Looking for YouTubes

[Victor Laszlo]

Over the past few years, a young man named Ben posted a series of YouTube videos demonstrating the various phones in his collection.  I just tried to find them, to show a typical 565HK to a friend, and I can't seem to bring them up. Anyone know what happened to Ben and his phone videos?

[TelePlay]

Only two larges or contributing members with "ben" in their handle and only one has a lot of YouTube videos.

To see his, go into YouTube and in the top search box, put exactly this --->      Ben's Collection and Sundry      <---  and hit the search button, the magnifying glass.

About a dozen phone related videos come up for WesternElectricBen and his YouTube handle is "Ben's Collection and Sundry"

I did not see any key phones on the screen but I know he was into key phones and has more than one.

Good looking!

This link may work for you, save you time getting in and searching.

     https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Ben%27s+Collection+and+Sundry

About a minute into this video he plays with several 565's but not in real time. Watch to see what I mean

     https://youtu.be/I-prJlxW9-k


(PS: the forum search functions do work well with usage experience and patience)

[Victor Laszlo]

Thanks. I am aware of Ben's Collection and Sundry. That's where I looked first. The older videos I remember are no longer available, I guess.

[TelePlay]

Thanks. I am aware of Ben's Collection and Sundry. That's where I looked first. The older videos I remember are no longer available, I guess.

Yes, some YouTube videos go away due to account changes, deletion, etc.

Was that the ben you were looking for? benhutcherson posted 5 replies with links to YouTube videos but none of those were about phones.

WEBen and BenH were the only two ben's that showed up in a member search. Maybe his handle was different that "ben" and his name was Ben and that would be hard to find. BenH hasn't logged into the forum in about 3 years.

Thought I had it for you. Unless someone has an actual memory of the video you seek, it may be impossible to find.

[Dan/Panther]

Did anyone attempt to contact Ben, and ask him to forward the video's ?
D/P
I just sent an email requesting the videos.

[Alex G. Bell]

Did anyone attempt to contact Ben, and ask him to forward the video's ?
D/P
I just sent an email requesting the videos.

I think there is an underlying assumption here that may not be valid.

The original question was: "Over the past few years, a young man named Ben posted a series of YouTube videos demonstrating the various phones in his collection.  I just tried to find them, to show a typical 565HK to a friend, and I can't seem to bring them up. Anyone know what happened to Ben and his phone videos?"

The replies have assumed that the Ben mentioned is a CRPF member.  That may or may not be the case.  He could be some other Ben who isn't and never was a CRPF member.  As I understand the original question, it asked whether anyone knew who he was, which someone might even if he was not a CRPF member.

[TelePlay]

I think there is an underlying assumption here that may not be valid.

The original question was: "Over the past few years, a young man named Ben posted a series of YouTube videos demonstrating the various phones in his collection.  I just tried to find them, to show a typical 565HK to a friend, and I can't seem to bring them up. Anyone know what happened to Ben and his phone videos?"

The replies have assumed that the Ben mentioned is a CRPF member.  That may or may not be the case.  He could be some other Ben who isn't and never was a CRPF member.  As I understand the original question, it asked whether anyone knew who he was, which someone might even if he was not a CRPF member.

Ha! Yes, you are right, we who have been here for years all think of WesternElectricBen as Ben with the key phones.

But then a search of YouTube doesn't come up with anything by a "ben" either.

Hows this for an example or did you want something more technical (not by ben)

     https://youtu.be/cRoorjXwLDo

[Victor Laszlo]

Thanks for the link.

[Dan/Panther]

I emailed Ben H, and asked if he still had the original files, and if he could forward them to me.
D/P

[LM Ericsson]

I am subscribed to him on Youtube. He has deleted quite a few videos on his channel and hasn't done anything on there for a few years.

[WesternElectricBen]

Hi all,

Yes, this (https://www.youtube.com/user/RetroVintageItems27/featured) is my channel. I have not actually deleted any of the videos; however, they are private. If there is a specific video you would like to see, just DM me and I can send it to you.

Actually, I plan to make new videos of some-most of my collection.

Ben