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

[Erwin Kluwer]

Well in general 78 recording grading devalued
more and more.....

nowadays VG+ stands for:
 pretty lousy record


On 11/19/08, Randy Watts <rew1014 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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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