[R-390] More Sham Collins on ebay

[Tom Norris]

Things like this are shameful.

There was a fellow that got away with selling a pair of H-251  
headphones - new from Fair Radio, $12 --
for nearly $225 simply by wording the ad to say they were the correct  
headphone for the "Collins R-390A" as they replaced the models listed  
in the manuals.  Technically he was correct.  Morally probably not so.

It's listings like that that make me want to email links to places  
that show what the real price should be.

ALSO  There's another fellow selling fresh new mil 4 pin AC cables as  
"Collins" cables -- 5847047297
To his credit, "Collins" is only used in the subject line, for folks  
looking for 390/390A/etc items.  It's
not being represented anywhere else as such.  Still....

Genuine Collins tubes!  Genuine Collins Power Cables!  All @RARE@!!   
But the fellow who had the joke auction for the "Genuine Collins  
Enema" got kicked off Ebay over it.  His listing was disclaimered to  
Timbuktu and back, but copyright bit him.

Meanwhile the folks who know The Way To Write Ads That Sell keep on  
selling, while nice guys finish last and make less money on their  
listings.

But Tom'M's Idea of an Idiot's List sounds good to me.   It's been  
brought up a lot of time, and we seem to bring up ludicrous auctions  
here many times until they become beaten and bloodied.  Think I post  
more than half.  I do so on the Glowbugs list as well.


The Other Tom



On Jan 2, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Tom M. wrote:

> This seems to be getting more common . . .listing as "genuine  
> Collins"  when it
> is no such thing.  Not that it makes much difference in  
> performance, but I
> think some less informed get scammed.
>
> I think these sellers need a little more "exposure."
>
> This one is sellabay with itme no. 5846801040
> Tom