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Originally Posted by cdmarion
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The seller offers shipping via freight carrier, so you wouldn't have to make the trip if you used that option. Please be advised, however, that freight charges can be very steep--I'm guessing $100 or more from Pennsylvania to Cincinnati. The set would be shipped across quite a distance (catty-corner [diagonally] from southwestern Ohio to the northeastern part of the state is at least 300 miles by itself; from northeast Ohio to northwestern Pennsylvania would be another 60-70 miles, totaling 360-370 miles or more), so the freight won't be cheap by any stretch of the imagination.
I would keep looking on eBay or Craigslist; sooner or later one of these sets, located a lot closer to you, is bound to show up. I see these Zenith porthole sets quite often on eBay, so you may not have to look very long.
Good luck. You will have found a classic if you snag this one; I've read good things here on VK regarding these postwar Zeniths, and being a Zenith radio collector myself, I believe them. A recap and a cleaning of the controls and tuner and you will have a TV that will serve you well for many years to come. They don't make them like that anymore.