Ramblings of a psycho!

[superbeatballer]

This is not a listing for a recorder, but I feel its right at home here. Packed with choice contradictions, this listing is suggested reading.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Western-...QQcmdZViewItem

"INTERNATIONALS MUST BE ABLE TO TRANSLATE Fluent English "

[krhall]

The guy listing this is a total IDIOT!!!
i wouldn't even bother wasting my time with people like him.
And judgeing by his erattic typing he has very little gramar.

And there are more spelling mistakes in that ONE listing than in this entire FORUM.

Keith

[Muckelroy]

Oh my friekin' GOODNESS. This guy musta forgot to take his riddelin.

[Bill Furnett]

I hope this guy doesn't have a gun around the house.

[superbeatballer]

This is a fine example of the far reaching effects of crystal meth use. They're in cyberspace now!

[Garik]

i'l ask him if he will paint the mic before he can ship it to me

Lets see if i can make it in the page

[superbeatballer]

Originally Posted by Garik

i'l ask him if he will paint the mic before he can ship it to me

Lets see if i can make it in the page

Cool mod......

[SteveMac]

Funny, with that guy's approach to thinking he's attracted what he was trying to ward off, times 100. Now, he's swatting flies

[bloomboy]

I think he's! WRONG! about good "brotheren!" in CANADA!!!! those foreigners!! are ALL !!!!! bad! (LOL) LOL LOL

Someone should ask if he'll ship to a location exactly on the US/canada border

[antispatula]

what's! up with the! incoherent! use! of exlamation po!nts!

[Garik]

ha ha ha i made it to the page

check out the last question ,ha ha ha ha ha ha he said he doesnt have any paint

[Garik]

Someone ask him if his old analog mic take 220 V instead of 48V phantom power

[OhSh1rt]

Originally Posted by Garik

Someone ask him if his old analog mic take 220 V instead of 48V phantom power

I'm on it.

-jeffrey

[cjacek]

Someone should point him to this thread .... or will it spoil all the fun ?

...ain't it grand to laugh at the expense of a person possibly in need of a psychiatrist ? ... crazy folk don't know they're nuts, you know ... .... that could explain the seller's psychotic replies!

[Gorty]

Originally Posted by krhall

The guy listing this is a total IDIOT!!!
i wouldn't even bother wasting my time with people like him.
And judgeing by his erattic typing he has very little gramar.

And there are more spelling mistakes in that ONE listing than in this entire FORUM.

Keith

Have you heard of the saying...."People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones?........

[Dr ZEE]

Originally Posted by Gorty

...."People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

.....
and may I suggest (to a someone in the house who's not a total and got some cash) - bid for it (or better yet for both mics).
those items ARE real sh*t.
...too bad if you're in canada
...also, I'd guess the final bid isn't going to be under 500 bucks or so. but who knows.

/later

[hungovermorning]

Someone tell him you are a vampire and you really want the mic, but you can't buy it because it has a cross on it and find out what he can do.

[mx_mx]

I just asked him if he ships to Canada. I hope he says yes

[krhall]

watching this is better than watching tv, "oooh the suspence is killing me"

hey sombody ask him if it works underwater heheh.

or at an altitude of 1800 feet :P

Keith

[krhall]

Hmm...

Looking at the images it looks more like a stage mic then 1 that would be used in a home studio.

nah, i'm quite happy with my mic with built in pre amp

Keith

[superbeatballer]

Originally Posted by cjacek

Someone should point him to this thread .... or will it spoil all the fun ?

...ain't it grand to laugh at the expense of a person possibly in need of a psychiatrist ? ... crazy folk don't know they're nuts, you know ... .... that could explain the seller's psychotic replies!

Nobody is laughing at the sellers expense purposfully. They're only humored by the content of his public aution. If he realized how absurd his listing was he would edit it lickety-split. Sure he is clinical, but that is no excuse for trying to rip-off the stable-minded and financially able.

I'm not weathy enough to absorb the mentally unstable sellers misdeeds, but maybe we can all do it together. Then we can all share in the partially functional ribbon mic of our dreams (if it arrives at all), and record a special song in his, or hers, or theirs commemoration.

[Dr ZEE]

Originally Posted by superbeatballer

... that is no excuse for trying to rip-off the stable-minded and financially able.

How exactly is this 'crazy' individual is trying to rip-off a stable and able one?
The items are cool. they may or may not be functional (like anything on e-bay in general anyway, you always take a chance there). The description is 'crazy'. If it's done purposely, then it's kind of funny... hmmm.. maybe not, maybe wasteful... it does not matter really. If it's done 'naturally', then the person IS in some sort of mental condition... so what? a sick is a sick. The items are still pretty cool. The seller has 4 negs and about 400 pos feedback. That's not so bad
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Looking at the images it looks more like a stage mic then 1 that would be used in a home studio

the mics look just like what the are: large, caged and beautifully-ugly RA1142, which ,according to 'history' is a redesigned WE 639B... not for "home use", but rather for the movie industry ... we are talking here about what? 1940s?... that's a long way back. If those mics are actually functional - they are SUPER cool items. but if not, then they are still damn cool with a starting bid of freaking 15 bucks
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references to check:
12 mics that made history
history of the microphone (scroll down to 1939)
See and (actually hear) 639A and 639B HERE
HERE: Looks like you can buy one from a 'stable' seller for $1350 with NBC flag and (I'd guess) in fully working order
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/later

[cjacek]

Right. Personally I'd not be hesitant at all buying from this seller, despite some rather "speed" induced behavior.

He's got very good feedback (from buyers) and he's really "anal" about a lot of things and my favorite is the packing bit. What's bad about that ?

The description (and answers) are pretty fun to read though...

[superbeatballer]

I'm extremely surpised that the seller's feedback score is somewhat respectable with lines like "But the one thing I do reserve is to reserve the right to refuse service to the inept at any given time."
He's expecting more from buyers than he does from himself.

I'm instantly turned off by auctions like this where the seller appears to have been burned in the past, so they over-compensate and expect the worst from buyers. I bet I'm not alone in this either. The seller is just shooting himself in the foot and will suffer a lower ending bid.

It is his auction, so if he wishes to be a creepy paranoid amped-up mental patient he has that right. Ultimately he will be the one who pays though.

Godspeed to quantumtp.

Nice links Zee.

[superbeatballer]

One more thing. I think the said seller should come over here to HR where he would be right at home.