Since he was asking 4x and agreed to $5 less than your offer of 3x, it probably has to do with the price. However, since he wants a video of the part actually being used in your restoration, who knows? A lot of people are using radio speakers for iPod docks and he might want to make sure that you aren't one of those people...
> From: chuc...@all2easy.net > To: rich-m...@octoxol.com; phono-l@oldcrank.org > Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 18:30:42 -0700 > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Weird things to do just for a part. > > Well, all I know is that one dude in TX ordered > some blanks from me, and paid using a U.S. Postal > Service money order. I just presented it to > the clerk at the post office and she handed me the > money. Pretty slick, I thought! > > Chuck > > > > > > > >---- Original Message ---- > >From: rich-m...@octoxol.com > >To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > >Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Weird things to do just for a part. > >Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 19:44:38 -0500 > > > >>The validity of Postal Money Orders can be verified by taking the > >serial > >>numbers to the USPS and they will call the fraud unit and verify > >them. > >>Postal Money Orders are real popular for forgery. > >> > >>On 05/08/2013 06:08 PM, chuck richards wrote: > >>> How about paying with a postal money order? > >>> Just go to the post office, have it made > >>> payable to the seller, purchase it, put it > >>> in an envelope and mail it to him. It's as good as > >>> cash. He can cash it right at his local post office. > >>> > >>> That way, it should not matter to him whether you exist > >>> or not. He gets his money and sends the part to you. > >>> > >>> Do you really exist or not? Wow!! Now I have heard > >>> them all!! > >>> > >>> Chuck > >>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> ---- Original Message ---- > >>>> From: pjfra...@mac.com > >>>> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > >>>> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Weird things to do just for a part. > >>>> Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 14:40:48 -0700 > >>>> > >>>>> I'm of course baffled by this. In all my years of collecting, > >I've > >>>> never encountered anyone who is the slightest bit strange, odd, > >>>> paranoid, socially awkward, difficult, maladjusted, or otherwise > >>>> different from the accepted mainstream. > >>>>> > >>>>> And I know none of the rest of you ever ever have, either. > >>>>> > >>>>> (I'm NOT winking. I must have something stuck in my eye.) > >>>>> > >>>>> -- Peter > >>>>> pjfra...@mac.com > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On May 8, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Ron L'Herault <lhera...@bu.edu> > >wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Boy, this Gary guy seems a bit paranoid. He could always wait > >for > >>>> the check > >>>>>> to clear before sending the speaker. OTOH, I think you can > >post > >>>> private > >>>>>> video to Youtube. You'd send the link to Gary and tell him to > >>>> let you know > >>>>>> when he'd seen it. Then you could remove it, I would think. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Ron L > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>>> From: phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org > >>>> [mailto:phono-l-boun...@oldcrank.org] On > >>>>>> Behalf Of Arvin Casas > >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 2:58 PM > >>>>>> To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > >>>>>> Subject: [Phono-L] Weird things to do just for a part. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi All, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I have a weird question. In the process of restoring or > >acquiring > >>>> pieces > >>>>>> for your phonographs, have sellers asked you to do "odd things" > >>>> beyond > >>>>>> cutting a check? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I'm trying to restore my Columbia-Kolster Viva-Tonal 950 and > >found > >>>> a guy on > >>>>>> youtube who has a speaker that matches what my 950 used to > >have. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I contacted the seller, we negotiated a price. I tried to send > >>>> him payment > >>>>>> through my bank's electronic system (kinda like Paypal but not > >so > >>>> many fees) > >>>>>> but he said he had been "ripped off" that way and refused > >payment. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Complying with his wishes, I was in the midst of cutting him a > >>>> paper check > >>>>>> (this time written by my bank and delivered by courier) when he > >>>> backed out > >>>>>> saying the whole thing was "fishy." > >>>>>> > >>>>>> This seller, Gary in Wisconsin, now wants me to shoot my own > >>>> youtube video > >>>>>> showing me and my 950 to prove that I exist. It's a little more > >>>> than I'm > >>>>>> comfortable doing. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> (Despite the fact that I'm often compared to Cary Grant, I'm > >not > >>>>>> particularly fond of videoing myself and posting them > >publicly.) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Gary says all the radio people do it, so I should too. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Has anybody else been put through the wringer like this just > >for a > >>>> part? > >>>>>> Those of you who cross dabble with Radios, do you often video > >>>> yourself on > >>>>>> youtube? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> My faith in humanity was sucker punched by this weirdness. > >Just > >>>> wondering > >>>>>> what others think and what other stories people might like to > >>>> share, odd, > >>>>>> weird, or otherwise. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Best Wishes from Massachusetts! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Arvin > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Phono-L mailing list > >>>>>> http://phono-l.org > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> Phono-L mailing list > >>>>>> http://phono-l.org > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Phono-L mailing list > >>>>> http://phono-l.org > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> $4.95/mo. 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