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rip off needles?
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:25 am
by needletime
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-PACK-ANTIQUE- ... bbe541[url][/url]
can anyone believe a seller could ask $ 7.50 for just three needles?
Re: rip off needles?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 4:17 pm
by tomwil
Even more amazing is the seller has had 5 buyers, one for $10! And, the seller claims that they came from a 1914 "VICTROLIA", so they might already be used!!
Re: rip off needles?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 6:23 pm
by Nat
Even worse is "DO YOU OWN A PHONOGRAPH AND THE RECORDS JUST DONT SOUND RIGHT?
HAVE YOU TRIED REPLACING THE NEEDLE?"
Oh, I guess I need a new needle this year - better buy one or even, gosh! three!
Hmm, I replaced the needle this year, and the record still sounds bad. Wonder wehY?
Re: rip off needles?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:44 pm
by 1923VictorFan
Try looking at the thread I started about another eBay seller offering a Victrola VV-VI complete with the Edison records that go with it. 
I gave him the very polite and gentle explanation that it's really not such a great idea. He replied saying the records sound just fine to him but thanked me for "my info". It never ceases to amaze me that people don't spend just 5 minutes online to find out a little bit about the things they want to sell.
Re: rip off needles?
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:54 pm
by syncopeter
EDG,
When I bought my first HMV portable as an 18 year old at a street mraket in1974, the seller gave me a box of needles and told me to change the needle after every side.