[78-L] Clueless E-Bay listing, got clued in!

[Jim Whipkey]

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> >I got a  polite  reply back from  CMAGEE re:  his $2,500.00 black  78
records.  He said  Yes, I was unaware, but thanks to me and many other E-Bay
users, I am now fully aware.

The listing is still there, I seldom,  watch  anything, but  decided I had
to see how this one played out, although I'm confident it will end the
auction with no bids.  The questions are not showing up on  the listing, as
they usually do with other listings.
Jim Whipkey

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> 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
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