX ** MAY NOT BE ** I RECOMMEND A THROUGH CHECK OUT BEFORE APPLYING POWER.
DTR-1200 with enhanced cooling: Full output About 700 Watts: 2x572B tubes - - Pre radio-mart
See - http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5711 for what users think of this AMP.
Tuned input works well with solid state rigs, as-is no external interface required. - - Did before Radio-Mart
Works better than Dentron designed it with the modified air flow - - top stays cool - - - see eham or ask.
TESTED FULL OUTPUT INTO DL2K DUMMY LOAD - INCLUDING 10 METERS PRE RADIO-MART
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1-Tube broke, 1- de-soldered, both appear deliberate damage.
Cap removed in rectifier circuit
If I was able I would dissemble and do a compile restoration using modern components.
If you are not comfortable with troubleshooting and repairing amps you may wish to pass on this project.
ONE GOOD SOURCE FOR PARTS:
http://www.harbachelectronics.com/
SAD DAY WHEN SOMEONE DELIBERATELY DESTROYS GOOD EQUIPMENT
Last edited by W8UAB on Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:19 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Marty the liar!!!!!

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I couldn't care less if you sold it for a profit you ABSOLUTE LOSER!!!!! The fact remains, that in both of your responses you fail to address how you LIED about ownership! Both times you said you had owned the radio for quite a while....BLATENT LIE!!!!!!! You fixed it??????? Judging by my experiance as well as many others, you are as much a crook as has been expressed here numerous times!!!!!!!!
I am selling off the estate of a good friend of mine, when I first met him, he showed me an R-390A that has a large tag on it that says Radiomart. I laughed when I saw it, he told me he keeps it around to remind himself NOT to buy from you ever again, you screwed him too you !@#$%
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Why does not some one start a poll and ask if they would buy from Radio Mart yes or no, or you could ask a third or fourth choice such as maybe or never..
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You can do that...

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Mr. Huff, you can do that if you would like.

AL
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Post by WB6VHK »

Quote from above post : . Then say you found the best way to get the suckers bidding was to get in there with them and try to stir up some enthusiasm. This is done all the time at live auctions, part of the game. But sometimes things don't go your way, and you end up buying your own item. Now this prevents you from selling too low and possibly taking a loss. But....... now ebay wants to collect its 9% ! Wow, that smarts! So what do you do, pay ebay, or claim the bidder is a non-paying scumbag. ebay isn't going to put up with that long as they can readily see your shill identities.

You don't need to claim a "non paying bidder" to ebay, you just do a "mutual cancellation" and pay nothing.
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Easier to buy from RadioMart than Barkingdog !

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One thing for sure,
It is one thing to buy from a person who that is very open with identity than one hiding behind a screen name.
After all, Martyn provides his ID , his call sign . We all know who he is along with the tales of woe and reports of good conduct.
On the other hand we have a few detractors who hide behind a screen name one of them at least insists he has a call sign. Come on shaggydog, you won't even give up your "call sign" , you show up here with a CB handle type name and demand that I tell you my eBay screen name. Still no call sign , let alone the eBay name you operated under ?

Tossing stones from a glass house, shaggydog ?

Yep, I would buy from Martyn right here on QTH long before I would trust an unknown, indentity concealer.
OK, So where are the filters now ?
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Re: Easier to buy from RadioMart than Barkingdog !

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K9XR wrote:His call is KC8GBF. He has given it in other threads.


kg8lb wrote:One thing for sure,
It is one thing to buy from a person who that is very open with identity than one hiding behind a screen name.
After all, Martyn provides his ID , his call sign . We all know who he is along with the tales of woe and reports of good conduct.
On the other hand we have a few detractors who hide behind a screen name one of them at least insists he has a call sign. Come on shaggydog, you won't even give up your "call sign" , you show up here with a CB handle type name and demand that I tell you my eBay screen name. Still no call sign , let alone the eBay name you operated under ?

Tossing stones from a glass house, shaggydog ?

Yep, I would buy from Martyn right here on QTH long before I would trust an unknown, indentity concealer.

FB, Thanks for the info.
I have not had the time nor inclination to search ALL of his writings in search of the call sign counterpart to the CB sounding "handle" that he uses as an ID. Finding an interpreter of those writings would be another issue.
Still, he has yet to "give up" his EBay tag . He has pretty much demanded that of others however.
In my experience, I have had far more favorable,timely and coherent responses from Martyn .
OK, So where are the filters now ?
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AL if thats not a threat to do business on the up an up or else then i fail in comprehensioness.
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Call it a threat if you prefer, I really do not give a damn. I too believed all the crap that was being said of Martyn / Radio-Mart, but after my transaction with Martyn, I realized he was an honorable seller. I was not too stubborn to change my thoughts as some people seem to be in this forum. If you want to attest the "positive" transaction as having been coerced, then so be it.

Have any of the naysayers even had a transaction with K4TEC?

I don't have any connections with Radio Mart, other than a few good transactions - but I just cannot understand why certain people must always "gang up" on people when they could better serve themselves by minding their own business and not looking like an ignorant fool in the end.

coerced - past participle, past tense of co·erce (Verb)
1. Persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.

Sincerely,
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Post by K4TEC »

I can’t help but chirp in here,,
I find the whole thing ridiculous when someone actually posts a good thing about me or my company how they are stripped down and attacked by the three timewasting people, making claims to the poster that they must be stupid, misled or lucky,,l let me show for example...


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Needed some icom parts. Martyn e-mailed me and told me what he had and the condition and he was quick to reply to question's and we made a trade everything went smooth..Radio packed well even though it was a parts radio (And i knew this)Thanks to him i am able to get my rig back on the air.I found him to be honest straight forward He even shipped before i shipped..Just don't get any better service..This is my first deal with him and i would not hesitate to deal with him again..Very nice guy in my opinion..No flameing please i am just sharing my experience with him and could care less of what others think..
and the responces to it "

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You got a good deal because Martyn Allison's business m.o. is exactly like that of a drug dealer. Read on

and....
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I just left a positive feedback for Martyn because of my experience with him.I did not post this for him to get beat like a drum..The answer is simple if you don't like him call him and tell him or post it in your own horsebeating thread..Like i said it was my first deal with him and i was very pleased..Nuff said.He can be reached at www.radio-mart.net


and >>>
After jumping the gun on Radio-Mart here is what I now know. EVERYTHING arrived in as described condition. It all works as it’s supposed to, nothing broken , nothing missing. In fact some of the items actually exceeded my expectations.

So what’s the lesson I just learned the hard way. I was totally wrong about this company and its owner and I am not too big to admit I WAS WRONG. Here’s what happened… after purchasing the HF equipment for large sum of money a few friends and many others sent me Emails warning me of possible problems. I then did a Google search and a bunch of stuff popped up negative about Radio-Mart.

Being human with all the faults that go with it I panicked. I allowed my frightened emotions over to overrule logic in this case concerned I might lose a substantial outlay of my hard earned money. After posting here on QRZ, I later on wrote the administrator asking if I could remove the thread and start a new thread where I could give this gent an honest evaluation. Since the administrator did not respond or take down the thread I am writing this as a full retraction.

In today’s Cyber driven world it’s super easy for any of us to jump to conclusions. This is America and one is innocent until proven guilty. In this case I held Radio-Mart guilty until proven innocent. Again I was wrong.

I posted in a panic what I thought was going to happen based on hear say and the information gathered from the net. We all know the net has its fair share of problems with what to believe & what not to believe.

When one is in business and does as many deals as Radio-Mart does sooner or later there will be a problem. I cannot speak for those who may or may not have had a problem with Radio-Mart in the past only with my experience so far with them has been.
I ( myself ) can find no reason not to do business with this company or its owner.

My Sincere Apologies To Radio-Mart , Larry Read aka KF6VMC

and >>>

Folks, let this posting serve as a warning to all. Although an apology has been received, some damage has nonetheless been done. I'm sure you've heard the term "can't un-ring the bell" and it applies in this case.
Frankly, I'm getting very tired of this forum and am tempted to close it down entirely. This forum was meant to warn people of known scams and rip-offs so as to provide a community service. Instead it has become a he-said, she-said food fight where the kids don't seem to remember the lessons that we all learned in kindergarten.

I guess being in business always will have its highs and lows but the handful of people that have done all they can to destroy my reputaion, I hope get their payback when it comes to judgement day.

I guess it is easy to forget the 26,000 positive feedbacks I have under my accounts on eBay and not to mention the 5500 private transactions I have had this year with my new web site.

I see one really annoying twerp complaining I didnt supply a $10 power supply for his Drake yet did give him what he asked, a $10 refund, and had to deal with the BBB in a case he opened and I won and his credit card company when he tried to pull a fast one on me and I won that case too, of the 3 meadling timewasters, only one has purchased from me and I have purchased from him.

So life goes on and I am satisfied I am running a sucessful business and providing the best service to all of my customers old and new.

73s :D
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Lee W4LTD i'll give you a OK for admitting you once were suspicious and after a couple of transactions were more than satisfied and now your supportive of Martyn. Both my transactions were unsatisfactory, so i felt what others had been saying were correct. But i do feel Martyn is trying harder now to do a better job than before, and i give him credit for that. Like i said in another place about him ,i believe he is no different than a car salesman in that he wants to put his products in the best light. And no matter how honest or dishonest a car salesman is perceived to all who feel they got jobbed their going to make the most noise. But in all honesty you were threatning if the deal was not as said, but maybe in your mind as a Government employee with a position you felt that is how to handle transactions, to let others know who there dealing with, that it is within your position to make things go bad for them if they behave badly. But to the average person that is still a threat no different than what a police Officer might tell a suspicious acting person. Your intitled to your views as is every one else.
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Post by K4TEC »

Anyone want to by my 2007 ZR6 Vette? hihi

I did not feel threatened by the approach made to me by W4LTD, I am always confident in the products we sell and feel I stand by them.

:D

If there is a problem I try to resolve an issue usually just offering a full refund if a product is not as expected, after all I appreciate buying on the internet is the same as buying blind.

I am sorry that you feel dissatisfied with the products purchased from me Larry but I thought that had been more than well covered some years ago but some never forgive and forget.

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Martyn maybe you need to re-read what i wrote. Martyn i used to box and i've never forgotten nor forgiven the person that hit me the hardest but i was smart enough to not agree to another match with him. I lost he won. I was not attacking you as i got over my anger more at my self than you a long time ago. Even the Poll i ran was not meant as a attack but just to give everybody there opportunity to give there opinion without being being attacked by either side unless they chose to expose there self and opinion. You told me years ago i was blocked by you and i never complained. So re-read what i wrote before this, before assuming i'm in attack mode because i'm not.In fact i believe i gave you credit for what i believe to be your efforts at improving your image. Actually i take most of what i read on here as just others opinions and there has only been one person on here that has genuinely angered me because they made a total 100% lie about what all i've supposedly wrote and i contacted them via a e mail and never got a answer and there one who likes to hint about being a good Christian. So Martyn just re-read what i wrote OK.
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Post by K4TEC »

Larry I dont have a personal problem with you.

I would just appreciate you refraining from posting anything further about me positive or negative on any forum please as all that happens is it goes back the the usual 3 just knocking what I do and how I do it..

The reason behind this poll thread you started I will never know? anyway I did not appreciate it as I think I have been slammed enough, What really gets under my skin is the people who dont know me, have never dealt with me, just slamming my name.

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Martyn i honestly am not sure who the three are who your referring to. You were only mentioned in the article your referring to as to give credibility to my comments.I told you the intention of the Poll and like i said during the Poll it is only a sampling. But Martyn lets be a little more honest about your own behavior as a lot of this would have ended and not gone on so long if you had sat back and not contributed to some of it. I admit i added to the fire but you want to place your self as above all of it. Then having your wife jump in did not help either. So Martyn if i never said another word about you the fact is more than likely when your name or Radio Mart comes up it is going to bring up comments. In fact until you jumped in again it was debates going on about AL and Lee not about you other than about transactions between Lee and you and AL's comments and the two i threw in on there debate.
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Post by W4LTD »

Larry,

I know you mean no harm, but my name is Rich. The "debates" between myself and Albert are over with on my end. I am sure he will continue them, but that's OK with me.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...

73,
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I am going back under my rock :)

73s :D
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OK Martyn i'll leave you alone under your Rock HI Hi !! And Rich i'm sorry but for what ever reason Lee (your last name)got stuck as your name you went by.
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Someone help me PLEASE!!

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Dear Scott; KA9FOX

My name is Nipon; HS0OAG.
I leave in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
I looking for a HF Radio for set up my own station.
Last year, I was bid on ebay for Yaesu FT-1000MP, which the seller was "radio-mart" or Martyn.
I won and paid $1,381.49 USD. When I received the radio, It's not as describe; many function didn't work.
I told him what's the problem, he invite me to try to reset the radio, but same problem.
He was dodge and spend delay time untill I can't "open case" to ebay (expired)
He do nothing until now.

Because the FT-1000MP can not worked, I'd to bid the other radio.
I won bidding for Kenwood TS-2000 and Icom IC-746Pro at same time, on December 2010. (radio-mart)
I paid 2,742 us$ for both and hope to give the complete radios then.
Unfortunately, when the radio arrived in Thailand I can not bring through customs in time and the radio is returned to seller; who's radio-mart.
After that I try to contact radio-mart or Martyn many time many way but he didn't response.

This is the true story and very important for me.
2,742 $US is very high value of Thai Ham such as me.

My wife and I are very concerned.
Barrier of distance and language make me very difficult to solve this problem.

I wish some one can help me.

I'v every things etc. picture, message, statement, paypal transactions, if you want to give them.

So, Could you or someone help me PLEASE!!!

I am trust in HAM Spirit!

Thank you all,

Sincerely yours,
Nipon Sritrakool; HS0OAG
mobile phone : (661)8856969
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Sincerely yours,
Nipon Sritrakool; HS0OAG
mobile phone : (661)8856969
With a California area code?

Just wondering

http://www.areacodelocations.info/6/661.html
Bill

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Re: Someone help me PLEASE!!

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Unfortunately, when the radio arrived in Thailand I can not bring through customs in time and the radio is returned to seller; who's radio-mart.
After that I try to contact radio-mart or Martyn many time many way but he didn't response.


Not certain why this is posted here? Today is the first I knew of a situation with Thai customs?
I have contacted my buyer direct and am waiting a response from him.
Not a big deal for us, I am pleased he has managed to make contact with me and he will be receiving my attention as needed.
Nipon I have not heard back fom my questions I responded to before you posted this here, for your information I can easily be reached at [email protected]
I wait for your direct response, not through the forum.
73s
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Post by Zero »

W6GQ wrote:
Sincerely yours,
Nipon Sritrakool; HS0OAG
mobile phone : (661)8856969
With a California area code?

Just wondering

http://www.areacodelocations.info/6/661.html

Thai local people call me : 081 885 6969
oversea call : +66 81 885 6969
e-mail: [email protected]

Thanks in advance.
73
Nipon
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