I haven't been followi ng this thread, becauise I have been hospitalized for a week.
I've had this happen with a vintage car. The lesson I learned, was to go to the seller, pay for the item, and take it home. I have never, since the car deal, left the item with the seller, whether it was paid for or not. Another thought. If you pad for the Victrola.,at the time of visit tto the seller, the Victrola was your property, and the seller had a duty to deliver it to you. I've seen phonographs advertised on CL, and I made a bee line to tje seller, with the money. In the most rcent instance, I had been outbid on eBay, for the same RCA phono for several hundred bucks more, and was in a rush to get it. I don't know how far you were from Sna Clemente, But, I'd have been on the road immediately, dropnping everything I'd been doing. TheXIV does look good nin American Walnut. I have one that I'm restoring. I bought it at the AWA meet a few years ago for 200 bucks. > [Original Message] > From: john robles <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 4/11/2010 2:12:51 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant > > Hello all > I need to rant. I have been made a sucker. I sold my nice mahogany Victrola XVI in order to buy a Victrola XIV in beautifully grained American Walnut on Craigslist. The deal was made a few days ago (all documented in email) and I was set to drive down to San Clemente tomorrow to get it. Tonight the seller writes me and says "Hi John, I'm sorry to say this but I have another offer on the > Victrola for $600. The collector thAt looked at it said it has an > uncommon walnut finish. Anyway, I am giving him until next weekend to > pay/pickup. I'm sorry for any inconvience this may have cause you. Good > luck to you." > So I sold my nice XVI for nothing. And the seller reneged on a done deal because she got a better offer (by the way, her ad asked for $450 and I agreed to pay that). The other collector is going to find out that it isn't Circassian, and I hope he renegs on her. I reported her to Craigslist for gogn back on the deal. Obviously I am very unhappy about this. I just wanted to vent. > Thank you for listening! Now I have to find a nice victrola to replace my XVI... > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
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