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I bought a $85.00 MC-60a mic. from Bob, it arrived today, when I inspected it, I found it to be barely a grade 8 with scratches rub marks, in 6 places on the mic. When I emailed Bob with my complaint which I was very careful not to attack Bob personally, but just dissagreed with his use of the term "mint" to describe the condition of the mic. his answer was and I quote: "All I can say is that it looked mint to me,just return it for a refund,and I would suggest that you buy a brand new one,I don't think ANY used mic is going to meet your standards,ship it back...BOB WN8BOB" Now, I am not looking for a fight here, but saying that he don't think that ANY used mic is going to meet my standards is a pretty RUDE statement, and in my estimation undeserved. Either it's mint or it isn't mint. Rather than ship it back, and lose money on shipping, I am going to re-sell it with a accurate description of the mic. and hope to break even. This is my expierence, yours hopefully will be better. For the record here is Bob's post:
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For your reference, here is a copy of the ad you are responding to:

Listing Number: 522900
Date Ad was Placed: 03/20/06
Name: bob
Phone Number: 330-928-0213
Callsign: WN8BOB
Category: MISC
Heading: FS: MINT MC-60 DESK MIC
Ad Message:
MINT CONDITION,NO BOX,BUT WILL BE PACKED WELL...$85 SHIPPED LOWER 48...WN8BOB

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I told this ham,very plainly,to send the microphone back for a full refund,I estimated it would probably be about $8-$10 to do so,he forgot to mention the fact that I shipped the microphone priority mail,insured,at my expense,and I even shipped the item BEFORE I received any funds,there are always 2 sides to any story,I examined the mic carefully,nowhere did I see any 6 scrathches,he also told me a MC-60 mic,like the one I sent,would be worth only $50,I have personally never seen a MC-60 mic,in ANY condition for $50 shipped,he left out much in his response here,it seems he thought $8 was to much to return it for a full refund,noww he wants to sell it FOR LESS than he bought it for??? Does not make sense,I sold it for roughly HALF the price of a new one,and it sure looked nice to me,a grading of 8 on a 10 scale is ridiculous!! I told him if he wanted a brand new in the box MC-60 he should have stated thats what he was looking for!! All he had to do was pay about $8 to get his money back,HE REFUSED!! How many ads have you read,can return,LESS SHIPPING!! enough said...WN8BOB

bob you done all you can do you offered his money back what else can he ask for the way i see it its up to him . 73s

since he told me it was only worth $50,and he said he would now have to resell it,keep an eye on his ads and see if he offers the MC-60 desk mic for $50 shipped,there are people in this hobby who you are never going to satisfy,there are those that would buy a $500,000 house,used,with NO warranty,andd then complain about a ham stores "Restocking Fee" IF $8 amounted to something like bankruptcy,what is he doing on these for sale boards,I did all I could whithin reason,it has been some time now since the deal was completed,thanks for all the positive input I have received in e mails...WN8BOB BOB