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

[Craig Ventresco]

Still, before you bid a lot on a Paramount record you should study a
discography long enough to figure out that there is no Paramount record
from the 20's or early 30's in a 14000 series OR with black and silver
labels....That seems like pretty common knowledge to me...

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Harold Aherne <leotolstoy_75 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> IMO, a good Ebay seller should always note when a pressing is of a
> significantly later vintage than the recording itself. Perhaps (say) a 1917
> pressing of a 1914 Victor master isn't so significant (although it may be
> if the collector cares about how far advanced the "stamper generation" is).
> But for a sought-after recording like the one you describe, sellers need to
> be as forthcoming as possible about all the features of the
> record--defects, label damage, sound quality, and (in this case) the fact
> that the disc is essentially a 1948 replica of the original 1920s
> issue--and in this form, really not so sought-after.
>
> You can at least say that you own a 78 of the recording--you just
> shouldn't have been expected to pay what you did.
>
> (love your YT channel, by the way)
>
> -HA
>
>
> 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
>
>
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