No kidding :eek: As usual collection only... :rolleyes:
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No kidding :eek: As usual collection only... :rolleyes:
Bloody Typical:doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Reid Malenfant
Do my eyes deceive or have the domes on the monitor drivers been pushed in ?
Pete
Looks like they are sunk below the faceplate, admittedly the pic could be bigger ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete The Cat
Hard to tell in al honesty but i don't think so..
Regardless a landfill wouldnt go a miss
:lol: Andre - straight to the point :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
I'm sure they should be good for £10 though :)
Thank God that's over, they went for just £10 in the end. I've been sat here for half the evening fighting temptation to pitch in and bowl across the county to collect them. Must avoid reading these threads in future...
Pete
My hand slipped on the BIN again :lolsign:
Got myself a loverly 1988 Technics 'SL-P770' CD spinner , be nice to use this as a transport. :eyebrows:
You will have to get that finger fixed, or you will end up like me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Too late it happend a long time ago :lolsign:
KEF T27 tweeters in these, and considering their increasing value these day, not too bad a price:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...E:B:SS:GB:1123
Stormingly good little speakers IMHO. Sadly mine were banished from the dining room on aesthetic grounds. :(
Tangent RS2, have two pairs of them, yes not bad at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beobloke
This is a bargain, mine just arrived.
Works fine:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I like Tangent only owned 'RS6'
Alex
Have you got a link to a cheap capacitance meter with Inductor reading, i bought one a bit back but never worked :(
Yes, my one is fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
Looking for the seller.
This is the seller.
This one looks very much like mine, but only does capacitance;
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Capacitance-me...item43a6b60ce0
Might be worth contacting the seller to see if he can supply other versions.
Looked through, none look like mine:
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_trkpa...&_sop=15&_sc=1
It's the inductance side i want
I knowQuote:
Originally Posted by Andre
This ones says from UK, if true will be easier to return if faulty.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LCR-Inductance...item2c5c9b0742
Looking at their negative feedback (of which there is quite a bit), it would appear that they ship from Hong KongQuote:
Originally Posted by spendorman
Would this be any good as a back up deck?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-PS-212A-D...item1e63e69129
is that what you tell the wife :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
:lolsign:
I just thought some folks might chuckle if they had a read of this:
My ex Brother-in-Law's shit record collection
Jazz funk, soul, disco, bollocks. 50 discs 12" & LP
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/290570522953#ht_1885wt_1179
..........nowt to do with me!
:D That was funnyQuote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
That was hilarious! :lol:Quote:
I just could not bring myself to dirty my stylus with this bollocks
best of british :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
I hate to say it but the listing is fairly accurate re the 'shit' bit (imho of course) :lol::lol::lol:
Regards D S D L
I hated the Shakatack singles with a vengeance, but their albums weren't bad at all, and rather more mature in feel - IMO :)
Well i nearly pissed myself laughing:rofl::rofl: at the listing :lolsign:
Anyway just a couple of days ago my faith in the sellers on ebay was restored, how i hear you all ask, well i'll tell you, quite simply i bought an LP, the seller gave it a very accurate description, didn't embellish it with Rare or vintage or any crap like that, he just told something they used to call the truth, then when it came to p&p he actually charged a really great price, so all told the LP cost me 99p and p&p was only £1.80, the seller had it in the post the day after the end of the sale and i received it the day after that :eek:, all i can think is that he drinks too much Carlsberg and takes their adverts literally:)
Brilliant listing! Great find, Chris!
This listing has been removed now - 134,334 people looked at it!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo
But I reckon it needs to be preserved for posterity. So I managed to get a cached version & here's the wording.
Quote:
My ex Brother-in-Law's shit record collection
Jazz funk, soul, disco, bollocks. 50 discs 12" & LP
You are bidding on a collection of 50 (approx) 12" singles and LPs of crap music.
My sister found these in her attic last weekend, where they has been sat gathering dust for the last couple of decades. They used to belong to her ex-husband, who is one of the biggest arseholes ever to draw breath. I never liked the wanker, and based my initial antipathy towards him on his taste in music. Not to put too fine a point on it, he was that most contemptible form of pond life, a Jazz Funker. This meant that as well as shit taste in music, he had appalling taste in clothes too. Pringle jumpers, pleated Farrahs, shoes that looked like pasties, white socks, revolting shirts and a comical wedge-cut hairdon't. Add to this 80s fashion horrorshow a Ford Capri and Super Mario-style moustache underlining his bulbous nose, and you get an object lesson in twatdom. No wonder Northern Soul fans (and everyone else) treated the Jazz Funk fans with sneering comntempt.
I couldn't comprehend what on earth my usually sensible sister could possibly see in the pillock. In vain I pleaded with her to send him packing. My argument that his hankering for Earth Wind & Fire records and attendance at soul weekenders made him a poor choice of mate was waved away as the rantings of a callow youth. She felt my reasoning was unsound.
Reader, she married him.
He made her life miserable for a few years with his moping, moody belligerence (and playing horrendous records like these). He told her lies and generally behaved like a platinum c*nt. Then he dumped her for his mistress when my sister was four months pregnant.
It's now nearly 20 years later and I would still like to take a meat tenderizer to his face. But his most horrendous crime, worse than wiring up my granny's shower so it was electrically live, worse even than his infidelity or the awful way he treated my sister, was the fact that he actually liked the abomination known as Jazz Funk. Here is the evidence. What a bastard.
Well, I suppose I'd better tell you what's for sale, though why you would actually want to own this dreck is beyond me. It's basically music for people who have a deep-seated hatred of music and want to inflict their pain on the world. But here goes nothing.
List............
I mean, Shakatak for fucks sake. What a prick. And surely he must have realised that buying anything by Shalimar would open him up to ridicule. Even those bands' mothers couldn't bear to listen to that stuff. I know I couldn't. None of this is play graded, only visually. I just could not bring myself to dirty my stylus with this bollocks.
Boring stuff: - I grade conservatively, particularly when I don't like the records. Don't ask me to split this lot. You buy it, you buy all of it and pay the shipping. I'm not keeping it in my house any longer than strictly neccessary. For the same reason, no returns. I don't want it back. Shipping in UK is £15 because the weight is approx 10kg . I'm willing to ship overseas at cost, but it's likely to be expensive (maybe £45 in europe) and frankly this crap isn't worth the stamps. If you want to collect from Croydon, that's OK but I will look at you with a contemptuous sneer as you stand in my doorway, proving by your purchase that you are tone deaf and tasteless.
Good luck, and God help you for liking this drivel.
On 28-May-11 at 08:25:42 BST, seller added the following information:
Well this has all gone a bit crazy. In a very nice way - I haven't stopped laughing yet! In less than 24 hours over 11,000 have viewed this auction. I'm amazed.
If you are wondering what my own taste in music is like, check out The Rockabilly DJ Show at www.rockabillyDJ.com where there are over 150 hours of my radio show in the archive. You will probably decide that the old proverb about stones and glass houses is strangely relevant.
Thanks for joining in the fun and helping this silly little bit of revenge go viral. Keep smiling...and bidding!
:lolsign: well done for finding the cached version Chris....
I work with a Jazz Funker, can't wait to show it to him :eyebrows:
Priceless. :)
some of the questions/comments he received below were even funnier:
....we'll always have Grimsby!
Yes, I tried to capture those, but couldn't find the cached versions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spur07
EDIT:
Got 'em!!!!
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Question & Answer
Q: hi, shipping won't be necessary, but thanks for the offer. I only wish I dare bid, out of support and respect for such laudable behaviour. And thanks for what has been the high point of my day. The very best of British sir ! this listing could become legendary, and I for one hope it does ! 28-May-11
A: Thanks
Q: I haven't got a question I just want to say thank you very much for the entertaining description of the horrible bastard brother in law, it was great, it made me laugh out loud. Your ex brother in law sounds repulsive, I hope you make loadsa money from his bad taste music. Good luck. PS I love rockabilly music too. : ) PPS, I'm sure you must be by now aware that this is travelling round Facebook. I'd like to hear you do the commentating on 'come dine with me', ha ha.... 28-May-11
A: Just noticed that the link has been shard on FB over 16000 times
Q: Without doubt, the best listing description I have ever read! Thank-you for making a potentially dismal weekend truly hilarious! Cheers Bernie 28-May-11
A: ;)
Q: I think your story is really moving in a funny sort of way and I'm so glad, reading the other answers, that your sister is in a better situation now. I'm just curious to know, did he buy the records before they got married or after? You'd think she would have realised... 28-May-11
A: I think a lot of them were purchased at the Caister weekender in 1981, a year or two before they were married. That was the warning signal as far as I was concerned, but I failed to convince her with my logic.
Q: Just want to point out that most of this stuff isn't even Jazz Funk... and it was the nothern soulers and 7O's football hooligans that dressed like that... (except for the shoes)... but what's to be expected from a Rockabilly DJ... (I do like some rockabilly.. :P) good luck selling this dross... though there are a few good tracks in there... former Jazz Funker 28-May-11
A: So he was a plastic wannabe? No surprise there
Q: I hope the Ford Capri was gold ... that would complete the image perfectly 28-May-11
A: Can't remember the colour
Q: I want to congratulate you on your revenge auction. This truly is amazing! But your right what the fuck was he thinking!? I'd rather gouge my own eyes and ears out with a rusty blunt spoon than buy that shite :-D x 28-May-11
A: What he said
Q: OMG! My EX (thankfully) used to wear PASTY shoes! He was a teacher, and the kids used to call him by his pasty shoes! PMSL 28-May-11
A: LOL!
Q: ...three humorous ebay listings that I have read; all three have been UK listings. Firefox has a way of saving a web page so I have saved this auction. Thanks for cheering up my day. 28-May-11
A: Our TV is largely junk, so we have to make our own entertainment
Q: OMG, I'v just laughed so hard a little bit of pee came out, i wish your sister all the happiness in her new life, but as for that pile of plastic your ex-brother-in-law called music, you can keep it, you should have a wed page 28-May-11
A: A web page might be better. I've got one of those, see the listing update.
Q: you're dissing your ex brother in laws musical taste, yet you live in croydon, you know what they say about people, stones and glasshouses. you need to change your listing, most of these records aren't jazz funk they're 70s and 80s pop, then again coming from croydon its easily understandable how you got confused. 28-May-11
A: Yeah, that's what I hate too. People who live in places. That place is rubbish, so they must be rubbish too. And their taste. Ha, that told them! Thanks for pointing it out, have you thought about going into inspirational public speaking?
Q: I would bid but I think you have probably urinated on them at some stage plus the collection is missing classics from Imagination like 'Body Talk', 'Music and Lights', 'Flashback' and 'Just an Illusion' - You brother in-law wasn't a complete toss pot then! lol 28-May-11
A: Oh great. Thanks. Now I have got the back catalogue of Imagination stuck in my brain. Aarghh (again)
Q: I think I want to marry you! 28-May-11
A: Can you imagine what I would auction when we split up? No! It can never be my darling, for your sake as well as mine. But...we will always have Grimsby
Q: Thanks for this - ive had an absolute shit day and this really cheered me up - ive pasted it on my facebook and its spreading even further - you should get paid for it!!!!! Now i know what to do with my loser wanker ex-boyfriends stuff instead of burning it!!!! Thanks again J x 28-May-11
A: I think there will be a few folks following this idea
Q: Are you aware that you are a genius? My mum posted this to me on FB, so I shared it with my boyfriend and best mate... too funny for words :-) I hope you make a fortune from this! 28-May-11
A: Life has made me painfully aware that 'genius' is not one of my major problems
Q: Mate this has brightened up my day considering the crap ebay have caused with the changes to the site. Fantastic. 28-May-11
A: Spread a little happiness as you go by (oh my)
Q: As the others already mentioned by far the best listing on ebay ever. Good luck from Greece mate!! 28-May-11
A: Menin Aiede thea, geezer
Q: This is the funniest Ebay listing I've ever read. 28-May-11
A: .
Q: wow! this is absolute class, you are so talented, as a comdedian i mean...good luck. laughing my tits off!!! 28-May-11
A: It's the way I tell 'em
Q: Wording this listing must have felt bloody wonderful....I congratulate you and only wish I could buy you a beer :) 28-May-11
A: Cathartic is the word. And I probably don't need any more beer, but thanks for the offer.
There are five more pages of them but I really can't seem to get at those ones.
A man after my own heart i say
I reckon was a bargain for someone:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...RK:MESINDXX:IT
Well done Chris....:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
Saved for posterity.
Regards D S D L
Listed under -> Home Audio -> Remote Controls -be quick! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Good-Condition...#ht_600wt_1139
Ahh see, what you do is attach some soft rubber tubing to the end and this then attaches to the volume control, turn the handle and hey presto :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
No idea what this will sound like, but had a hankering to own an early CD player - I never bothered with CD until 1991, and then only half-heartedly, so missed out on the early players... Just a bit of fun, really, and maybe in my Cheap as Chips system...?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_633wt_1139
Boy oh boy oh boy... Just take a look at that digital output :scratch: I guess this was prior to S/PDIF being created :eyebrows:
Watch laser life! I love the strapline "linear servo system". Just like, umm, all the other players :)
Just spotted "Minute Indicated Search" :lol:
Meant to add, a friend of mine had a first generation Hitachi CD player. The inside was festooned with adjustment pots. Methinks it took them a while to create all the self-centering circuitry required. Tweaking that would be a nightmare :(
I prefered the black 'PD-5010' looked much better. No, no digital outputs on that machine Mark.
Alex: Why were you so late with CD, i was there in the mid 80's, i bought the Mission 'DAD7000' & Meridian 'MCD PRO'.. both stonking machines & left me penniless to boot. I love 1st generation machines, the DAC's sound so much better to me..Lazers just seem to last foreever
Mainly acquired as "museum piece" Martin, so if it plays at all it will be a bonus! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MartinT
My first machine was the Philips CD-104 that the Mission was based on. A fine and well-built player.
Please check the pics Andr'e, i have no other explanation of what "subcode out" could possibly be for? :scratch:Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
My first CD player purchase was an MCD-Pro - nearly bankrupted me with the discs to feed it too..... Loads of air but all in the plane of the speakers. Things moved on very quickly back then and in just three years we had the Sony 555ES and brethren, Marantz CD94 and clones and the Pioneer PD-91, all of which sounding rather better from memory.
Don't disagree with that Andre, but I specifically wanted silver to match the amp I will be using it with.Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre
I was DJ'ing up until 1993, and not many clubs (or my mobile kit) had moved to CD, so I was still happy buying vinyl. Plus, my trusty 401 was my main source at home, so I was quite happy with records...Quote:
Originally Posted by Andre