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Auction Talk / Re: E-Bay listings
Last post by markosjal - Today at 08:07:01 PMSo you imply it is which?
false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy
Please be specific and doo not make a blanket statement casting a wide net and hoping to cath something.
We are talking about a generic "they" being idiots based on their listings. I in no way am referring to any specific person.
false, defamatory, inaccurate, abusive, vulgar, hateful, harassing, obscene, profane, sexually oriented, threatening, invasive of a person's privacy
Please be specific and doo not make a blanket statement casting a wide net and hoping to cath something.
We are talking about a generic "they" being idiots based on their listings. I in no way am referring to any specific person.
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General Discussion / Re: ‘Noteworthy’ Blackboard Ph...
Last post by Robert Gift - Today at 07:03:15 PMThank you.
Found instructions.
Changing the handset between left and right
Follow the instructions for removing the front frame above.
Remove the main body of the phone from the wall using the instructions below.
Rotate the phone so the handset is on the side you like and re hang the phone.
Removing a phone from the wall
If you have a phone on the wall and can't figure out how to remove it, there are two methods used in mounting this phone to the wall.
The easiest to deal with is the locking tabs. These are found near the edge of the main body on the inside. They are oval shaped and have a slot in the center. Pry these out with a screw driver and lift the phone up and off the metal frame.
The other way of mounting can be very difficult to deal with. There will be a mounting catch at the top center of the main body, close to the wall. You need to stick a narrow screw driver down into the slot to disengage the locking mechanism. It takes a lot of trial and error to get it, don't give up in frustration!
Found instructions.
Changing the handset between left and right
Follow the instructions for removing the front frame above.
Remove the main body of the phone from the wall using the instructions below.
Rotate the phone so the handset is on the side you like and re hang the phone.
Removing a phone from the wall
If you have a phone on the wall and can't figure out how to remove it, there are two methods used in mounting this phone to the wall.
The easiest to deal with is the locking tabs. These are found near the edge of the main body on the inside. They are oval shaped and have a slot in the center. Pry these out with a screw driver and lift the phone up and off the metal frame.
The other way of mounting can be very difficult to deal with. There will be a mounting catch at the top center of the main body, close to the wall. You need to stick a narrow screw driver down into the slot to disengage the locking mechanism. It takes a lot of trial and error to get it, don't give up in frustration!
#3
Telephone Historic Pictures, Signs, Directories, Advertising & Ephemera / Re: ‘Phone Thing’. Make it. Us...
Last post by RDPipes - Today at 06:56:14 PMI've got a "Phone Thing" but, I don't think it looks anything like that, LOL!
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Auction Talk / Re: E-Bay listings
Last post by RDPipes - Today at 06:51:27 PMQuote from: 3463319 on Today at 06:04:52 PMIndeed, some people actually are looking for "MCM" and "stage props." I sold several to a local dealer who has a booth at a vintage/antique mall that specializes in mid-century modern, for people who like to furnish and decorate their homes in this circa 1950-60s style. Besides running the booth, she also supplies the film industry for -- guess what -- stage props! Maybe some of my phones will be in a movie!
You are wise to assume that the phone does not work, but there is no need to assume that the seller is being deceptive.
I have sold quite a few "untested" on eBay. I used the word "untested" not to be deceptive, but because I meant exactly that -- I had not tested them.
I had a lot of phones to sell (reducing my collection by about 200). Most had been in storage since shortly after I bought them many years ago. I had never connected them, opened them, or even cleaned them. So, yes, they truly were "untested." I was trying to move phones out the door quickly and did not want to take time to test them all. On many, the cords were missing or damaged, so they were not easily testable anyway.
Other sellers may have other reasons. Nowadays, most people do not even have a telephone line to test them on. Also, most people are not as technically knowledgeable as we are, so they cannot just pick up a phone and notice by sight or weight that parts are missing.
If I have any suspicion that a seller is intentionally being deceptive, then I just avoid that seller, but my experience has been that most are dealing with a wide variety of items, and they cannot possibly have expertise in everything, so they are trying to provide an honest description as well as they can.
I learned a long time ago not to just trust everyone specially when it concerns money and I have the tire track marks across my back to prove it.
Secondly the movie industry has been in business long before us and I seriously doubt many need any props from the past as most of them were there. If one wants to use such words to describe something its none of my business but, I do have my opinions about such uses and thankfully they haven't outlawed that yet. There's only one person I trust and as far as I know he doesn't sell on eBay, LOL! in fact everything he has to give is free.
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Auction Talk / Re: E-Bay listings
Last post by 3463319 - Today at 06:04:52 PMQuote from: MMikeJBenN27 on Yesterday at 06:17:15 PM"MCM" in their title
Quote from: RDPipes on Yesterday at 07:20:04 PM"Stage Prop"
Indeed, some people actually are looking for "MCM" and "stage props." I sold several to a local dealer who has a booth at a vintage/antique mall that specializes in mid-century modern, for people who like to furnish and decorate their homes in this circa 1950-60s style. Besides running the booth, she also supplies the film industry for -- guess what -- stage props! Maybe some of my phones will be in a movie!
Quote from: markosjal on Today at 01:25:25 AMI always assume that "untested" really means that they KNOW it does not work.
You are wise to assume that the phone does not work, but there is no need to assume that the seller is being deceptive.
I have sold quite a few "untested" on eBay. I used the word "untested" not to be deceptive, but because I meant exactly that -- I had not tested them.
I had a lot of phones to sell (reducing my collection by about 200). Most had been in storage since shortly after I bought them many years ago. I had never connected them, opened them, or even cleaned them. So, yes, they truly were "untested." I was trying to move phones out the door quickly and did not want to take time to test them all. On many, the cords were missing or damaged, so they were not easily testable anyway.
Other sellers may have other reasons. Nowadays, most people do not even have a telephone line to test them on. Also, most people are not as technically knowledgeable as we are, so they cannot just pick up a phone and notice by sight or weight that parts are missing.
If I have any suspicion that a seller is intentionally being deceptive, then I just avoid that seller, but my experience has been that most are dealing with a wide variety of items, and they cannot possibly have expertise in everything, so they are trying to provide an honest description as well as they can.
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General Discussion / Re: ‘Noteworthy’ Blackboard Ph...
Last post by FABphones - Today at 04:31:51 PMQuote from: Robert Gift on Today at 04:25:28 PM...Could they be hung so that the telephone could be on either side?
Example shown on the Bell PhoneCenter advert. Reply #15.
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=27344
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General Discussion / Re: ‘Noteworthy’ Blackboard Ph...
Last post by Robert Gift - Today at 04:25:28 PMThank you.
Could they be hung so thathe telephone could be on either side?
Now I remember a tray with lip holding the telephone book which could be partially slid out.
Could they be hung so thathe telephone could be on either side?
Now I remember a tray with lip holding the telephone book which could be partially slid out.
#8
General Discussion / Re: ‘Noteworthy’ Blackboard Ph...
Last post by FABphones - Today at 04:21:10 PMImages of Noteworthy model attached.
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General Discussion / Re: ‘Noteworthy’ Blackboard Ph...
Last post by Stormcrash - Today at 04:03:19 PMThat phone is called the Noteworthy
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Auction Talk / Re: E-Bay listings
Last post by TelePlay - Today at 03:34:14 PMQuote from: markosjal on Today at 03:21:08 PMFirst there are idiots everywhere and I have no issue saying it. I am not callig YOU nor anyone here an idiot.
Second it all has to do with OP because the same BOZOS (since you do not like idiot) that use terms like MCM are the same BOZOS who pull this other crap. I have seen it a thousand times on ebay.
Read the first sentence of the first paragraph:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=18560.0
and reconsider the content of your posts.