swstow
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a local radio shop has a older bc898xlt for $100 but the display is out , is the radio worth getting or would the cost of a display repair make it not worth it
is it worth it
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No way. Radioworld lists them at $285CD. For a non-digital, broken, Trunk-TrackerIII, save your beans and get a BCT15 if you don't need digital, list $300CD
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Right now (as of 02/19/09, 0050 HRS PST), the following items are available on ebay:
Nine (9) Uniden BC898T scanners between $150 and $225 USD.
Six (6) Uniden BCT15 scanners between $215 and $250 USD.
Three (3) Uniden BC780XLT scanners between $100 and $160 USD.
Right now (as of 02/19/09, 0050 HRS PST), the following items are available on ebay:
Nine (9) Uniden BC898T scanners between $150 and $225 USD.
Six (6) Uniden BCT15 scanners between $215 and $250 USD.
Three (3) Uniden BC780XLT scanners between $100 and $160 USD.
An off-the-wall thought, and this will still be difficult without the display.....
If they are willing to sell it as-is for less than 1/2 that (I'm thinking $30) you might be able to hook an old PC to in and run it that way (you'd have to guess as to when the radio is in PC control mode during initial set-up but after that you can run all the displays via the PC including alpha tagging which the 898 does not have.
Heck, for $30 you may be able to cover the display replacement.
If they are willing to sell it as-is for less than 1/2 that (I'm thinking $30) you might be able to hook an old PC to in and run it that way (you'd have to guess as to when the radio is in PC control mode during initial set-up but after that you can run all the displays via the PC including alpha tagging which the 898 does not have.
Heck, for $30 you may be able to cover the display replacement.
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thats what i was thinking bwhite
i quess my question should be more direct
is the display cheep and easy to replace
i quess my question should be more direct
is the display cheep and easy to replace
Probably not, why not give Uniden a call and ask them for a display cost?
Yeah, we're on the same page. I just hate to toss out stuff but at some point you have to. As you can tell, I can be "had" for the right price.
Uniden charges $49.95 + $10.00 S/H to repair the BC898XLT. I am not sure if that covers parts or not.
In that case if he could pick up the radio for $50 topps he'd be just about right.
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