[78-L] E*AY Seller Complaint - Bait & Switch on a $300 Record

[Roger Wade]

Hi Cliff,

Here is a link to an explanation of what you were sold:  http://78records.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/a-cautionary-note-paramount-reissues-on-ebay/

Even though you might have figured out that it is a reissue from all the quoted stuff in the body of the listing, the fact that the photo is not of the record you received should enough for you to file a successful "Item Not As Described" complaint with ebay and Paypal.  

I don't have any knowledge of this seller but you can bet that he knows that he is selling a 1940s reissue of a classic blues record and not an original.  You paid what you did because you thought it was an original.

Good luck!

Best regards,

Roger Wade
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On Jan 3, 2013, at 7:47 PM, Clifford Bolling wrote:

> Anybody here familiar with 2ndfiddlerecords (aka George Casalle) of Chicago?  I'm wondering if I should
> worry about dealing with this fellow.  I bought a Blind Lemon Jefferson record from him (auction #121039784517)
> described as Grades N-,  Never Played,  Excellent, and so on.  I found out the photos in the auction are of a
> record that sold on ebay in Sep, 2011.  The record I got was not the record in the pictures and had significant 
> environmental damage to both sides in addition to significant label damage on both sides.  I did not examine it 
> close enough to tell if it had ever been played.  Could be unplayed.
>  
> I paid an embarrassingly high price for this record, but the photos and description seemed a once in a lifetime
> opportunity, so I bid on it.
>  
> Anyway, I sent him a note with these issues.  Haven't heard back from him yet.  He has 100% positive feedback so
> he must be doing something right, just not this time.  
>  
> Has anyone here had issue with this seller?  Please, someone, say something that will ease my anxiety.
>  
> Thanks!  CDB