WHY DO PEOPLE DO THESE THINGS?

[brianu]

Here's an amusing "seller's glossary" from the Telechron clock website; I think we all can recognize these universal dodges.

http://www.telechron.net/features/glossary.htm

great list... even includes a long-running annoyance...


Seller says: "minty"
English translation "recently cleaned with Scope mouthwash"


exactly.

[Joe_DS]

Yuck, that yellow Brunswick is especially nauseating. Fortunately, the seller is violating Craigslist's terms of usage, by soliciting bids, and not stating a set price, so I was able to click on the "flag" button. ( http://www.craigslist.org/about/help/faq ) Unfortunately, it takes dozens of flags to take down an ad.

Joe

[Phono48]

Painting a machine is YUCK-O in my book!!edisonplayer

That's because you care about them, these people don't.

[FloridaClay]

And here is the item in question, straight from the little shop of horrors!

Clay

[epigramophone]

Overpainting wooden furniture is known in the UK antiques trade as "shabby chic".

In my opinion this practice is not chic, just shabby.

[edisonplayer]

There was a time when no one wanted the upright floor model Victrolas,Brunswicks ,Grafonolas,ect. machines My friend Arthur Par'e can remember when you could get those for a few bucks back in the 1940's,'50's and into the '60's.They'd be turned into liquor cabinets,and (horror of horrors)painted like these!edisonplayer

[Chilesave]

Makes me want to buy a liquor cabinet and turn it into a phonograph just to get even.