I am floored. It takes a lot to get me on the verge of nausea from just a picture, but that second one nearly did me in. Unbelievable.
It's not even the money. It's the destruction of something at once material and historical, something that will never be created again in all of time. How saddening. You folks know M. Gunrem, a collector in France who's done some stunningly beautiful phono calenders sold through eBay for some years now? He must've overestimated the USPS handling when he shipped a 20" Pathe I won in an eBay auction of his. It arrived in a package without "FRAGILE" written all over it, and the disc was of course snapped neatly in half. I didn't care about the money, though it was a goodly sum lost. I didn't care about filing an insurance claim, an available option. I only cared that this snapshot of a moment in history had existed just fine for the better part of a century, and then I got involved with it and it was destroyed. That took months to get over. I think I stopped eBaying completely for about 4 months after that happened. (Supergluing it back together was helpful therapy in the healing journey though.) John, we mourn your loss and share your pain, brother! I hope whomever gets held accountable for this senseless destruction gains an idea of exactly what's been lost. And I write these words with tongue only partly in cheek. Best to all, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pisano" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:54 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Packing Disaster - Take a look > Well - I recently purchased a Columbia AS coin-op. This is what it looked > like when I opened the box. I thought I would post a few pictures to show > what happens when a phonograph is poorly packaged. It is a shame! > > > > The good news is I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance by > switching to Geico > > > > http://members.cox.net/jpisano/phono3.jpg > > http://members.cox.net/jpisano/phono4.jpg > > > > On another subject.I agree with Rick. I enjoy all the posts.even the Ebay > ones. Keep them coming. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
