Sorry about the possible blank email. I take a different approach and perhaps thought to be mean spirited by some. If someone wishes to spend $900.00 on a crap o phone I don't involve myself. It is a learning device. If educating yourself is less important than a $900.00 bid why would I purpose the money means as much to them as it does to me? An hour or so on the internet would sort it all out or waste $900 bucks. Oldcranky Mike
On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Mike Stitt <smst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Jim Nichol <jnic...@fuse.net> wrote: > >> Thanks, John. I voted for your crapophone review as "helpful". I was not >> even aware that eBay had a Reviews section. Good work! Come to think of it, >> I don't think you used the word "crapophone" in your review. Haha! >> >> Jim Nichol >> >> On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:24 AM, john robles wrote: >> >> > Hi Jim >> > Here it is. It is a general primer for those on wBay who are interested >> in phonographs, so it is a little basic, but it contains info about >> watching out for Crapophones including the typical ways to tell what is >> real and what is not. Here is the link to the article. >> > >> > >> http://reviews.ebay.com/Antique-Phonographs-Gramophones-and-Victrolas?ugid=10000000002813578 >> > John >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Jim Nichol <jnic...@fuse.net> >> > To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> >> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 11:51 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Stuck with a Crapophone >> > >> > What's the URL link to your article? >> > >> > Jim Nichol >> > >> > On Mar 20, 2012, at 1:46 AM, john robles wrote: >> > >> >> Someone urgently wrote me asking if this was a repro machine - turns >> out she was the high bidder on it. She had read my article on eBay about >> repro phonographs and took note of what iI said about the decal and was >> afraid it might be a repro. Based on that article and my response to her >> email, she canceled her transaction with the seller, and the seller will >> relist it. I feel proud of having saved someone from the pitfall of buying >> a Crapophone, but I hope the seller will relist it as a repro. I did write >> to the seller and advise them of the fact, in a very polite manner, making >> the assumption that they did not know about it. >> >> John Robles >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> >> From: john robles <john9...@pacbell.net> >> >> To: Antique Phonograph List <phono-l@oldcrank.org> >> >> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2012 9:54 PM >> >> Subject: [Phono-L] Stuck with a Crapophone >> >> >> >> Looks like someone got stuck with a crapophone on ebay for $910!!! The >> item number is 260977570310. The auction description says that the seller >> bought it at an auction to use on a built in bookcase, but it didn't fit so >> now they're selling it at a fraction of what they paid...Nowhere does it >> say that it is a repro, but the standard "I don't know anything about these >> machines" disclaimer appears. I find it doubtful because they call the >> machine a Victor Gramphone, not a phonograph or Victrola asothers so >> commonly do. Of corse the decal says "The Gramophone Company, so that's a >> good possibility...Someone asked a question about the date of the machin, >> and the seller says that someone "full of knowledge" said that these >> machines had been made for at least 30 years, so maybe that's the >> disclaimer that it is not a real antique, but if so it is a shady one. And >> of course they may not know what it is like they claim, but who buys >> something to put in a certain >> >> place in their home without measuring first? Plus the description is >> typical of other items I have seen on ebay that are of questionable origin. >> Or the seller could be totally innocent! >> >> John Robles >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Phono-L mailing list >> > http://phono-l.org >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Phono-L mailing list >> > http://phono-l.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.org >> > > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
