Would you pay £500 for a 30 plus year old radio that is not standard.

For the seller to tell you to get it serviced.

It all sounds a little Irish to me.

BEING SOLD FOR PARTS OR REPAIR DUE TO AGE AND DISHONEST PEOPLE STEALING PARTS AND THEN OPENING A RETURN ON EBAY TRYING TO GET PARTIAL OR FULL REFUND, (SO NO RETURNS) COBRA 2000 GTL HOMEBASE CB RADIO IN NEARLY (MINT) CONDITION, (FOR THE COLLECTOR) HAS A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL MARKS, (BEING CRITICAL), PROBALY THE CLEANEST COBRA 2000 IN THE WORLD, THE SPEAKER HAS A VERY SMALL WOOD CHIP ON ONE CORNER AND A SCRATCH ON ONE SIDE, THIS RADIO WAS IMPORTED FROM THE USA AND BIG IMPORT TAX WAS PAID, ONLY MODIFICATIONS DONE (TO MY KNOWLEDGE) ARE KC SHIFT WAS OPENED FOR 10 KC'S DOWN AND 3KCS UP,  SCREENED 240 VOLT TRANSFORMER FITTED (PROPER ONE, NO HUM) AND HI BAND FITTED, 80 CHANNELS (MID & HI BAND ONLY) 26.965 TO 27.855 Mhz, POWER OUTPUT 12 WATTS SSB, (PLEASE NOTE THIS RADIO IS 35+ YEARS OLD AND WILL PROBALY NEED SERVICED), COMES WITH OWNER'S MANUAL, COBRA MICROPHONE AND ORGINAL BOX (BIT TATTY AND HAS SOME CUSTOMS TAPE ON ONE CORNER AS SEEN IN PHOTO NUMBER 12, WILL BE WELL PACKED FOR SHIPPING, GOOGLE FOR SPEC, INTERNATIONAL BUYERS WELCOME BUT PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR A SHIPPING QUOTE, NO RETURNS ACCEPTED, PLEASE CHECK OUT MY EBAY SHOPs, SHIPPING WORLDWIDE.