I wasn't gonna say anything, but I contacted him a few days ago to let him know what he had, and he said he didn' want to misrepresent it so he was going to pull the auction. Later he wrote back to me to thank me and to say that he had been in touch with the auction house where he bought it, and they were going to refund his money, since the item was not what it had been advertised as. I thanked him for being an honest dealer, and he said "yeah, there are so few of us on GreedBay!". John Robles
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Another eBay monster.- GEM B repainted red I have been in contact with the radio tube guy with the 'reddish' Gem B. He was not aware of what it was and has emailed me that he will pull the listing. I also told him that the machine could not possibly "work well" with the halfnut and bar missing from the rear of the carriage. It would play a few grooves then begin to skip. I suspect he was selling the machine for someone else and thought he could make a quick buck but didn't know much about it. So, this appears to be just another newbie who didn't know what he had and went with something he found on the *never wrong* internet. Remember seeing an Edison Standard Model B in an antique shop with a price tag of $1,200 because Kovel's said so? Regards to all, Al _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
