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It is my belief that many (most) of the folks selling antique radios on Ebay and etsy and other sites of the like have no clue about what it means for a radio to be "working" . Most I'll bet will plug it in (or in this case put a bunch of batteries in) and if they get any reception at all they think all is A OK and that it's "working" . This seller likely did just that , put batteries in , got reception on the FM band , and said "well , it works" , which it does . Now , since the seller didn't say "works perfectly on all bands" I really don't think there was any attempt at deliberate deception and for you to ding him/her with a negative feedback would be mean spirited indeed . Antique radios WILL need work , just as all antique electronic technology will , and the fact that it didn't show up totally dead means you got just that , a working radio that needs a bit of service to be what your demanding it to be , "perfectly working on all bands" , which I don't believe the seller stated .
PS , I have no relation to either the seller or the buyer , I've just seen enough of the "chip on the shoulder" posts to know when someone's being overly picky , which seems like the case here . Your supposed to be some kind of radio expert with the HAM callsign you so proudly display in your sig line , now why not put some of that radio knowledge to work and polish this into the "perfectly working" radio you expect it to be ....
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