Hollywood Vintage 1950s Rotary Phone *Works Great* eBay 110665968774

[Doug Rose]

Whats up with this? Its not a 5302. Any ideas???...Doug


http://cgi.ebay.com/Hollywood-Vintage-1950s-Rotary-Phone-Works-Great-/110665968774?pt=Vintage_Electronics_R2&hash=item19c434ac86

sorry no more tinycurls

[GG]

Probably because it's in excellent condition topside, is guaranteed to work, and has a HOllywood phone number visible.  Thus it's plug-and-play for anyone who likes the aesthetic and thinks of modular base cords as a feature rather than a compromise.

Only us "stubborn anachronistic types" still use 4-prong plugs/jacks or 42-A connecting blocks, remember? : - ) 

[Doug Rose]

Probably because it's in excellent condition topside, is guaranteed to work, and has a HOllywood phone number visible.  Thus it's plug-and-play for anyone who likes the aesthetic and thinks of modular base cords as a feature rather than a compromise.

Only us "stubborn anachronistic types" still use 4-prong plugs/jacks or 42-A connecting blocks, remember? : - ) 

I've been in the business for 35 years, so I know which end of the punch tool to use. I support a PBX with 2500 users that interfaces globally. Yeah...I remember best I can for a person of my advanced age....Doug

[LarryInMichigan]

I figure that these things are like the case of the guy who stops on a crowded sidewalk and stares and points at the sky, at nothing.  Before long, a crowd of people are also looking at the sky.  If there are any psychologists here, perhaps they can explain this phenomenon.  Someone went for a high bid on this phone, and others thought that there must be a reason to bid, so they joined the crowd.  Someone is either going to be fleeced or seriously disappointed.

Larry

[Doug Rose]

I figure that these things are like the case of the guy who stops on a crowded sidewalk and stares and points at the sky, at nothing.  Before long, a crowd of people are also looking at the sky.  If there are any psychologists here, perhaps they can explain this phenomenon.  Someone went for a high bid on this phone, and others thought that there must be a reason to bid, so they joined the crowd.  Someone is either going to be fleeced or seriously disappointed.

Larry

Larry...Imagine what the cute pink mushroom would go for???....Doug

[JimH]

I always get suspisious when I see the same two or three people bidding an item up...especially when they have low transaction numbers.  Makes you wonder if they're all in on it to get the bid up. 

[Ed D]

34 bids and $360.00 later, it now belongs to someone.   

[LarryInMichigan]

If I REALLY wanted a pink 500, I might pay $20 for this one.  It looks like the winner of this collects all sorts of things, so he/she might not be so knowledgeable about phone values.  Oh well.

Larry

[Owain]

Credit to the seller for putting the additional info in the description, though.

[Ed D]

Indeed, credit to the seller for offering to cancel bids if the bidder felt they wished to back out, given the new information he posted.  Kudos are due there.

But this phone going for as high as it did will hopefully not encourage others to believe their similar phones will sell that high.

[GG]

Doug, there was a little thing at the end of my line about 42-A connecting blocks, that looked like this: 

: - )

Meanwhile, I'm with Ed about this, hoping it won't encourage every fool with an old phone in their closet to think they've struck gold.  It kinda' ruins any hobby when people start getting dollar signs in their eyes and thinking *investment!*.   So far that hasn't happened terribly much here.  But one of the warning signs is when people start saying things like "don't try cleaning that thing up!, if you remove the original dirt you might adversely affect the value of it!"  Eeek!

[Greg G.]

But this phone going for as high as it did will hopefully not encourage others to believe their similar phones will sell that high.

You just burst my bubble!     I was all set to print up a number card with HOllywood on it, concoct a story about it, and sell mine for more than 10 times what I paid for it!

[Ed D]

But this phone going for as high as it did will hopefully not encourage others to believe their similar phones will sell that high.

You just burst my bubble!     I was all set to print up a number card with HOllywood on it, concoct a story about it, and sell mine for more than 10 times what I paid for it!

I'm sorry...