[Phono-L] eBay opera auction that was a photo

[harvey kravitz]

Dear Walt, Do you sell off ebay? I quit because of all the BS you have to deal with. I was Phonofreak 56. You have some really nice parts. All the best, Harvey P. Kravitz

--- On Fri, 1/23/09, Walt Sommers <waltsommers at comcast.net> wrote:
From: Walt Sommers <waltsommers at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] eBay opera auction that was a photo
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 12:50 PM

A study? I think not. The seller got caught (by potential buyers and other
observers like us) doing nothing more than running scams. The guide he wrote on
eBay is a 5-year old child's transparent attempt to cover his tracks once he
was caught. He ended them all because he was getting heat - and not just from
the phonograph world.  The seller had other listings (not phonographs) at the
same time and some of those are now being discussed in various internet forums.
He was able to end them before eBay had to get involved, and something makes me
think that eBay is now looking into the situation right now. Even if the guide
he crafted to try to justify himself had been more carefully written with good
grammar and diction, it still remains that he intentionally misrepresented items
for sale. The "guide" he wrote appeared within hours of his user id
popping up all over the internet - curious, isn't it? There is no way this
describes a legitimate survey. The owner of the pictures would have had to grant
permission for them to be used and we know that never happened. One of the
single most valuable parts of a legitimate survey of this type would be to
ascertain not so much whether there are fish nibbling on your bait (which is
where he ended it) but whether you can sink that big hook and pull that 3 foot
muskie out of the lake. Without an actual payment from someone there is no way
that a survey could be said to be complete let alone successful. Not to mention
that the text looks like it was thumbed-out on a blackberry and not quite
re-formatted for full screen width.

That seller will never object to people telling him that they did not like his
survey or methodology: he is just glad that he hasn't [yet] been caught and
charged with the crimes he committed.


buck Buchanan wrote:
> I just sent the person a note about what he did and how I felt about it.
> If you follow the guide back it will take you to the person's ebay
information.
> I think we all should let him know what we thought about his so called
failed study.
> The information that he obtained with using the phonograph is really
flawed and he should be told about that.
> 
> Thank you 
> Bill
> 
> --- On Fri, 1/23/09, Rich <rich-mail at octoxol.com> wrote:
> From: Rich <rich-mail at octoxol.com>
> Subject: [Phono-L] eBay opera auction that was a photo
> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 12:42 PM
> 
> Remember that auction where the seller was auctioning a photograph and
claimed
> it was research?  We have results.
>
http://reviews.ebay.com/SHOCKING-TRUTH-about-bidding_W0QQugidZ10000000009959117
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