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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
$1700 divided by 3 = $567 apiece. The seller may have been thinking of the TVs' individual value, although I do agree even that is too high if the sets will need rebuilding. Consider the possible condition of the CRTs too. They may not and probably are not in the best shape after all these years (I'm sure every one of those sets is well over 40 years old, but not much over since they all have UHF).
BTW: The seller doesn't even know how to spell "Magnavox", unless that was an unintentional typo.
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Jeffhs, seeing that you are a man who is very particular with small details (usually regarding details that are already well known by the readers), I must say that I am a bit surprised by your computations. In order to prevent misleading others who may have read this thread (or have yet to read this thread), I must make a small correction. $1700.00/3 = $566.66(repeating), not $567.00 as you stated, because $567x3=$1701.00 which is not equal to the starting bid of $1700.00. Otherwise, I would agree with you that the seller MAY (and I stress the word MAY) have made a "typo" (slang term representing a typed spelling error). He will find that the name is indeed "Magnavox" with a "g" not "Maqnavox" with a "q". But we cannot jump to the unintentional typo conclusion as of yet. Perhaps the seller has dyslexia and he did not properly read the brand name, or the other possibility is that the bottom part of the "g" on the silk screening of the "Magnavox" name was somehow rubbed off from the backing plate on this particular TV he is selling. This may have been the result of the previous owner(s) who were not careful in operation which caused undue finger contact/friction to the backing plate when fine tuning the TV thus causing part of the "g" to be "erased" revealing what would look like a "q" instead. The other possibility is that a harsh cleaner(s) may have been used by the previous owner(s) in which to clean the backing plate. It may have also been the result of the current owner (assumed to be the seller) who tried to clean this TV to make it presentable for resale in the ebay auction. This laborious cleaning attempt may have resulted in the potential damage in which the seller was not aware he caused. If this damage/wear to the letter "g" in the "Magnavox" name were indeed the case, it may have mislead the seller into thinking the brand name is "Maqnavox"
Either way, he should be corrected too so that he does not mislead potential bidders.