e-bay ethics and suckers

[Rob Goodale]

An old and regularly re-hashed topic but...

It never ceases to amaze me what people will sell on e-bay and the poor 
uneducated suckers who buy some of this crap.  Over the years we have all 
seen this.  I recall some years back someone here discovered a "who cares 
and sons" junky grand being advertised as a "Steinway in excellent 
condition".  Enough technicians sent embarrassing "how dare you" comments to 
the seller that we eventually forced it to be taken off.

Here is a new one.  A set of old vintage and worthless action parts.  It's 
advertised as "Mason and Hamlin-Steinway".  Never mind the two are not 
interchangable!  From the picture you can clearly see the hammers are worn 
and flat, the knuckles are egg shaped, and the overall condition looks worn 
and pathetic.  It says "The action was very responsive and not sluggish but 
the owner wanted a new action".  Ya, sure.  Some poor fool will buy this 
crap and think they were going to put them on their piano?  A sucker is born 
every minute.

E-bay listing is here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Mason-Hamlin-BB-PIANO-Set-of-88-Action-Parts-Steinway_W0QQitemZ130074342274QQihZ003QQcategoryZ64431QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV