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

[Randy Watts]

And one of the most amazing things to me about the records for sale on eBay is that it seems like just about everything, shellac or vinyl, manages to be in VG+ condition or better!

Randy


--- On Tue, 11/18/08, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: [78-L] Just ranting, was Re:  Just sharing
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 11:37 PM
> 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,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I always enjoy reading 78 record mailing horror
> stories, so thought I'd
> > share two:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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.  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 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. 
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Thanks again,
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> >  
> > 
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