{"id":7939,"date":"2013-11-20T08:08:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T12:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7939"},"modified":"2013-11-20T14:02:43","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:02:43","slug":"tecsun-pl-880-on-ebay-as-a-pre-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/tecsun-pl-880-on-ebay-as-a-pre-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Tecsun PL-880 on eBay as a pre-sale"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TecsunPL-880front_amazon\"<\/a>Radio Flynn comments:<\/p>\n

Anon-co just posted a pre-sale for the [Tecsun] PL-880 on Ebay: $158.74<\/a>\"\".<\/p>\n

They estimate shipping dates from Nov 30 \u2013 Dec. 10 [2013]. Just in time for Christmas!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the update, Radio Flynn!<\/p>\n

On a side note, I should have a review of the PL-880 posted in enough time to help you make a purchase decision before Christmas. I will do some comparison with the Tecsun PL-660.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Radio Flynn comments: Anon-co just posted a pre-sale for the [Tecsun] PL-880 on Ebay: $158.74. They estimate shipping dates from Nov 30 \u2013 Dec. 10 [2013]. Just in time for Christmas! Thanks for the update, Radio Flynn! On a side note, I should have a review of the PL-880 posted in enough time to help […]<\/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":[836,3,26,43],"tags":[2065,479,2066,2325,2340],"class_list":["post-7939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","tag-pl-880","tag-tecsun","tag-tecsun-pl-880","tag-tecsun-pl-880-availability","tag-tecsun-pl-880-ebay"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-243","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8014,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/tecsun-pl-880-operation-manual-published\/","url_meta":{"origin":7939,"position":0},"title":"Tecsun PL-880 Operation Manual Published","author":"Thomas","date":"November 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The eBay seller,\u00a0Anon-co, has posted the owner's manual for the Tecsun PL-880. 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