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
