Hi all I had not been able to sign into my eBay account for a week. I signed on as a guest and reported the problem. No response from eBay. Finally today I signed onto a friend's account and got onto the Live Help area. After reporting my problem, the eBay rep asked me to sign out of my friend's account and back on via the Guest sign on.? I did so, and identified myself to the new rep and reported my problem. She checked into it and found that my account had been tampered with by someone else who attempted to change my email and password. eBay caught it in time and suspended the account. They did not tell me if any listings had been made, but they did say that if any were placed that they had been removed and credited. Here's the scary part - I checked my eBay message box and there was an alert from eBay informing me that my account had been accessed by unauthorized persons and that they had taken action to secure it. I recognized the alert as having been emailed to me a few days ago, but it went to my spam box, not my regular email box. I deleted it thinking it was spam, because it said 'your account may have been accessed by unauthorized parties'. This is a typical phishing line that is used in emails where account information is sought by scaring you into thinking there is a problem. So the moral is read those spam emails, they may be for real! John Robles From [email protected] Mon Dec 15 13:34:54 2008 From: [email protected] (Carr, John P (GE Infra, Energy)) Date: Mon Dec 15 20:31:32 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Unknown Victor? Message-ID: <83ed3a40994c4049816f85f3e9030f1b066fe...@alpmlvem14.e2k.ad.ge.com>
I just saw an external horn tabletop phonograph at an antique store for 1400. I have never seen one like it before. It has a very elaborate wood case with a glass window in front of the motor. The case is tall with a drawer in the side. The is a victor decal on the front. I could not find a name plate. Can anyone tell me what this is? From [email protected] Mon Dec 15 20:37:20 2008 From: [email protected] (Loran Hughes) Date: Mon Dec 15 20:37:30 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Unknown Victor? In-Reply-To: <83ed3a40994c4049816f85f3e9030f1b066fe...@alpmlvem14.e2k.ad.ge.com> References: <83ed3a40994c4049816f85f3e9030f1b066fe...@alpmlvem14.e2k.ad.ge.com> Message-ID: <[email protected]> It's a crapophone. Regards, Loran On Dec 15, 2008, at 1:34 PM, Carr, John P (GE Infra, Energy) wrote: > I just saw an external horn tabletop phonograph at an antique store > for > 1400. I have never seen one like it before. It has a very elaborate > wood > case with a glass window in front of the motor. The case is tall > with a > drawer in the side. The is a victor decal on the front. I could not > find > a name plate. Can anyone tell me what this is? From [email protected] Mon Dec 15 20:38:15 2008 From: [email protected] (john robles) Date: Mon Dec 15 20:39:06 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Unknown Victor? In-Reply-To: <83ed3a40994c4049816f85f3e9030f1b066fe...@alpmlvem14.e2k.ad.ge.com> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Sounds like an India-made reproduction. Actually they are not reproduction, they are new inventions. The motors come from suitcase portables, the cabinets and horns are newly made, and the decals usually are not like any decal ever used on an original phonograph. I would stay well clear of it, and I am thinking the antiques dealer got taken (I hope he is not trying to swindle anyone!). You can see a picture of these items on sbay by searching on 'Gramophone'. I have seen the model you describe. John Robles --- On Mon, 12/15/08, Carr, John P (GE Infra, Energy) <[email protected]> wrote: From: Carr, John P (GE Infra, Energy) <[email protected]> Subject: [Phono-L] Unknown Victor? To: [email protected] Date: Monday, December 15, 2008, 1:34 PM I just saw an external horn tabletop phonograph at an antique store for 1400. I have never seen one like it before. It has a very elaborate wood case with a glass window in front of the motor. The case is tall with a drawer in the side. The is a victor decal on the front. I could not find a name plate. Can anyone tell me what this is? _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Tue Dec 16 04:19:12 2008 From: [email protected] (George) Date: Tue Dec 16 04:19:22 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Unknown Victor? References: <83ed3a40994c4049816f85f3e9030f1b066fe...@alpmlvem14.e2k.ad.ge.com> Message-ID: <93c164b83b3b42f980465e0f581f9...@valuedcb7d4c82> Sure sounds like a Crapophone. George ----- Original Message ----- From: Carr, John P (GE Infra, Energy) To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 4:34 PM Subject: [Phono-L] Unknown Victor? I just saw an external horn tabletop phonograph at an antique store for 1400. I have never seen one like it before. It has a very elaborate wood case with a glass window in front of the motor. The case is tall with a drawer in the side. The is a victor decal on the front. I could not find a name plate. Can anyone tell me what this is? _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
