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Parlophon Coin-Op gramophone on UK eBay
Posted: Thu May 30, 2019 8:37 am
by epigramophone
Re: Parlophon Coin-Op gramophone on UK eBay
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 3:09 pm
by Steve
What? A decent machine on UK EBay? The end of the world is nigh.
Re: Parlophon Coin-Op gramophone on UK eBay
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:07 pm
by jamiegramo
Certainly not a decent seller. His feedback says it all. This machine appeared on ebay (with a different horn) back in early February and I was excited to be the winning bidder at £870. Next thing I knew the seller had cancelled the transaction informing ebay that it was at my request. Of course untrue. First time this has happened to me and I was very disappointed as I assumed ebay were genuine legally-binding auctions but apparently that's not the case and there's nothing you can do. Now he has relisted it with a different horn at a buy it now of £4500. Same machine you can see the same nick out of the Parlophone trademark disc.
Original listing:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gramophone-/ ... 7675.l2557
Re: Parlophon Coin-Op gramophone on UK eBay
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:25 pm
by Steve
Oh, sorry to hear that. It won't sell at the current price but that's little consolation for your disappointment.
Re: Parlophon Coin-Op gramophone on UK eBay
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:34 pm
by jamiegramo
Thanks Steve. The latest horn may be rarer but for me it's very over-priced.
Re: Parlophon Coin-Op gramophone on UK eBay
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:45 pm
by Steve
Yes, even with that horn it's not worth more than 3000. It's hardly a Trombophone. An unmolested one of those would be worth the asking price!
Re: Parlophon Coin-Op gramophone on UK eBay
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2019 6:49 pm
by Sidewinder
Ebay will loose even more credibility by becoming enablers and accomplices of contract breech. Happened to me as well in May. Seller relisted the item after I had paid for it. So essentially theft, in addition to disrespecting law of contracts. I think wasting buyers time should be penalized with a $ value - this will stop this nonsence.
I hope this will leave gates open for an Amazon or another clever player to promote a better regulated auction system?
jamiegramo wrote:Certainly not a decent seller. His feedback says it all. This machine appeared on ebay (with a different horn) back in early February and I was excited to be the winning bidder at £870. Next thing I knew the seller had cancelled the transaction informing ebay that it was at my request. Of course untrue. First time this has happened to me and I was very disappointed as I assumed ebay were genuine legally-binding auctions but apparently that's not the case and there's nothing you can do. Now he has relisted it with a different horn at a buy it now of £4500. Same machine you can see the same nick out of the Parlophone trademark disc.
Original listing:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gramophone-/ ... 7675.l2557