My Green British Ericsson N1002 Telephone No 332 (Mark 1)

LarryInMichigan · January 23, 2018, 01:14:24 PM

I doubt that the differences would matter much to prospective buyers being that the phone is so rare and in very good condition. It probably won't fetch as much from Canada as it would in the UK, but I would be very surprised if it would get less than $500 in an auction.

Larry

HarrySmith · January 23, 2018, 01:47:27 PM

You can always list it both ways Terry. That would ensure the maximum exposure. If a european buyer is willing to pay shipping & fees, so be it! I have shipped a lot of things all over the world. I was shocked at what some things cost but the buyer happily paid. I once sold a set of Tele-Tubby dolls to Australia. I was surprised at what they sold for but the shipping was twice as much!

AE_Collector · January 23, 2018, 02:05:02 PM

This green 332 that we discussed on the forum that is located in NZ was dropped from US$700 to US$600 but it doesn't appear to have sold and hasn't been resisted. Of course it started out at local pickup only but then changed to "will ship anywhere at your expense".

CRPF discussion:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=19452.0

Ebay listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm232624759326

Terry

HarrySmith · January 23, 2018, 02:18:02 PM

Will ship anywhere at your expense is pretty vague. If I listed stuff like that I woiuld not sell much!
For overseas shipping I usually offer USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Box and one other method, giving the buyer a choice.

HarrySmith · January 23, 2018, 04:39:00 PM

Another green GPO phone just came up on ebay!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/292421236825

AE_Collector · January 23, 2018, 05:38:50 PM

Annddd......SOLD. But, was it a Buy it Now at $158 US or did someone negotiate that price with the low feedback seller and they kept it on eBay?

Looking closer...item is in Minsk Belarus....that could have an impact on the selling price!

Terry

HarrySmith · January 23, 2018, 05:44:15 PM

I don't recall if it was a BIN. Did anybody catch it before it sold that might remember? The seller has shipping to the US at only $35.00! Seems awful cheap!

twocvbloke · January 23, 2018, 06:07:05 PM

Looking at the listing, it's in Belarus, so whoever bought it is in for a long wait, unless it was a local buyer over there...

It also fires up my cynical side, low seller feedback, normally expensive phone going very cheap (About £113 in our money), hmm, Red Alert comes to mind.............

AE_Collector · January 23, 2018, 06:44:49 PM

Yes, lots of things could go wrong or someone might have won the lottery! It could be an Indian made phone as well?

Terry

monophone_lover · January 23, 2018, 06:51:31 PM

That is a nice phone.. love anything in color...Im in no way saying I know anything about the phone.. I do know this... I was offered perhaps 15 or 20 years ago some phones for sale from a private collector.. I was sent a photo of "molted" brown phones.. and my friend the same phone was on the table with many nice phones.... further more I have one similar but I think it is made by Ericsson it is an office phone.. I will look for the photo.. of the brown..

twocvbloke · January 23, 2018, 07:05:48 PM

Quote from: AE_Collector on January 23, 2018, 06:44:49 PMIt could be an Indian made phone as well?

Terry

Nah, it looks legitimate, the ITIs tend to use a poorly made AE-style dial, the handsets have an embossed "logo" where the GPO info usually resides, and the base has the drawer, so the pictures show a genuine phone, and doing a Google Image search doesn't really come up with it being a stolen-picture listing, so, could be the genuine article that sold for stupidly cheap...

AE_Collector · January 23, 2018, 09:02:03 PM

Oh, forgot about the drawer...Indian phones never had drawers....just a filler plate?

Terry

twocvbloke · January 24, 2018, 02:55:58 AM

They did have a filler plate, though some GPO issued ones also had such a filler too, but there are obvious ways to spot an ITI over a GPO:

http://britishtelephones.com/iti.htm

ThePillenwerfer · January 24, 2018, 05:02:40 AM

The 'phone is certainly OK but alarum bells are ringing for me about the listing too.

The 'phone is dated 1938, which makes it a very early one as they only came out in '37. The highly polished base of the cheese drawer is also a rarity so the price seems very low. It also seems odd that there was effectively no description; they certainly weren't making much effort to talk it up.

Purely as a curiosity, the postage to England was showing as $45.

AE_Collector · January 24, 2018, 10:42:46 AM

Yes, quite suspicious.

Thanks for the link to the ITI phones TwoCV, I knew there was something with the fingerstop. They are much smaller than on other GPO phones, similar to AE, maybe even slightly smaller than AE.

From the examples of colours shown, there wasn't a Jade Green ITI Phone.

Terry

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