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I know it's a rare and valuable player but boy the shipping cost seems excessive!

http://m.ebay.com/itm/351801359542

I don't think the shipping charges are out of line at all. The machine is probably worth $20,000 to $25,000 ant the insurance alone would probably would cost that much. I am surprised that he is even offering shipping on this machine. If I were the seller I would not, and if I was the buyer I would not want it shipped. I would arrange my own shipping or pick it up myself if possible.

Rich Gordon

Wowza! Some people (ie. this seller) have all the luck!

rgordon939 wrote:I don't think the shipping charges are out of line at all. The machine is probably worth $20,000 to $25,000 ant the insurance alone would probably would cost that much. I am surprised that he is even offering shipping on this machine. If I were the seller I would not, and if I was the buyer I would not want it shipped. I would arrange my own shipping or pick it up myself if possible.

Rich Gordon

I have to agree with the above. At least two boxes (double boxed), etc... Highend machine requires highend packing..

Gorgeous machine. The shipping seems totally fair to me for such a heavy and rare machine.

Well, it just proves that all of this is new to me. I had no idea they were worth THAT much!

I'd also like to point out that this is an Ideal, which means it's from the first 2 months of production before Edison changed the name to Idealia. The name had to be changed both because "Ideal", as a common English word, could not be trademarked in some countries, and because of prior use by others. (Frow, p.166)

This is a truly rare bird.

And I agree on not wanting to ship this - if I were to win this (which I won't), I'd definitely drive a huge distance to pick this up myself.

A glorified version of the Triumph! edisonplayer

The last Ideal(ia) at public auction was the Schlick Auction that I noticed, a long year ago went for $11K before buyers penalties. With penalties that would be 13K-14K. But ebay is a mystical place! John

This is a fabulous machine, I would guess the seller had no idea.

ALREADY AT $7,370 AS OF NOW ON THE IST DAY.

DAVID & LERRIA