[Phono-L] Craigslist Rant

2010-04-11 Thread john robles
Hello all I need to rant.  I have been made a sucker. I sold my nice mahogany Victrola XVI in order to buy a Victrola XIV in beautifully grained American Walnut on Craigslist. The deal was made a few days ago (all documented in email) and I was set to drive down to San Clemente tomorrow to get i

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2010-04-11 Thread Robert Wright
t was the best thing to do -- people need to be held accountable for their actions. At least you have a nice new space to put your next acquisition in! Best, Robert > Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:12:41 -0700 > From: john9...@pacbell.net > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: [Phono-L

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2010-04-11 Thread Peter Fraser
It isn't a done deal until you appear and money changes hands, and what you describe isn't really all that out of line. At least she came clean and told you what was happening. She didn't make you sell the XVI, so although that's unfortunate, it doesn't apply to the beef you have with her. Rep

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2010-04-11 Thread Dennis Back
>>> I just wanted to vent. >>>Thank you for listening! >>>Now I have to find a nice victrola to replace my XVI... John, I hear your frustration.  But everything happens for a reason.  In the past, you've said you've made some great finds. And about replacing your Victrola right nowthat's a

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2010-04-11 Thread Rich
Unfortunate but the deal is not final until pictures of dead presidents or Ben Franklin change hands. Check or PayPal will not do the job either. If they refuse teh Pay Pal or do not cash the check you loose. Check with the antique car crowd, they will explain how this works as many old wrec

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2010-04-11 Thread harvey kravitz
From: Peter Fraser To: Antique Phonograph List Sent: Sun, April 11, 2010 8:31:34 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant It isn't a done deal until you appear and money changes hands, and what you describe isn't really all that out of line. At least she came clean

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2010-04-11 Thread john robles
se. I went to see a collector friend in LA today, and he ended up selling me a nice Victrola XVII. What a consolation prize. Thanks to all for your comments, this board is a great place for a discussion!! John --- On Sun, 4/11/10, Bruce Mercer wrote: From: Bruce Mercer Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Craig

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2010-04-11 Thread john robles
It does make for good stories later on... --- On Sun, 4/11/10, Peter Fraser wrote: From: Peter Fraser Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant To: "Antique Phonograph List" Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 8:31 AM It isn't a done deal until you appear and money changes hand

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2010-04-11 Thread Bruce Mercer
I don't know... but I must be one of the biggest fools on this forum. Whatever happened to the integrity of a verbal handshake? There have been a few times where somebody came behind me and offered more, one time a LOT more, (Zenith Stratosphere) but then there was that verbal handshake and people

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2010-04-11 Thread Mike Stitt
That verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on! The first guy with the dough, almost always. Mike On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Bruce Mercer wrote: > I don't know... but I must be one of the biggest fools on this forum. > Whatever happened to the integrity of a verbal handshake?

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2010-04-11 Thread Robert Wright
I think a lot of us may have seemed to have better luck than most, and better luck in past days than more recently, because we used to pretty much deal with other collectors, and only occasionally dealt with people who didn't know much about what they were selling. Collectors aren't charlatans

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2010-04-11 Thread john robles
Maybe not, but I had it in WRITING! --- On Sun, 4/11/10, Mike Stitt wrote: From: Mike Stitt Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant To: "Antique Phonograph List" Date: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 4:46 PM That verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on! The firs

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2010-04-11 Thread gregory caringi
and kills your deal." What can I say - caveat emptor, let the buyer beware - on Craigslist and on the phono lists as well. Don't be naive. > Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 11:56:19 -0500 > From: rich-m...@octoxol.com > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Craigsli

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2010-04-12 Thread Mike Stitt
Years ago a school house Victor appeared in the want-ads for $600. I called the lady, got her address and went right to her house. I said let me see it. I paid her cash and loaded it up. I was there less than 10 minutes and I was gone. You know why. Mike On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Merc

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2010-04-12 Thread Bruce Mercer
OK..I've been told by several people, one who could hardly stop laughing, that I am definitely NOT naieve. So I'll chalk it up to good luck. I do think it's a sad state of affairs that a person's word means so little these days. John, glad you ended up with something that took the sting out o

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2010-04-12 Thread Dan Kj
I understand how you might feel, yet can also speak from a seller's position : until I get cash in hand, the thing is open to all comers. I tried like Heck to sell an old van, some months ago. Dozens of emails, dozens of calls, dozens of liars who promised to visit yet never showed up. Then th

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2010-04-13 Thread The Farmers
ique Phonograph List" Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12:55 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant I understand how you might feel, yet can also speak from a seller's position : until I get cash in hand, the thing is open to all comers. I tried like Heck to sell an old van, some mon

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2010-04-13 Thread Rich
The level of aggravation involved with selling anything is sufficiently high that I usually just trash it instead. The general exception is if I can eBay the item and then if its unique and/or fragile that is a pain also as the seller is never interested in paying the actual shipping costs. D

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2010-04-13 Thread Bruce Mercer
Message - From: "Mike Stitt" To: "Antique Phonograph List" Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant > Years ago a school house Victor appeared in the want-ads for $600. I called > the lady, got her address and went right to her

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2010-04-14 Thread Douglas Houston
in American Walnut. I have one that I'm restoring. I bought it at the AWA meet a few years ago for 200 bucks. > [Original Message] > From: john robles > To: > Date: 4/11/2010 2:12:51 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant > > Hello all > I need to rant.  I have

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2010-04-14 Thread Douglas Houston
There was a jerk in Michigan;one of thr founders of the Michigan Antique Phono Society, who'd buy a radio out of your hands if you wer examining it to buy it. > [Original Message] > From: Bruce Mercer > To: Antique Phonograph List > Date: 4/11/2010 7:07:06 PM > S

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2010-04-14 Thread john9ten
from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: "Douglas Houston" Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:15:50 To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Craigslist Rant There was a jerk in Michigan;one of thr founders of the Michigan Antique Phono Society, who'd

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2010-04-14 Thread john robles
nte, But, I'd have been on the road  immediately, dropnping everything I'd been doing. TheXIV does look good nin American Walnut. I have one that I'm restoring. I bought it at the AWA meet a few years ago for 200 bucks. > [Original Message] > From: john robles > To: > D