The only problem is there are many items for sale on eBay that are very poorly described. Sometimes to the buyers benefit and sometimes not. These people who spend all week going to auctions and buying everything that you can ship UPS without breaking are not going to invest the time or effort into finding out what they have and what the value might be. And some are more honest and ethical than others and will correct an obviously incorrect listing.
John Maeder wrote: > I emailed these sellers about an hour or two and nicely told them what it > was, since they had it listed as being the real thing. A day later I > received an email saying they would "look into it". 24 hours later it was > still up with no changes to the listing. I couldn't help but notice "Buy > From Someone You Can Trust" at the top of their page so I emailed back again > simply quoting their logo with five question marks after it. Still no change > to the listing. Yesterday afternoon, I emailed them and bluntly told them > what it was again and asked why they hadn't changed the listing in light of > their slogan. I finally received an email bank and was told I was "impolite" > and simply showing off my knowledge, that they were not experts on > everything, etc. I emailed them back and told them that in the age of > Google, Wikipedia, and the internet in general, not accurately identifying > what you have to sell and interpreting that accurately in an eBay listing is > not excusable. I to ld them I thought it was far more impolite to mislead for profit, and if done intentionally, it is so impolite that it is fraud -- a felony. I gave the example of the time I sold a quantity of antique marbles on eBay and had to educate myself on the subject so I could describe them accurately. Am I now an expert on marbles? -- no. All I remember is that lutz swirls brought the most, and they came in different sizes, but I took the time and trouble to learn what I had in order to sell it. I asked them if they did not see the irony in "Buy From Someone You Can Trust" at the top of their page relative to their Frankenphone. I only apologized for not sugar-coating the truth about their item enough for them to be able to swallow it. Just a short time later, the auction was ended and now it has been re-listed with a new description. You just can't help some people without a battle! Like trying to save someone who's drowning. Impolite . . . me? I don't give a cr*p's a** -- I've got too many years in this hobby and care too much about it to have much tolerance for money-grubbing morons mucking it up. Thanks! I feel better now! John (the phono-curmudgeon) > From rich-m...@octoxol.com Wed Mar 12 05:58:51 2008 From: rich-m...@octoxol.com (Rich) Date: Wed Mar 12 06:00:45 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Moldy wax records In-Reply-To: <002a01c8841e$818d8540$6c9fe...@ger1> References: <002a01c8841e$818d8540$6c9fe...@ger1> Message-ID: <47d7d38b.30...@octoxol.com> You put a group of 6 up on eBay and clearly state that they will not play - moldy! They will sell. If there are boxes people will buy the records for the boxes. Just do not trash them! ger wrote: > What does one do with moldy wax records? > Throw them away? > Or save them for the interesting titles, with hopes that someday someone will > figure out how to "fix" them? :) > > Thanks, > Ger > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > From lhera...@bu.edu Wed Mar 12 06:24:52 2008 From: lhera...@bu.edu (Ron L) Date: Wed Mar 12 06:25:38 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Moldy wax records In-Reply-To: <002a01c8841e$818d8540$6c9fe...@ger1> References: <002a01c8841e$818d8540$6c9fe...@ger1> Message-ID: <002301c88444$74811bc0$90d42...@ad.bu.edu> You can't fix them since the mold has eaten away the sound information. However, they can be shaved and used for blanks to re-record. I only do this if they are completely unintelligible. I sometimes digitize what I can here before I shave them. Ron L -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On Behalf Of ger Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:53 AM To: phono-l@oldcrank.org Subject: [Phono-L] Moldy wax records What does one do with moldy wax records? Throw them away? Or save them for the interesting titles, with hopes that someday someone will figure out how to "fix" them? :) Thanks, Ger _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
