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

[Bertrand CHAUMELLE]

This isn't a boy, but a lady, who used to take care of the senior 
citizen owning the records, that's what she told me !

BC
Le 16 mai 09, à 00:19, Jim Whipkey a écrit :

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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.
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> 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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