Alan, I don't think ebay can get upset as long as the warnings are made in general. "Buy a quality used horn instead of the poor quality ultracheap import." "Check with YOUR band director about the quality of these horns vs. the ultracheap imports." etc.
But you know, I sometimes look at the ebay horns that are about to sell and most people are bidding on good horns... a lot of the bad imports are not getting bids at all, even at the low, low price. LB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Leonard & Peggy Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Horn List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:01 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] worse and worse ebay ads > Say I put some decent, playable used student-grade horns up for sale on > eBay (e.g., Holton, Conn 6D, Amati Kraslice, etc.). What are the ethics of > including in the eBay item descriptions a warning about the unsatisfactory > quality of some of the competing eBay no-name el-cheapo horns, along the > lines of warnings some of the school band folks hand out to parents as > described recently here on the horn list? > > -- Alan Cole, rank amateur > McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > At 09:43 PM 8/23/2004, you wrote: > > >Just looking at the ads > > > >84% off Germany 2005 > > (translation: Made in China by "German Engineering") > > > >"over 50,00 happy ebay customers" > > (then why is their feedback 20906?) > >(given 50ooo sales and 99% satisfaction means that 500 people weren't happy? > >I wonder if they counted them?) > > > >Suggested retail 1195, buy it now for $125.00. (in most cases a 1195 retail > >would mean that each horn is costing them over $500.00... so I guess they > >love selling them at 125 and losing 375 on each sale... if you believe the > >suggest retail) > > > >Teacher or School approved > >(sorry we don't have permission to tell you which school or which teacher) > >( How many school's want the kids to start on single Bbs anyway?) > > > >At least the crooks who were listing single Bbs as doubles are no longer on > >ebay for the most part. > > > >I bought a horn from China BEFORE they hit ebay to try out. It looked fine, > >it was well put together, the parts didn't fall off or anything BUT it > >played horrid. It was like they had made the bell out of leather, the sound > >went about 2 feet out of the horn and just died. I think the problem was > >the whole horn was way too heavy and the metal too thick. > > > >Sorry for the rant > >Leonard > > _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
