[78-L] eBay rules

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I had a similar experience once, quite some yeas ago. Won an Amos 'n 
Andy transcription in a mail order auction. The wrong record arrived. 
IIRC I got $ back and didn't have to return the ET, at least it was an 
older shellac SF job. I have often wondered if someone walked into the 
record store, saw the thing and made an offer the proprietor couldn't 
refuse. Or maybe he called someone to make them an offer instead of 
giving the thing to me. Or maybe it was an honest mistake.

joe salerno


On 9/29/2010 6:54 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> I know this one. I won a bid on German eBay for a very rare Tau Moe
> record for a very nice price, sent the money and waited. Two months
> later, still no record. So I wrote the seller and was told their postal
> service could not track it - it was lost. They assured me that they'd
> let me know when it came back to them and refunded my money but I've
> never felt right about it. That was about a year ago and it should have
> returned to the seller by now. And they will not answer my emails.
> Verrrrry suspicious.
> I think they got hip to just how rare the record is and either kept it
> or sold it for a better price.
> Oh, thanks for all the additions to the thread! Great fun, no?
> Gotta have them shinny records!
> Mal
>
> *******
>
> On 9/29/2010 10:18 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>> I will guarantee you that the record is still "in tact" - he just didn't want to sell it to you for a dime. I've heard of sellers who sell a record for a low price and then, after the bidding is over, get a desperate buyer who has "missed the closing" and offers 10 times the sum for the record. Guess what the seller tells the guy who won the record?
>>
>> Cary Ginell
>>
>>
>>> Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:54:25 -0400
>>> From: jraymond at alumni.princeton.edu
>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] eBay rules
>>>
>>> Recently I entered a $16 bid on a 78 record that was listed on eBay with
>>> a ten-cent minimum bid. Since no one else bid on it, I won it for ten
>>> cents, plus $5 shipping.
>>>
>>> So I paid the $5.10 and considered myself lucky, although I confess I
>>> was vaguely nervous about having won it at such a low price -- nervous
>>> with good reason. The seller notified me the next day that the record
>>> had been accidentally dropped and broken and that my payment was being
>>> refunded.
>>>
>>> Why would anyone put such a ridiculously low minimum on anything being
>>> auctioned?
>>>
>>> -- Jack Raymond
>>>
>>>
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