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I want to support the small businessman as much as possible but, jeez, money's too precious right now for the least little thing to go wrong -- a missing power supply, partial refunds, all that stuff. Even if I just spend $100 I'm going to want everything to do down perfect. I'd venture to guess we all expect that.

A smart businessman would be in touch with this mood and therefore will leave no room for error. I am a little surprised that some haven't caught on.

shaggy_24740 wrote:http://www.vk4adc.com/content/index.php ... &Itemid=50
I haven't seen anyone with so much criticism.
The Guy above is a Justice of the peace in Ausi land.
His feed back went from 18000 down to 17400 so that's 600 sells or transactions that don't have a comment.
If this guy was ever brought to a local court they would put him under the Jail.
They just gave a guy here a year in Jail for tempting the same thing and made a felon out of him , and it was an attempted""he didn't Plum do it""offence, and a first offence at that. Need I say more? :D

Well guys, I just told it how it went. I have nothing personal against Martyn except his method of operation - that is what I take exception to - hence my criticism.

I have an expectation of fairness in dealings and that wasn't what I got from Martyn. That radio could not have worked yet was sold as being in working condition. That legally represents fraud regardless of which country you live in. The fact that he got away with selling dodgy items via eBay for so long is what is surprising.

If you think that I alone criticised Martyn, you should see the number of emails that have arrived since that web page went active. Many of them tell the same type of story. I haven't received any from people who have had acceptable dealings with him - only ones detailing the bad deals and from buyers who wished that they had seen my web page before buying from him.


Would I buy from Martyn again (as per the original topic) ?? Definitely not - and that is simply because I couldn't trust him enough as to the accuracy of his item descriptions to send him any money. Once burnt, twice shy.

I have met Martyn a couple of times and have even been to his home. He has always been very gracious and my dealings with Martyn and Radio-Mart have been 1st class, never an issue, never a problem.

I will continue to do business with him.

KE4WY wrote:I have met Martyn a couple of times and have even been to his home. He has always been very gracious and my dealings with Martyn and Radio-Mart have been 1st class, never an issue, never a problem.

I will continue to do business with him.

Maybe then since Radio Mart can't explain it that you might be able too OK?
He had 18000 feed backs when he supposedly left EBAY ie. too much insertion cost too much ramble gamble. And Last I looked Yesterday he had 17400"Somewhere in that range"'.
Does EBAY remove all that feed back that fast when you "don't" sell on there?
The terms says it is based on what you sell, so IMHO it looks like about 600 people just didn't want to fool with the Argument of leaving Bad feed back.
I dare to thing that all those satisfied people would just say nothing causing His ratings to go down. And that was in a short period of time.
So since you and some more on here warship the guy, can you let us in on why EBAY keeps dropping his feedback ratings?
It's not Positive or Negative or Neutral, the ratings Just dropped from 18000 to 17400'' Somewhere in that range, look for yourself.
I have a garage full of Ebay Junk that Just came out of the shop, and I'll gladly let it Go for a lot less than I have in it. I offered it here all kinds of Amps, but you have to come and pick them up. I will not ship them. I have tubes too, any kind you want. Come and get them.
I'm not a crook or thief, I want you to see what you're getting.
My feed back was 100% and I left 199% regardless of who I bought off of or what shape it was in.
I figured it was an auction and if I was stupid enough to buy junk, I got what I deserved. Yet Mart tries to connive and deny and Lie, and the entire WWW.COM is full of this guy, I can't see why the Local Police where he lives hasn't set the guy up, and put him under the Jail. Maybe Kentucky Don't have any laws against Perjury, but Wv. does.

Would buy from again. Got a good deal. tnx Martyn
Mike ke4lgl

I just wonder how many people who voted 'No' actually bought something from him. I think they are just trying to stir the pot, or just don't have anything else in their life to do.

It really seems unreal to me that 38 people have had a bad dealing with this seller seeing that you can read the feedback before buying something. Either they don't read the feedback or are just stupid. 73

Tom W7WHY

It looks as if Martin is doing fine on here, lately, with good feedback and happy customers. I know some claim to have a bone to pick with him, but few actually say what it is. (I mean they don't give any specifics of these bad deals.) It might make one wonder if we have a group of people just waiting and waiting for the day when he will mess up. (or mess up again) I hope he keeps up the positive feedback he is adding up now. If I find something I need and Martin is selling it I will buy from him. Wishing for failure during the midst of success is somehow strange to me. It defeats the purpose of the success in the first place.

My friend K9XR, What do you think

That is EXACTLY why this thread needs to end as all other threads about him. He who is perfect , go ahead, write the next comment.

its's not an opinion , it's a fact , NO ONE is perfect. There are folks that sit around looking for this kind of crap. Nothing better to do. Move on...

Martyn has been fair with me through several trades. He did what he said and I received some very nice equipment. No complaints on this end.
He shipped on time and packaged very well.
KI4VDX

Martyn is very quick with shipping. Extremly good with communication, he always replies right away. I have had a couple dealings with him thru Ebay and website and he is very good and have never had a problem with him.

K9XR wrote:The survey doesn't stipulate that you had to buy from him. Maybe They DID read the feedback and have developed their opinion from that?

BTW most of the bad feedback on the net is from Ebay deals.

Then why would they post something here if they never purchased anything from him? Kinda weird to me.

Monkey see-monkey do??

I sold Martyn two IC 706'es I had. He was very prompt in payment and not a issue at all to deal with. I had two other people who were interested in one of the 706'es I had but backed out or didn't pay.

Martyn upon short notice quickly paid for the 2nd 706 even after a week later that I told him it wasn't for sale any longer.

I'd gladly deal with him again.

Joe KI3B

Way overpriced with inconsistent feedback .Not someone I would trust with my money.

I just did a trade with Martyn and was really pleased . The tuner that I got was exactly as he described and our deal was fair to both of us . It was a pleasure to meet Martyn and he seemed to be a real gentleman .
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Dennis KY4KFC

AA6ZE wrote:Way overpriced with inconsistent feedback .Not someone I would trust with my money.

I can just go back to Universal Radio's used list where, although pricey, I won't need to spend time asking questions that a buyer shouldn't need to ask in the first place.

"Can you tell me if the power supply, which is advertised as coming with the radio, is actually going to come with the radio?"

Radio-Mart did issue me a small refund, for the missing power supply, but I definitely wouldn't have purchased the radio had I known the mistake would occur.

w7why wrote:I just wonder how many people who voted 'No' actually bought something from him. I think they are just trying to stir the pot, or just don't have anything else in their life to do.

It really seems unreal to me that 38 people have had a bad dealing with this seller seeing that you can read the feedback before buying something. Either they don't read the feedback or are just stupid. 73

Tom W7WHY

That's why we have the Feed Back situation. The WWW.COM has him written down as a thief.
Google it radiomart:: Looking at what everyone says there isn't too much accept a few that really likes the guy.
And most of his feed back is from Acquaintances.
When he gets a good rating here he will continue his scams on the back of QTH, saying I have all this positive feed back and I can do as I wish=sh and anyone who says my stuff is bad I can get QTH to throw them off, Or::: I'm tired of being Mr. Nice guy now it's time to File a complaint with you local police department and have you arrested, look at all this good loving people on QTH that bought from me,. LOLOL
Ratings don't drop unless you sell something and the buyer just don't respond.
Radio equipment is the biggest rip off on the Market, it is always good when it left their place and the Buyer is the blame, although he has 40 Years as a credible ham, Radio Mart has 18000 feed backs he got with threats, backed the the rogue EBAY till they found him out, now he is monitored and his ratings are dropping so since EBAY started dropping feed back by being Buyers didn't leave any at all, his ratings started dropping and it didn't take negative feed back to make that happen, all it took was no feed back at all. Buyers begin to figure that out, and that left Mart with no way to make his outlandish threats. He has to take the drop because EBAY done it and all he can do is accept it or find another scam site and that's exactly what he is doing here. He was exposed on every site he has been on so far.
Feed Back has a way of taking care of itself. He can't say I got 18000 now because it is dropping at each sell, now he can only say 17000 and it is still dropping.
I'm just the Messenger,, I didn't wright the message

Martin has tried to defend his positions here but I had to chime in...

He presently has a Flex 5000 with ATU and 2nd RX for sale. He states in his ad that it is "unused". I believe this is the very same radio I was going to buy from another ham on the east coast a few weeks ago. I found out he sold it locally to Martin. So the radio is definitely used...contrary to what he says. I trust the orig owner who said the radio was in excellent condition but why the exaggeration as unused???

I guess it is possible it may not be the same radio but I strongly doubt it. Or maybe his definition of unused means unused by him.

Best wishes to all!

73
Greg
AB7R

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Martin,

I am talking about the Flex 5K you got from Jim N.... Excellent condition yes but it had been used. Your ad says UNUSED....not exactly honest. I don't understand the need to be dishonest .....or misleading.....if the gear is in fact in excellent condition.

GL
Greg

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If that is the case I apologize.

73
Greg

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