And speaking of ebay------ Here's one for the record books (pun intended....)
Some crook stole images of David Giovannoni's cylinder Psychophone from his Web site. (You can see this machine in our book Discovering Antique Phonographs). He then put it up on ebay with a "Buy It Now" price of $2800. (Dave G. is asking $4995.). He snagged Jean-Paul Agnard from Canada, who e-mailed the guy and the guy agreed to sell it outright for $2000. HOWEVER, it seems the "seller" couldn't send additional pictures because "it was already packed." And he HAD to have the money WIRED to him through Western Union. J-P started to wonder..... He called me, not remembering that George and I had pictured a Cylinder Psychophone in Discovering --- and LO AND BEHOLD, as my mother used to say, when we compared the two --- the same machine. Going to Dave G.'s site revealed the pics were cadged entirely from there. Ok, you say, ho hum, YAWN, so what's new--- ebay is full of similar crooks..... BUT I must admit this crook was resourceful. He told J-P that he saw the UPS man across the street, and came back online with a TRACKING # and other documentation showing he had sent J-P a 56 lb. parcel. Now, he said, I went so far as to send you the thing without getting the money, so wire the money immediately. This leaves you wondering --- DID he actually send a box to J-P? (The bricks-instead-of-a-VCR-NY-City-streetcorner-scam?) OR can this lowlife manipulate the system to produce phony UPS #s, or at least UPS #s that aren't really attached to a parcel?? Anyway----- if it's still there, the ebay page was http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2236676025&; category=1442#ebayphotohosting LASTLY---- does anyone have a Victor I (One) back-bracket for sale? I don't need the tone arm or any other parts (except possibly the horn elbow yoke). Best to all, Tim Fabrizio phonophan PO Box 10307 Rochester, NY 14610 585 244 5546 FAX 585 244 7601 Visit my Web site -- http://www.phonophan.com From estott Tue Apr 6 13:23:18 2004 From: estott ([email protected]) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:38 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] At last: a real Crapophone In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > How they decided it was a gramophone is a mystery. > > http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2236647207&category=7494 > > _________________________________________________________________ Shouldn't that be "Dreckisches-o-fon?" Eric Stott
