[78-L] Just ranting, was Re: Just sharing

[David Lennick]

Of course it's never the seller's fault. I don't even look at eBay any more, 
haven't for about 6 months (not for records at least)...3 disasters in a row, 
dopeheads who take forever to generate an invoice and then can't find either 
your record or your payment no matter how many times you send them the proof, 
sellers who vanish entirely, the jerk who describes an album as "very good" 
when it turns out to be scratched beyond redemption and insists that he and his 
friend played it with no problem, the clown who charges $20 to ship 4 7-inch 
shellac albums by UPS even though you've specified USPS 19 times and accuses 
you of changing your mind when you dare to complain that they were packed in a 
crushed box and

AAAAARGH!

Yes, Nurse, I was just telling these people..oh, is that jacket for me?

dl

David Weiner wrote:
> Hey all,
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> I always enjoy reading 78 record mailing horror stories, so thought I'd
> share two:
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> I received a big package of records today from Mark Berresford in the UK.
> When I saw the package, I was shocked. One whole side was nearly mashed
> flat.  Apparently the box had gotten thoroughly soaked (can't imagine how -
> it hasn't been raining here) and then half-flattened, with the flat side a
> complete mushy mess of cardboard and Styrofoam.  I opened the box with great
> trepidation - all the records were wet on one side, but no labels were
> touched and none were broken.  I had to discard all the soaked sleeves and
> let the records dry, but they are none the worse for their ordeal.  
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> On the other hand, last week I got a box from France with three 12-inch
> Victrolac RCA Program Transcriptions and one 10-inch shellac one.  In an LP
> mailer. With no sleeves on any of the records and the 10-incher sliding
> around loose.  All of the 12-inchers had a dime-sized bite taken out of the
> rim.  The 10-inch disc was fine, amazingly.  The dealer had assured me that
> he knew all about packing 78s, blah, blah, blah.  And now he's accusing me
> of mishandling the package since there is NO WAY his packing could have been
> at fault. 
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> Thanks again,
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> Dave
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