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I think this is only the second time I've pointed out an eBay listing - - the bad ones are all too common. This one rises above the norm. Give the seller points for originality!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... SS:US:1123

George P.

I also saw this ad the other day. I thought the obit. was a nice touch... . I guess the Home (whats left) got too much water on it from the fire...????. The seller forgot to mention it was a "barn" fire.... .

I think I'll "past" on this one. So his ancestor worked for the power company. Big deal. Such a bargain!

A clever story. It will be interesting to see if anybody bites.

Clay

Yep the wood motor did not burn one bit,,,,, hummmmmm......

Claiming it was salvaged from the Titanic might have been more believable - and added to the value!

Halfway through the week the seller dropped the Buy It Now in half, but obviously got no nibbles. In fact, not a single bid. Then again, it's not worth the $40 starting price (plus shipping), and there was a reserve so it was obvious that he wanted a lot more than $40 anyway.

Now it's relisted at $40, with no reserve, and Buy It Now at $250. That's a $1K drop from his initial high hopes. I'll be very surprised if anyone pays $40 for it.

Maybe if he screwed an Al Jolson name plate to it?

rizbone wrote:Maybe if he screwed an Al Jolson name plate to it?

That automatically bumps the price up to $5K



Sean

Actually, Al Jolson's portable got reduced to $2k now. A real bargain now...

Andreas