ROFL!! What an idiot I am!!! I checked Rusjan's feedback thinking I was checking the seller's!!! Sorry about that! But I maintain that I don't think it is an authentic item...it would be impossible to use. J
Rich Mesch <rich.me...@smginc.com> wrote: Um... you might wanna recheck your sleuthing... both bidder and seller only have feedback from other sellers... none of them has (visible) feedback from a buyer. In "rusjan's" case, the reason you see him as high bidder all the time is because the feedback is for auctions he won as a buyer-- so of course he's the high bidder. -----Original Message----- From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.com [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.com]on Behalf Of john robles Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 2:16 PM To: redg...@telus.net; Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison "demo" reproducer on Ebay - what is it? FURTHER DISCOVERY!! If you check the high biddder, it is 'rusjan'. I suspect this is a scam and that this guy is shilling his own stuff. Anyone wanna turn him in, or shall I? The feedback list is the damning evidence. I checked the first three most recent transactions listed, and although they showed different bidders winning, when you go to the actual auction, the winning bidder is always listed as this rusjan person. He is using other names on the feedback list, somehow. John Patrick Gunn wrote: I saw this item on Ebay, and I'm wondering what it's purpose was/is? The seller lists that it's a dealer sample, but I'm not sure why something like that would've been created (only the top portion of the reproducer, with a serial, and in black). Perhaps it was solely for displaying horns on machines? Any ideas? I'm now curious... http://tinyurl.com/54t37 Item number: 2259749264 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2259749264 Patrick __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list phon...@oldcrank.com http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list phon...@oldcrank.com http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com _______________________________________________ Phono-l mailing list phon...@oldcrank.com http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com From Gpaul2000 Thu Jul 29 15:45:48 2004 From: Gpaul2000 (gpaul2...@aol.com) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:48 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Edison "demo" reproducer on Ebay - what is it? Message-ID: <1cf.272a5cab.2e3ab...@aol.com> The fact that this Edison tube plate has a compression ring in place (and what appears to be the diaphragm) suggests that at one time, it was a legitimate reproducer. When the fishtail weight became separated, someone filled the tube with wood filler or some other substance, and spray painted the whole thing black. Quite a prize...! George Paul From pgvancouver Thu Jul 29 19:09:00 2004 From: pgvancouver (Patrick Gunn) Date: Sun Dec 24 13:10:48 2006 Subject: [Phono-L] Edison "demo" reproducer on Ebay - what is it? In-Reply-To: <1cf.272a5cab.2e3ab...@aol.com> Message-ID: <20040730000855.9295.qm...@web54110.mail.yahoo.com> I contacted the seller, and he said there's no metal in the item, and it's all cast as one piece, including the compression ring, and he said it's quite light. He listed that it could be a "demo" because there's no way it could've ever have been a working 'ducer. He also said that he's currently located (working) in Hong Kong, but the item resides at his mother's in Canada. So, back to my original query - has anyone ever seen anything like this coming out of the Edison plant, perhaps for static demo purposes? Cheers, Patrick --- gpaul2...@aol.com wrote: > The fact that this Edison tube plate has a compression ring in place > (and > what appears to be the diaphragm) suggests that at one time, it was a > legitimate > reproducer. When the fishtail weight became separated, someone > filled the > tube with wood filler or some other substance, and spray painted the > whole thing > black. Quite a prize...! > > George Paul > _______________________________________________ > Phono-l mailing list > phon...@oldcrank.com > http://mail.oldcrank.com/mailman/listinfo/phono-l_oldcrank.com > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
