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
