justinlcecil
Well-known member
So I was doing my typical ebay search for cool ukuleles and i stumbled upon a vintage banjo ukulele. The seller didn't know anything about his uke. I have owned 2 and restored one of this particular uke. It was a supertone banjolele made by Lange. Thinking I would do the right thing I informed the seller.
Q: "What you have here is a beautiful 1929-30 Supertone Banjo Ukulele made by the William Lange Company for sears and roebuck. The headstock inlay and the decal on the resonator give it away. The only thing it is missing is the paper supertone label on the back of the headstock. The geared tuners will hurt it a little bit but it is in wonderful shape. They are very desired when they have the resonator like yours. If you had the grover champion jr friction tuners it might bring just north of $200. I think you can expect $150-175 as is. Good luck with the sale." May-27-13
A: Thank you!! I am glad for the Information ... Brian
The starting bid for this uke was $100. It sold for $153.50. Keep this in mind.
I get two messages from a bidder that says the following.
"I'm writing to speak out and give you a piece of my mind. This is regarding the auction, "BANJO-UKULELE, may Be AVALON", Ebay item no# 251280193383. I read the comment posted at the bottom of the auction that you felt compelled to send the seller identifying the instrument, commenting on what great shape it was in and how much you thought he could expect to sell it for.
What is it about jerks like you who feel the need to show off their knowledge about an item someone is selling without giving any thought to anyone but yourself. You're like the jerk at a yard sale or garage sale who walks up behind someone about to buy something at a great price and you open up your big mouth and ruin it by telling the seller that what he's selling is worth a lot more than what he's asking for it and everyone within earshot hears you and all of a sudden 5 more people want to pay more for it. I see jerks like you on Ebay who ruin it for potential buyers all the time. -CONTINUED-....
message 2 because he couldn't get it all in one message.
Why can't you just keep it to yourself? You can't stop yourself from notifying the seller and all potential buyers what a great item is available and all you're doing is making it more competitive for everybody which pushes the price up even further. If the seller and many potential buyers don't have this info that you can't keep to yourself then it's more likely that someone can get a good deal. The seller wasn't even aware of it and that happens all the time. So what! He would have been happy just to sell it but you have to put your 2 cents worth in to show how smart you are and push the price up, BIG MOUTH. I'm sick and tired of idiots like you all over Ebay who ruin a potential great deal. KEEP YOUR DAMN COMMENTS TO YOURSELF, MORON! If I ran into you doing that in person I'd spit in your face! Don't waste your time responding and telling me off because you know you're wrong! DAMN JERK!"
His username looked familiar to these forums as well. That made my heart sink a bit. Am I the Jerk here?
Q: "What you have here is a beautiful 1929-30 Supertone Banjo Ukulele made by the William Lange Company for sears and roebuck. The headstock inlay and the decal on the resonator give it away. The only thing it is missing is the paper supertone label on the back of the headstock. The geared tuners will hurt it a little bit but it is in wonderful shape. They are very desired when they have the resonator like yours. If you had the grover champion jr friction tuners it might bring just north of $200. I think you can expect $150-175 as is. Good luck with the sale." May-27-13
A: Thank you!! I am glad for the Information ... Brian
The starting bid for this uke was $100. It sold for $153.50. Keep this in mind.
I get two messages from a bidder that says the following.
"I'm writing to speak out and give you a piece of my mind. This is regarding the auction, "BANJO-UKULELE, may Be AVALON", Ebay item no# 251280193383. I read the comment posted at the bottom of the auction that you felt compelled to send the seller identifying the instrument, commenting on what great shape it was in and how much you thought he could expect to sell it for.
What is it about jerks like you who feel the need to show off their knowledge about an item someone is selling without giving any thought to anyone but yourself. You're like the jerk at a yard sale or garage sale who walks up behind someone about to buy something at a great price and you open up your big mouth and ruin it by telling the seller that what he's selling is worth a lot more than what he's asking for it and everyone within earshot hears you and all of a sudden 5 more people want to pay more for it. I see jerks like you on Ebay who ruin it for potential buyers all the time. -CONTINUED-....
message 2 because he couldn't get it all in one message.
Why can't you just keep it to yourself? You can't stop yourself from notifying the seller and all potential buyers what a great item is available and all you're doing is making it more competitive for everybody which pushes the price up even further. If the seller and many potential buyers don't have this info that you can't keep to yourself then it's more likely that someone can get a good deal. The seller wasn't even aware of it and that happens all the time. So what! He would have been happy just to sell it but you have to put your 2 cents worth in to show how smart you are and push the price up, BIG MOUTH. I'm sick and tired of idiots like you all over Ebay who ruin a potential great deal. KEEP YOUR DAMN COMMENTS TO YOURSELF, MORON! If I ran into you doing that in person I'd spit in your face! Don't waste your time responding and telling me off because you know you're wrong! DAMN JERK!"
His username looked familiar to these forums as well. That made my heart sink a bit. Am I the Jerk here?