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

[Mike Harkin]

--- On Wed, 11/19/08, Erwin Kluwer <ekluwer at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Erwin Kluwer <ekluwer at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Just ranting, was Re: Just sharing
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 5:00 AM
> Well in general 78 recording grading devalued
> more and more.....
> 
> nowadays VG+ stands for:
>  pretty lousy record

Remember Lewis Carroll:  "A word  [read:  grading] means what I choose it to mean."

Mike in Plovdiv
> 
> 
> 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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