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Telephone Talk => General Discussion => Topic started by: Greg G. on August 19, 2009, 04:58:26 PM

Title: House of Telephones & Old Phone Works - Are they the same?
Post by: Greg G. on August 19, 2009, 04:58:26 PM
I'm confused.  I was shopping around for line cords and wanted to compare the prices of these two.  The website software looks the same, but there is a difference in the home page menus.  When go to HoT line cords area, it now says OFW, and the prices and items are the same.  

http://www.oldphoneworks.com/ (http://www.oldphoneworks.com/)

http://www.houseoftelephones.com/ (http://www.houseoftelephones.com/)
Title: Re: House of Telephones & Old Phone Works - Are they the same?
Post by: bingster on August 19, 2009, 05:00:34 PM
House of Telephones used to be a separate company, run by an older gentleman in Texas.  Due to health problems, he sold his cord business to Old Phone Works in Ontario. 
Title: Re: House of Telephones & Old Phone Works - Are they the same?
Post by: Greg G. on August 19, 2009, 05:09:57 PM
Quote from: bingster on August 19, 2009, 05:00:34 PM
House of Telephones used to be a separate company, run by an older gentleman in Texas.  Due to health problems, he sold his cord business to Old Phone Works in Ontario. 

Ok, that explains it. 
Title: Re: House of Telephones & Old Phone Works - Are they the same?
Post by: foots on August 20, 2009, 03:35:09 AM
I was wondering the same thing.
Title: Re: House of Telephones & Old Phone Works - Are they the same?
Post by: Stephen Furley on August 21, 2009, 02:15:27 AM
Quote from: bingster on August 19, 2009, 05:00:34 PM
House of Telephones used to be a separate company, run by an older gentleman in Texas.  Due to health problems, he sold his cord business to Old Phone Works in Ontario. 

I hope this doesn't mean that they're just selling off the remaining stock, and then there won't be any more.
Title: Re: House of Telephones & Old Phone Works - Are they the same?
Post by: bingster on August 21, 2009, 02:29:39 AM
No, they bought all the machinery needed to manufacture the cords.  Same cords, same machines, just all in a new location.  To tell the truth, I was hoping for a bit of a quality improvement.  The cords I've bought have gone fuzzy with use.  Western Electric cords never got fuzzy.
Title: Re: House of Telephones & Old Phone Works - Are they the same?
Post by: foots on August 21, 2009, 12:44:29 PM
bingster, perhaps you can e-mail them and let them know about the cords.