Radio razz

A narrator habitually spends evenings in an eccentric radio shop where the proprietor, a former veterinarian turned sharp-talking salesman, hawks sets without fixed prices and delights in bargaining. When a fashionable young woman seeks a five-tube receiver and a well-dressed young man arrives to sell a smaller set, the shop becomes a stage for competitive haggling, tuning demonstrations, and the proprietor's scheme to bring the two together as a promotional coup. The scene examines salesmanship, matchmaking, and small-town commerce through wry anecdote and comic observation.