The Talking Machine Forum — For All Antique Phonographs & Recordings

smitharthur wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 10:50 am The thrill of the hunt is not an experience that can be enjoyed on eBay.

LMAO!

Curt A wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 9:46 am

smitharthur wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 8:22 am I am all set on eBay. But thanks.

George,
I think you just got blown off...
No good deed goes unpunished...

Probably dodged a bullet is more like it.

smitharthur wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 10:50 am The thrill of the hunt is not an experience that can be enjoyed on eBay.

I know of at least two people who in the past ~2 years bought 5" Berliners for very little money because the seller had no idea what they were. In the past year, someone sold me an only-known-copy of an Edison advertising record that he bought off Ebay for a few bucks WITH A COPY OF CHARLESTON.
As John Tefteller sometimes posts on Facebook, it takes a huge amount of work, but the deals are out there.

This does not happen often. The vast majority of the sellers on eBay fall into the "it's so old, it must be worth a billion dollars" category.