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Columbia Mignon
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emerson
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Columbia Mignon
Did anyone get the Beautiful Columbia for free on Staten Island, NY. Saw it late last night and can't find it today.
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Django
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Re: Columbia Mignon
It wasn’t really free. They wanted more than $1,000.00 for it.
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emerson
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Re: Columbia Mignon
How did you find it and is it still posted?
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Curt A
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Re: Columbia Mignon
How do you compute "FREE" with $1,000 ? 
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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52089
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Re: Columbia Mignon
One of my pet peeves with Facebook Marketplace is that you are essentially required to put a price down that shows on your listing title, but you can then put anything you want in the listing. A lot of sellers put FREE for the price to make it eye catching, then put the real price in the listing.Curt A wrote:How do you compute "FREE" with $1,000 ?
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Django
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Re: Columbia Mignon
I asked them and they said that it was listed between $1200 and $1500, but that they were open to offers.Curt A wrote:How do you compute "FREE" with $1,000 ?
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Curt A
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Re: Columbia Mignon
There is another screwed up answer...Django wrote:I asked them and they said that it was listed between $1200 and $1500, but that they were open to offers.Curt A wrote:How do you compute "FREE" with $1,000 ?
How can it be "listed" BETWEEN $1200 and $1500... it's either $1200 OR $1500 OR BETWEEN would be $1350. And any of "list prices" is over the top...
They are trying to "auction it off" on a non-auction website... these are screwed up sellers... would they consider $1200 to be an "offer"...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Django
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Re: Columbia Mignon
I agree completely. I don’t like to play games. Provide a price and negotiate or don’t.Curt A wrote:There is another screwed up answer...Django wrote:I asked them and they said that it was listed between $1200 and $1500, but that they were open to offers.Curt A wrote:How do you compute "FREE" with $1,000 ?
How can it be "listed" BETWEEN $1200 and $1500... it's either $1200 OR $1500 OR BETWEEN would be $1350. And any of "list prices" is over the top...
They are trying to "auction it off" on a non-auction website... these are screwed up sellers... would they consider $1200 to be an "offer"...