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Has anyone dealt with Greg? I have an HF rig listed, and he emails me a reply essentially lecturing me on reality, stupidity, and ham radio economics. His QRZ listing has very few lookups and I'm just wondering if this guy is for real.

John N0EE

you ever hear the old saying " there is one in every bar " ?now you know the rest of the story ! 73 ralph/kk4aq

Don't leave us hanging

Yeah... this idiot responded to one of my ads (Also an HF rig).....

I have a Icom 751A, and I'm asking $600 or best.... and here is what the Jack xxx replied to me...


The response is:

Average prices for 751A.751-1985 to 1991. These
are used prices from Universal Radio.
751A...499.95
751....399.95 to 469.95
I wish all of you E-Bay people would just go away.
Being that its Universal's prices I'm sure that they
are the high end prices. You will probably find a
dumb xxx who will read the ridiculous reviews about
this radio and pay you 600.00 for it. I am "the Icom
expert" and for many years.


WOW.... he is a self proclaimed expert on Icoms !! are you impressed ?? I'm not !! I've recently seen a few of these radios going for over $600 on ebay.... So I started my asking there..... He is just mad because he is not going to scam me out of my radio for some stupid low price !!!!

BEWARE OF THIS GUY "WB3AMB - Greg Gross" and avoid him .... Don't let him scam you out of your radio... get top dollar for it !!

As the saying goes " to each their own" I am tempted often to comment to folks who are asking ridiculous prices but I do not as its part of the rules of the forum.

If someone responded to one of my post the way this guy does, I would ignore him.

n9tcb wrote:Yeah... this idiot responded to one of my ads (Also an HF rig).....

I have a Icom 751A, and I'm asking $600 or best.... and here is what the Jack xxx replied to me...


The response is:

Average prices for 751A.751-1985 to 1991. These
are used prices from Universal Radio.
751A...499.95
751....399.95 to 469.95
I wish all of you E-Bay people would just go away.
Being that its Universal's prices I'm sure that they
are the high end prices. You will probably find a
dumb xxx who will read the ridiculous reviews about
this radio and pay you 600.00 for it. I am "the Icom
expert" and for many years.


WOW.... he is a self proclaimed expert on Icoms !! are you impressed ?? I'm not !! I've recently seen a few of these radios going for over $600 on ebay.... So I started my asking there..... He is just mad because he is not going to scam me out of my radio for some stupid low price !!!!

BEWARE OF THIS GUY "WB3AMB - Greg Gross" and avoid him .... Don't let him scam you out of your radio... get top dollar for it !!

I hate to say it.....but he is right. I always use Universal when they have sold one used, as a pricing guide. Universal minus a few bucks. Plus many times you can see a range of prices for radios missing something, non-working or in fantastic condition.

Ebay is a horrible place to look, there is morons there getting into the competition of the auction who will spend more then new price on a used rig.

K9XR wrote:He's right? About what? Is he the QTH ad police? He has no business telling anyone what to ask for anything. Nobody is forcing him to buy anything. He has no business telling anybody to leave. If I could I would tell "Tire Kickers" like him to leave, but he has a right to be here like anyone else, but I will never deal with him. I've had first hand experience with the WB3 and he has no room to criticize ANYONE!




I hate to say it.....but he is right. I always use Universal when they have sold one used, as a pricing guide. Universal minus a few bucks. Plus many times you can see a range of prices for radios missing something, non-working or in fantastic condition.

Ebay is a horrible place to look, there is morons there getting into the competition of the auction who will spend more then new price on a used rig.

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I agree that he should not have voiced his opinion. But his argument that you priced your rig too high is correct. You failed to do the research. Maybe somebody will buy it, but maybe not.

I buy and sell allot of stuff and never use eBay as a resource when seeking value.

It's what the seller feels it's worth. It doesn't matter who has what prices.
There could be and usually are differences some good some bad between them no matter what the asking price.

It's up to the buyer to do their homework, get pics...lots of pics ask all the questions you want then make an offer or accept the asking price.

I for one do not care what someone else thinks of my asking price or anything else. It's my business and if they don't like it move on and shut the heck up about your expert opinion, if I want an opinion I will ask for it.

W1JCW wrote:It's what the seller feels it's worth. It doesn't matter who has what prices.
There could be and usually are differences some good some bad between them no matter what the asking price.

It's up to the buyer to do their homework, get pics...lots of pics ask all the questions you want then make an offer or accept the asking price.

I for one do not care what someone else thinks of my asking price or anything else. It's my business and if they don't like it move on and shut the heck up about your expert opinion, if I want an opinion I will ask for it.

I don't claim to be an expert at anything except maybe Ford Trucks. I do buy and sell allot of stuff online. If a seller wants to sell his stuff, he will do his research to see what his stuff is worth. Otherwise he will constantly re-post his ad over and over again until he decides to drop his price or he finds a buyer who did not do his homework.

The buyer must also do his research, he must know more then what an item is and what it is worth. He must also research his seller because some are crooks.

I agree, WB3AMB should not have sent the nasty emails. If anything he could have been a bunch nicer and probably has some mental issues that need to be resolved.

As for the rubbish about shutting my mouth, This is a public forum. All are encouraged to participate. I won't shut my mouth and your post could and should be considered an attack. If nothing else, it serves to let everybody know your mental state. Speaking of states, does your's have any treatment facilities you can look into?