[78-L] Clueless E-Bay listing of the week

[Jim Whipkey]

>
> Taylor Bowie wrote:
> > It's a worthy idea,  Robert,  but I have learned through receiving much
> > abuse that a majority of such sellers don't want to hear the bad news
from
> > anyone,  no matter how gently it is presented.
> >
> > Taylor B
> >
> >
> >
> >> Somebody want to tell the seller that these are worth about $2 - $3
> >> each in mint condition? He digging in the wrong mine & there is no
> >> gold there except fools gold......
> >>
>
>
I  did  ask him a question,  in just as much of a   gentle manner as
possible. I  really feel sorry for the boy, and he is obviously a boy,
pretty well evidenced by  the fact he is selling for his great-grandmother
and  this is his first listing, apparently,  he has a zero for a rating
score.  The poor kid  just doesn't know  anything about  records.Just read
his  listing,  he  never heard of any of these people on his Grandma's
records,  they're black! and what 78 rpm record is not black.  78 means the
speed, not the year?  He's not  unusual.  Almost any time I mention to
acquantances, friends or family  I have  all these old records, I get the
same reaction,  "boy, you're sitting on a fortune". I get the same   all the
time when people see my 73 Buick convertible, "Hey, you've got a  real
valuable  investment there, haven't you?"  Funny thing,  none of those
people  ever offered to buy anything from me at the  really valuable price
they suggest  I  can get.
The  black record seller's handle is CMAGEE.  When  he doesn't sell the
records and gets the E-Bay bill for his listing fee, he will know it really
"tain't funny, Magee".
Jim Whipkey