Took a chance, 1949 500?

[HarrySmith]

Just got a call from my wife saying a package arrived! She also said "What? Is this another phone?"
Must be the "1949" 500, can't wait to get home & open it up! Will report back later.

[HarrySmith]

Nope! Not even close to a 49'er. Clearly stamped 4-63! I will be returning this to the seller.
Figured it was too good to be true

[canuckphoneguy]

Bummer - only off by 14 years!

[LarryInMichigan]

I hate when that happens.  Is the "4-63" stamped on the bottom in the usual place?  If so, why would the seller state that nothing was stamped on the bottom?  I often ask sellers to tell me everything that is stamped on the bottom.

Larry

[HarrySmith]

Yes, clearly stamped in the usual place. I don't know why he said nothing was there but I asked him that. I will be returning it for "not as described". Already sent a message to the seller, awaiting his reply.

[LarryInMichigan]

Perhaps he meant that there was no "49" stamped on the bottom.

Larry

[Dennis Markham]

What I think happens is a lot of sellers do a "little" bit of investigating about these Model 500's before they list them for sale.  Somewhere they find the origin to be 1949.  So they list it as a 1949 telephone.