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I'm sure they are getting fees off this.fonograph wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2025 11:08 am How on earth does thus guy have 100% pos feedback. Sounds like ebay might in on this deal.
With best packing and free shipping!phonogfp wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2025 1:43 pm His next eBay posting may be for this:
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You may have missed the comment at the start of these posts : this picture is stolen from the Smithsonian Institute, together with a few others. Technogallery also has had photographs used by these scammers. I believe many on the board ahave alerted ebay to this. Ebay's response:zipcord wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:50 pm Tin Foil in India:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/156735935707?i ... R-DonbyoZQ
The UK site is filled to the brim with Crapophones, individual listings for a single needle tin (groan!), records (they have their own category, folks!) and parts from HMV portable machines. It is not what I'd call a total joke, far from it, but it has become a bit of a chore to sift through all the non-gramophone items to find that one elusive machine or decent part you might want.gramophone-georg wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2025 1:30 pm eBay is a total joke for phonographs any more. Today, searching by "newly listed", it was scams, records (which have their own category), overpriced trash parts, and then some maroon dropped 41 pages of 1970s stereo styli on there...
My pet dislike is when one eventually does see a great machine offered (like say a mint condition Triumph), but then read the description "this sale is only for the left front bedplate screw" which you eventually see on photo 14 after 13 pics of the whole machine!Steve wrote: Fri Feb 28, 2025 6:21 am
The UK site is filled to the brim with Crapophones, individual listings for a single needle tin (groan!), records (they have their own category, folks!) and parts from HMV portable machines. It is not what I'd call a total joke, far from it, but it has become a bit of a chore to sift through all the non-gramophone items to find that one elusive machine or decent part you might want.
