How are the mighty fallen!

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How are the mighty fallen!

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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/His-Masters-V ... 0716381%26
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...........

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That's the first thing I've ever seen on this forum that's actually given me a shock!
I read the title, and was expecting a crapophone, or something similar, but not that. It beggars belief!!

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Oh dear is right!...talk about being emasculated..and gutted too!
poor thing :(

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Someone saw fit to pay GBP£46 for it.

Christmas is coming, so perhaps they need a large drinks cabinet :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Here is another HMV fallen on hard times......

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231112447576? ... 1423.l2649

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epigramophone wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/His-Masters-V ... 0716381%26
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear...........
Note the spelling; it's not a proper "gramophone", so that makes it OK, as we say over here. :P

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It makes me cringe the way the seller says..."could be hollowed out" :o
...maybe his heads been...hollowed out!

Seems it just needs the mechanical parts and some love to bring it back to life.

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