VINTAGE 1940s MOTOROLA GOLD FACADE MINIATURE ANTIQUE MID CENTURY OLD TELEVISION

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

The idiots that buy (assuming they are not shills) get to live with being fleeced, but for the rest of us we get to put up with every idiot who has a dirt common low value set using ebay and more specifically this numb nuts (and his merry band of shills and idiots) as a price guide and thinking their beat up $10-60 set is worth ~$1000....He is silently robbing us all through market forces whether we realize it or not.

I left the swap meet, before you got there.
I bought a Motorola portable type 7" gold faced set. A TS4J, built in January, 1949. It's the most complete set of the model, I've ran across. The carrying handle is a little ratty, but all the proper knobs, set-top antenna and base, back cover and a spring-hinged auxillary control cover on the back, as well.
I never knew, the control cover existed, as they all seemed to be missing.
It seems, the last time, this set was repaired, was in the early 50's, so it needs total restoration.
It does have the glass ballast tube, which is good.

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by reichsrundfu

Hey guys,

When I woke up this morning it was still the United States of America. Yes the auction closed at a rediculous amount for such a pedestrian set, but there is no law preventing some dumb schmuck for over paying on something. Especially an auction.

I would never pay up that amount on that crappy tv but then you know what: I either bid it to the maximum I want to pay for it, or I don't bid. Done. Point being in an auction environment you put something up and let the market decide its actual value at that moment. If the winning bidder isn't asking questions before bidding then shame on him (or her). We all live in the same universe ( and I personally have been outbid on hundreds of things just since January 1) simply because I know better. I take my shots and walk away no regrets, one way or another.

Now... Who really wanted this TV and was pissed off somebody with deeper pockets, or lower mental fortitude, outbid you?????

George

Gee , YOU sure seem to have a vested interest in protecting the SCUMBAG radios 1067 here , HMMmm, Maybe you ARE radios 1067 trying to squash a bit of bad press ? Your SCUMBAG friend (or you yourself if you ARE the SCUMBAG) are doing the hobby GREAT HARM by making folks think these common as dirt sets are somehow the ticket to Ebay riches !

And to those with no clue how this scam works ;

SCUMBAG seller lists item for a kinda high price . Someone who wants it bids . SCUMBAG , using shill accounts , bids it up higher . Back and fourth the bidding goes and if it's the real buyer who ends up on top when the auction ends then SCUMBAG has just reeled in another rip off sale . But if shill bidder comes out on top , a "did not pay" claim is filed , no sale means no paying of sales commission , and SCUMBAG relists the item to troll for another person to rip off . Shill accounts cost NOTHING so there is nothing to loose for the SCUMBAG to have as many shill accounts as needed to dupe the unsuspecting buyer into thinking the item really must be worth what others are bidding on it .

Sound about right here , Radios 1067 ? ... Oops , I mean "George"

[Electronic M]

Nice find!

There was a GE locomotive that went for $20 in the donation auction....Unfortunately I missed that part of the auction (on the plus side everything I got from the auction was free) otherwise I'd probably have bought it.

[baursam]

Eric/Tim, time to close this thread perhaps?

[init4fun]

Originally Posted by baursam

Eric/Tim, time to close this thread perhaps?

Sorry the conversation took such a pedestrian turn , BUT , when I see someone taunting the "mental fortitude" of my fellow VKers I reserve the right to speak out about such a nasty insult .

Or maybe you have no problem with your "mental fortitude" being called into question and think no comment should have been made ?

[Eric H]

Closed for further review.