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

[Clifford Bolling]

Here are some pictures of the record I received:
 
http://pdx78s.cdbpdx.com/PAR14022/
 
Compare that with the photos and description in the auction.  It is the same silver label record, just a different one.
 
'Twould have been nice to have received an original gold label Paramount of this record, even in this condition.
 
Still haven't heard from 2ndfiddlerecords.  Keeping my fingers crossed!  Also, there was $2.31 postage due at
delivery.
 
CDB
 
 
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:01:10 -0500
From: Michael Biel <mbiel at mbiel.com>
Subject: Re: [78-L] E*AY Seller Complaint - Bait & Switch on a $300
Record
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Clifford --  Looking through this listing,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLIND-LEMON-JEFFERSON-Unplayed-PARAMOUNT-14022-Blues-78-Chock-House-Blues-/121039784517?ru=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=121039784517&_rdc=1&nma=true&si=%2B7OtV2i9HMb0iuzfIS8%2Fl36nfxE%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

he tells a very long and detailed story about how John Steiner 
produced the black and silver pressings in the late 40s.  As Roger said, 
he knew he was selling a late 40s replica, and actually he is telling 
you that in the listing.  As Harold said, he should tell you it is a 
replica if it is, and he DID tell you.  In the specifications under sub 
genre he states "John Steiner: Paramount Records".

You say that the record you received is not the one in the photo. Is it 
a black and silver?  Or did he actually sell a black and gold original 
from the 1920s.  If what you got is a black and silver, whether or not 
it is the exact one in the photo, he told you what it was.  If there is 
significent label damage, that is not noted in the description or photos 
and you might luck out and get a refund.  But you can't get a refund by 
claiming it is a 1920s original because his description never said it 
was.  If the label damage is because it is a black and gold original, 
you did better than could be expected!

Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com