Oh, the things some people do...

[Sandy G]

I never was a fan of the Komet, but that is just SO wrong !!

[jeyurkon]

Since they pitched the electronics, I wonder what evidence is left that it is really a Kuba Komet?

The description was lifted almost word for word from ETF.

There was one listed on craigslist three years ago in the SFBAY area. I wonder if it's the same one?

John

[wa2ise]

heck, he could have placed an HDTV display in it. Just cut a hole a little wider, to make it 16:9...

[Phil Nelson]

Words escape me A Komet is not to everyone's taste, but still . . .

I'll contact the seller to see if they still have any of the parts & pieces lying around in a garage.

Phil Nelson

[Tubejunke]

The Komet was the complete Home Entertainment Center for its time. Opening the door of the lower cabinet reveals the rest of its multi-media features. The early models usually came with a pull-out, 4-speed Telefunken phonograph on the left, and a television tuner in the center which received both UHF and VHF signals, the Telefunken multi-band radio receiver on the right picked up AM, FM, SW and LW frequencies. KUBA also released models that featured a storage shelf, commonly used as a small bar or to store vinyl record albums, or for an additional charge, you could order a magneto-phone wire recorder. Wire recorders THIS MODEL BOTTOM CABINET WAS RESTORED DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE TOP PIECE. ALL THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS WERE
SHOT AND CAN BE EASILY RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL STATUS JUST BUYING ITS HARDWARE ON EBAY. THE UNIT HAS A NEW COLOR TELEVISION
WITH REMOTE CONTROL. THE BOTTOM SECTION CABINET CAN BE USED FOR STORAGE OR CAN BE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION

What a DUMB marketing scheme!! The first part (small font) tells us what an innovative and versatile piece of equipment that the Komet WAS, and it was. Fair enough.

Now the second part (large font) goes on to explain how all of that neat stuff was "shot" and replaced with a modern day piece of crap COLOR television with a REMOTE CONTROL. How nice. Honesty really IS the best policy, so we can't really jab them for lies, that is unless you consider the unobtainium probability factor of finding the parts needed to restore the set to "original status" on Ebay a lie.

So, here is what I get. This uniquely designed old entertainment center that has been raped by the presence of some Japanese REMOTE CONTROL, COLOR TV having been shoe horned inside, can be YOURS, or mine, for the very reasonable price of $10,000. No not $10, or even $1000, but $10K.

Hey, I guess you can't call someone BAD for fishing for a quick buck these days. Again, to me the way they worded their fairly honest ad tells anyone that the item used to be something really cool, but now is simply a functional conversation piece. Frankly its not the sellers mindset that I would question as much as the BUYER if there is some eccentric fool out there. Somebody please keep an eye on this one and let us know IF it does sell......