[Phono-L] Edison Opera

[Rich]

The first sentence says that they are selling a picture phrased in the 
not that unusual bad English you find on eBay.  By what you have seen 
here on Phono-L some people smelled a rat and spoke up.  If this were a 
100.00 or less item there would have been many fewer questions.

funk wrote:
> I wrote to the seller also for information and received this reply---- 
> 
> 
> Hi thank you for asking the ? First let me say this this is a research study
> to see how much % of people will bid on this item with out asking any ? The
> item is worded to sell a photo or picture of the phonograph, in this
> research study we have 20 people already have bid on this listing with out
> asking any ?s.If this were not a study these people buy law would have to
> pay for a photo or picture!! there is 2 bids on the other auction also,WE
> will be ending this listing before its time ends, there will be no charge to
> any one!! We will how ever post our finding on our about me page Blog when
> this is over. I hope this will help some people read and ask ?s first before
> bidding and or buying there is a lot of things out there to be ware of this
> is a teaching tool so people will learn to read,if you would like put this
> on your watch list and see just how many people do bid?Thank you for the ?
> good ebayer 
> Brad
> 
> 
> - bsmoneysaversales
> 
> I then reread the ad and the first line states:
> 
>  You are Viewing and or buying  the item photos or pictures that you are
> looking at,as they depict
> A early Edison Model A type S M  Opera Phonograph that was made in  1911 the
> picture show how the horn is made from wood and not metal as with later
> models
> 
> The ad has now been ended by seller. I would hate to see any of their
> research writing as they need to learn basic sentence structure and spelling
> to actually write something that is understandable, at least by me.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org] On
> Behalf Of AGW1886 at aol.com
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:18 PM
> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org
> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Edison Opera
> 
> In a message dated 12/30/2008 5:24:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
> Aph4990 at aol.com writes:
> 
>> Does 
>> anything about this seem fishy to anyone else?  
>> Check out ebay #170290126711
>> Thanks, Art Heller
>>
> 
> Notice the wording. It is not always proper English grammer. Could this 
> seller be located outside USA even though he/she says Indiana?
> Sincerely.
> Rick A. Jorgensen
> 
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