{"id":10420,"date":"2014-08-13T10:05:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T14:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=10420"},"modified":"2014-08-13T10:05:29","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T14:05:29","slug":"grundig-g5-via-blinq-might-want-to-pass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/grundig-g5-via-blinq-might-want-to-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Grundig G5 via Blinq: Might want to pass…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"G5\"<\/a>While many SWLing Post<\/em> readers have reported positively about their experience with the online discount retailer Blinq.com<\/a>, several buyers have not been happy with the used\/open box Grundig G5<\/a>\u00a0units\u00a0Blinq is selling\u00a0for $45 US each.<\/p>\n

Mike (K8RAT) noted that his G5’s “audio distorts when volume greater than 10 on the numerical read-out […] higher level sends the audio into oscillation.” Another buyer noted his G5 was nearly deaf on AM.<\/p>\n

If you order a G5 from the Blinq, check out the radio thoroughly before tucking it away on a shelf somewhere. Or, better yet, just pass on this particular deal.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, I’ve only received excellent reports of Blinq’s customer service. They’ve happily refunded consumers money for defective products in a timely fashion.<\/p>\n

On a side note, I can only report negatively about the retailer 1Sale.com.<\/strong> \u00a0I’ve been trying for six weeks\u00a0to receive a refund on a defective (non radio) item I purchased. I’ve still haven’t received a response from customer service. I’m sending my 6th request today; \u00a0I’ll never purchase from 1Sale.com again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While many SWLing Post readers have reported positively about their experience with the online discount retailer Blinq.com, several buyers have not been happy with the used\/open box Grundig G5\u00a0units\u00a0Blinq is selling\u00a0for $45 US each. Mike (K8RAT) noted that his G5’s “audio distorts when volume greater than 10 on the numerical read-out […] higher level sends […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,714],"tags":[3146,3147,3145,2035,23,115],"class_list":["post-10420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-retailers","tag-1sale-com","tag-1sale-com-bad-customer-service","tag-blinq-com","tag-g5","tag-grundig","tag-grundig-g5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2I4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10310,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/radio-deals-tecsun-pl-380-grundig-mini-400-g5-and-satellite-750\/","url_meta":{"origin":10420,"position":0},"title":"Radio deals: Tecsun PL-380, Grundig Mini 400, G5 and Satellite 750","author":"Thomas","date":"July 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Grundig Mini 400 Discount retailer, Blinq.com is selling the Grundig Mini 400 for $15.09 US shipped. 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