You think that's dubious? Anyone remember Bob Fulwider? Talk about a crook...he and his wife owned Wyatt's Musical Americana before Wyatt bought it. What a contrast. It was known simply as Musical Americana, and he had a very bad reputation. He would take in repairs, some on very rare amchines, and never return the machines. My personal experiance was that I had a model D home with a frozen mandrel. I tried a method of getting it out that I would never again recommend, and it resulted in a broken bearing casting. No kind of glue would hold it satisfactorily. Remember, I was a rank amateur at that time...Anyway, I heard about Fulwider and I called to see if they had a bedplate for a Home model D. His wife said they had one and that it was in mint condition, all original. They wanted $120 for it. That was a lot of money for me then, but I paid it on a credit card and waited and waited. Finally after two calls I got it. Man was I angry..it was REPAINTED and had all NEW DECA LS on it. They had taken me for some kind of fool. They had a three day refund, so I called and asked for that. They said no problem, send it back and you'll receive your refund. Needless to say, I never got my money back. I threatened, and finally went to complain to my credit card company. ONE YEAR LATER my credit card company returned the money to me. I am so thankful I didn't send a check!!! When I heard that it had been sold to Wyatt, I swore I would never send them a penny in business. Finally, after repeated coaxings by a trusted friend, I gave them some business, and have never looked back. THey are my first stop when on a parts hunt! And so is George Vollema.. John Robles
[email protected] wrote: I had dealings with both of those men when I was a beginner, back in the early 1970's, and I was not happy with either transaction. One of them sold me an "NOS" Edisonic reproducer for $125.00, which was about a week's pay, back then. When I received the reproducer, I anxiously unpacked it, (the box was nice), put on one of my favorite disks, (a no-no), and watched the grooves turn gray, as the reproducer screeched and squawked across the record. After the damage was done, I looked at the needle more closely. The stylus was mounted at a crooked angle in the needle bar, an obvious defect an "expert" would have seen instantly. I am beginning to think I've dealt with every person of dubious integrity in the hobby. Randy _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list [email protected] Phono-L Archive http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
