The problem with radios with made up serial numbers

[escomm]

You send them to Motorola and they sit on the radio for a month and a half before they say they can't validate the serial and want the original factory order number and invoice. Then they want to seize the radio and say it's counterfeit because they don't have a record of the serial.

A radio has a "clean" serial number doesn't mean jack :o. Buyers of tagless radios, especially APX radios, beware of your serial if you ever want to have the radio serviced or repaired at the depot. My poor customer was finally able to get his radio back but not without nasty emails and threats from his lawyer

[MTS2000des]

I have never understood why people will spend serious (in my mind anything more than $200) on some high end product with no valid documentation. Think about it. If you found the latest Dell laptop "new in box" condition with no service tag and no serial number or some made up B.S. in the BIOS, would you give near market value for the real thing?

Or a 2013 model Dodge Charger with no VIN number or a VIN number from a Ford on it? What do you think your local Dodge dealer is gonna do when you bring it in for warranty service or a recall?

But for some reason, these suckers are SO DESPERATE to have that "po-po" walkie talkie that they forget their common sense, and will instantly send hundreds if not a couple THOUSAND dollars to a complete stranger only having seen some blurry photos taken with some Ghetto PCS Obamaphone "posted with Ebay mobile" and wind up with some :o parts radio and then expect Motorola to overhaul this rustbucket POS for flat rate or worse yet FREE.

I remember what used to be printed on the back of every Radio Shack/Realistic Product warranty statement in every manual for every RS product I bought years ago:

We service what WE sell

If you didn't buy it from Motorola directly or an authorized dealer, why do people think Motorola (or any other manufacturer of any product) owes them a DAMN thing?

[mike m]

Yes I agree people will toss their money away for that moto wow factor be it counterfeit or not. On another group I see numerous postings by individuals who seem to be volunteer fire or ems trying to either program or have their auction purchased broken radios fixed.

[escomm]

Come on guys. Leave the politics for radio reference. This has nothing to do with radios with bogus serial numbers.

[jmr061]

Come on guys. Leave the politics for radio reference. This has nothing to do with radios with bogus serial numbers.

OT posts removed. Stay on target.

Thanks

Jason