e-bay ethics and suckers

[Farrell]

Some assembly required?



What a joke! Thanks for sharing Rob.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
> 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.  
SNIP> 
> 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 
>
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