Pssssssssst, Want a REAL bargain!!

[julianburke]

Check this out--I wonder why it has no bids. Check out the reasonable shipping too! They wish!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/televiseur-marco...QQcmdZViewItem

[mr_fixer]

Well at least he didn't turn it into a fish tank or Object d'arte.

[1980'slover]

i dont even know what it all says in either in french or canadian

[mr_fixer]

To paraphrase: the ad description, "Here is the Tv from my grand parents place, one of the first/finest? tv's i have seen from the 50's, It is a Marconi. It has always worked very well. (maybe something like has worked for 50 years?) It is a true antique audio-visual device."

[electroking]

Hi folks,

There is more than a language barrier here, there is a price barrier!
Obviously, this newbie on e..y does not want to part with the TV
set his/her parents bought in the fifties. He does indeed claim it
is still working even though it is over 50 years old. I bet this seller
will still have zero feedback on e..y in a year... But let's not start
a discussion on e..y feedback!

P.S.: I should have said grandparents instead of parents. Also, this
is a B&W set, so this discussion is in the wrong forum. I was told
(during a tour for new employees at Canadian Marconi in 1986) that
the company R&D labs had built a prototype color TV set around 1966,
but in that year it was decided that consumer electronics would
not be part of the future of the company. I would pay $750 or more
for that prototype!

[julianburke]

As the second reply says, he didn't turn it into a fishtank. I'm at least glad he thinks it is worth so much! BTW, does it say "pickup only"? Let's drive to Canada for it! Yeah, I did put it in the wrong forum but I thought you'd all like to see it and perhaps think how much our "junk" is worth.

[electroking]

It doesn't say "pickup only", the guy appears to have some automatic quote
that gives about $136 for delivery to Montreal (some of you guys know
where Montreal is, right?), but picking it up would definitely be a fine idea
with such an inexperienced seller. If he could just relist with a more realistic
price...

[electroking]

Originally Posted by 1980'slover

i dont even know what it all says in either in french or canadian

Most Canadians speak French or English, a few speak both... The
seller of this TV misspells French as nicely as many Americans misspell
English!

[Steve D.]

Soooo...The guy screwed up in his e-bay listing. You guys act like a bunch of school yard bullies.
Pretty petty stuff. And in the wrong forum to boot.

-Steve D.