[Hornlist] worse and worse ebay ads
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
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
Re: [Hornlist] worse and worse ebay ads
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
