Mellotronists

mellotrongirl wrote:

> I never knew whether the endless saga of the Uriah Heep 'tron ever
> finalised as a happily ever after story, but the fact of the matter is
> that someone here was stung, and it certainly has made me gunshy of
> ever purchasing anything pricey on eBay if it has come to something as
> easy as someone doing a cut and paste of any item they can cash in on.
>
>
> Sheesh.

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Greetings All,   Once again, Mellotrongirl has brought-forth a good point.

I'm no expert about  eBay, but have been a member almost eight years.
....And witnessed and been a victim of several kinds of  eBay misdeeds
during that time. It's there in EVERY category of collectible or item.

I contacted the seller of ClearTron #2  with direct questions about its
lineage. And  used my years of Tron history and knowledge of Sound Sales
and its personnel, as basis for these questions.
Didn't get one word reply from the seller .  .....Now I'm leery.....

Once again, the "caveat emptor" phrase illuminates atop a billboard.

Cheers,  - JK
( a 1953 mint-cond. Corvette is only a mouseclick away....yeah, right! )

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Korb <jkorb@i...> wrote:
> 
> 
> mellotrongirl wrote:
> 
> > I never knew whether the endless saga of the Uriah Heep 'tron 
ever
> > finalised as a happily ever after story, but the fact of the 
matter is
> > that someone here was stung, and it certainly has made me gunshy 
of
> > ever purchasing anything pricey on eBay if it has come to 
something as
> > easy as someone doing a cut and paste of any item they can cash 
in on.
> >
> >
> > Sheesh.
> 
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> 
> Greetings All,   Once again, Mellotrongirl has brought-forth a 
good point.
> 
> I'm no expert about  eBay, but have been a member almost eight 
years.
> ....And witnessed and been a victim of several kinds of  eBay 
misdeeds
> during that time. It's there in EVERY category of collectible or 
item.
> 
> I contacted the seller of ClearTron #2  with direct questions 
about its
> lineage. And  used my years of Tron history and knowledge of Sound 
Sales
> and its personnel, as basis for these questions.
> Didn't get one word reply from the seller .  .....Now I'm 
leery.....
> 
> Once again, the "caveat emptor" phrase illuminates atop a 
billboard.
> 
> Cheers,  - JK
> ( a 1953 mint-cond. Corvette is only a mouseclick away....yeah, 
right! )

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It's getting down to the wire and the reserve hasn't been met yet.

The seller has a 99.9% positive rating with over 600 auctions. Can 
something like that be faked on eBay? I guess I'm lucky...never had 
a problem.

Bernie

They appear to just be a sort of pawn shop, so however they
came about possession of the unit, it's no surprise they
don't know a ton about it.
Assuming for a second it's a legit auction, i.e. the unit
pictured is actually in their possession, does it matter
the exact history of which SS guy owned it and all that?
I mean, it'd be nice to know the history of any Tron, but 
my point is shouldn't any Plexiglass Tron be very rare and
worth more than $3,725 in the condition pictured?
Admittedly, they should certainly at least give the 
courtesy of answering emails.
I live in Chicago and was hoping it was a bit closer in 
Indiana to go check out this weekend maybe - unfortunately
it's at the opposite end of the state.

--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Korb <jkorb@i...> wrote:
> 
> Greetings All,   Once again, Mellotrongirl has brought-forth a 
good point.
> 
> I'm no expert about  eBay, but have been a member almost eight 
years.
> ....And witnessed and been a victim of several kinds of  eBay 
misdeeds
> during that time. It's there in EVERY category of collectible or 
item.
> 
> I contacted the seller of ClearTron #2  with direct questions 
about its
> lineage. And  used my years of Tron history and knowledge of Sound 
Sales
> and its personnel, as basis for these questions.
> Didn't get one word reply from the seller .  .....Now I'm 
leery.....
> 
> Once again, the "caveat emptor" phrase illuminates atop a 
billboard.
> 
> Cheers,  - JK
> ( a 1953 mint-cond. Corvette is only a mouseclick away....yeah, 
right! )

Update: I called the place, they do have a phone# on the auction
listing.  It is just an eBay consignment drop-off house.  The
Tron itself is still in the possession of the actual Tron's owner
but the consignment shop owner supposedly went to the guy's house
and examined it, took the photos himself, etc.  So that's that.

At a minimum, they need to get their story straight on the providence
of the unit - it certainly wasn't built in the 60s.  Oh yeah, he
is "very firm on his minimum reserve price of $9,000".  I suspect
they will bury him in it.


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "dscr22" <dscr22@y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> They appear to just be a sort of pawn shop, so however they
> came about possession of the unit, it's no surprise they
> don't know a ton about it.
> Assuming for a second it's a legit auction, i.e. the unit
> pictured is actually in their possession, does it matter
> the exact history of which SS guy owned it and all that?
> I mean, it'd be nice to know the history of any Tron, but 
> my point is shouldn't any Plexiglass Tron be very rare and
> worth more than $3,725 in the condition pictured?
> Admittedly, they should certainly at least give the 
> courtesy of answering emails.
> I live in Chicago and was hoping it was a bit closer in 
> Indiana to go check out this weekend maybe - unfortunately
> it's at the opposite end of the state.
> 
> --- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Korb <jkorb@i...> wrote:
> > 
> > Greetings All,   Once again, Mellotrongirl has brought-forth a 
> good point.
> > 
> > I'm no expert about  eBay, but have been a member almost eight 
> years.
> > ....And witnessed and been a victim of several kinds of  eBay 
> misdeeds
> > during that time. It's there in EVERY category of collectible or 
> item.
> > 
> > I contacted the seller of ClearTron #2  with direct questions 
> about its
> > lineage. And  used my years of Tron history and knowledge of 
Sound 

> Sales
> > and its personnel, as basis for these questions.
> > Didn't get one word reply from the seller .  .....Now I'm 
> leery.....
> > 
> > Once again, the "caveat emptor" phrase illuminates atop a 
> billboard.
> > 
> > Cheers,  - JK
> > ( a 1953 mint-cond. Corvette is only a mouseclick away....yeah, 
> right! )