should I mess with him?

[space cowboy]

I probably won't, but I do want to.
I've been looking around for a classic stereo and came across this on craigslist - http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/ele/5469269416.html
fisher tube stereo, supposedly one of the top choices when it comes to audio connoisseurs, for $500. way more than what I'm looking to spend, but anyway...
So looking on ebay, here's the same guy with the same radio - http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5336136228&icep_item=191815775241
looking like it won't be going for anything close to $500.

now I've been checking craigslist daily for a while, he didn't post this unit until the ebay auction had been up for a few days, and I find it very irritating when I'm bidding on something that looks like it will turn out better for me than the seller only to have the auction shut down because "the item is no longer available". and it appears this guy is looking to do just that.

it came to me I should reply to the CL ad just after the EB auction ends saying I have the $500, when can I pick it up...

 

[RatsoW8]

Had you made contact with this guy on CL and he refused to budge from the $500 and THEN saw the eBay ad I would say mess with him but....it didn't happen that way.

 

[Tallman]

If you can do it without breaking any laws or eBay policies I would ride him like a "Rented Mule"

 

[BBB]

That radio was a hacked "beater" according to the eBay description. Missing tubes, missing knobs, switches modified, audible "buzz"... yikes.

Nice write up on the 500 series unit here:

http://www.stereophile.com/historical/605fisher/

I was given a Fisher 500s years ago. I was into high power transistor audio systems and kinda joked beforehand about how this little radio would sound, but hooked it up to my Polk floor speakers for a try anyway.

All I can say is that fisher 500 series tube radio is one of the most sonically clear and accurate receivers I have ever heard. I was literally blown away by how many more natural harmonics I could hear in the program material.

Good luck on your search.