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747
Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 8:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I have been surfing ebay's CB listings for at least a good year now just seeing what comes up and how foolish some people are, and seeing how much cheaper copper's prices are on new stuff :)

I think I have seen about enough of all these damned GE handheld radios though - what's the deal? were they just cheap as hell when they were on the store shelves and there is just a huge quantity of them floating around? Or do they just suck so badly that anyone who has ever bought one wanted to get rid of them?

Sheesh!
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ryan
Posted on Monday, January 06, 2003 - 8:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

werent ge handhelds getting given away with marlboro cancerette miles?
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bruce
Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 7:54 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I had 2 of them they are not bad radios just a bit large so the corbas and other small handhelds sold better now i worked for GE and they always buy in big numbers so its a matter of they made a bunch of them they didnt sell well so years later e-bay still has bunchs of them just the old supply and demand thing nothing wrong with the radio its fine.
Bruce
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Chris142
Posted on Tuesday, January 07, 2003 - 11:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They were $39.99 in the stores. I bought 2 and they both died pretty quick.
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bruce
Posted on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 4:38 am:   Edit Post Delete Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

the price is right and i gave mine away and after 5 years both still work fine ..... i like the others better the GE's are too big