[GreenKeys] Teletypes in Indiana

[Chuck Rehor]

I feel I need to speak my mind and possibly give a little more insight into
the world of HiBid.

I was the one who bid on and won the HiBid auction for a Model 33 in
Indiana last year. I live in the Chicagoland area so traveling to Indiana
to look at the tty up for auction was not too reasonable. Someone from the
GreenKeys said it looked reasonable from the pictures provided. I knew I
couldn’t see much detail so I gave them the benefit of the doubt. So I bid
on it and won (won is a relative term here).

I paid for shipping (no stand so shipping was reasonable). When I got it, I
was so excited. I carefully opened the package only to see the every piece
of plastic was cracked with huge chunks missing so I couldn’t even glue it
together. The front metal piece with the rotary switch was not attached in
the least and there were no wires on the switch. But then again, there were
no wires anywhere inside the unit either with the exception of an
electrical cord!  And no electronics whatsoever. The base was a piece of
fiberboard that had been water soaked at one time, so screws were
completely loose or missing.

But what it lacked in electronics, it made up for in rust and mouse
droppings. They made no attempt of cleaning any of the nest or anything.
That’s why they didn’t show any pictures with the cover lifted (not that it
could be raised without it falling apart).

Originally, I had high hopes of using this one instead of trying to get my
first one working (that I bought sight-unseen). But my hopes were quickly
dashed away in the first few moments of opening up this latest.

At a minimum, I had hopes of combining the electronics to get one to work.
Those hopes were also dashed away quickly since there were no usable parts
at all from the new one.

I’m still looking for a working Model 33 ASR to use as a console for the
5ESS switch I’m trying to build, if anyone has one to sell me.

So what I’ve learned from auctions where I cannot examine it in person is
BUYER BEWARE.  Especially with HiBid.

Chuck
W9CFR

On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 3:21 PM steve shumaker <shumaker at att.net> wrote:

> HiBid.com has three teletypes listed in an auction in Spencerville IN:
>
> https://hibid.com/lot/171202758
> https://hibid.com/lot/171202757
> https://hibid.com/lot/171202759
>
> Visually, units appear to be in above average condition.  Shipping is
> available.
>
> Not mine and no firsthand knowledge of the systems.
>
> Steve
>
>
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