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Mon Sep 17 2012 09:26 AM
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Hi All: I won this sign on Ebay and it has been sent, due to arrive the 19TH. I now feel it is a repo. from India, the back side is rusty. Item#150895590383 Title: Old 1940's Sinclair Gas Motor Oil Porcelain Pump Curved Sign. Is it real? Any experts out there? I will bring it to Freds Gas Bash. Thanks: Rich Taylor
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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That is a fantasy repro. File an item not as described claim and send it back for a refund.
Dave GILL,
Dave's Garage & Memorabilia, Inc.
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That stinks when you spend 500 bucks on a repop!
Looking for any cans! PM me what ya got!
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Buy the books.. for your sake and ours. If these guys quit getting money they'll quit producing and distributing this garbage
Last edited by Lost Highway; Mon Sep 17 2012 09:40 AM.
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That is a fantasy repro. File an item not as described claim and send it back for a refund. what he said...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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or give negative feedback if its too late. I cant beleive that some of these guys have 100's of sales with 100% feedback as they sell fakes.
Always looking for Red Indian Tins, McColl Frontenac, McColl Bros., Buffalo (prarie cities oil co), Stellarene and other western canadian tins.
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I've bought from this seller before, possibly didn't know- as soon as you get it mail it back w/delivery confirmation- contact paypal & tell them what you did- stop payment on your credit card.. 
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Any porcelain sign with a rusty back is a repop. Especially if it looks like this.  Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Thanks to all of you for such a quick responce! I will not even open the package when I get it. I paid with Pay Pal and I have already informed Pay Pal that I believe the item is new and not 1940's. Ouch $$ on the return shipping!
I will be at Fred's Gas Bash this weekend selling but NO REPO. STUFF.
All of us get hurt when people do this on Ebay or flea markets but I doubt this seller knew it was a repo. I will be more careful in the future. When in doubt don't BUY.
Thanks Again for all the information and kind thoughts.
Rich Taylor
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Sorry to read this Rich, truer words never spoken "When in dought don't buy". Hope all turns out well for you. Don't know how some people can sleep at night???
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Pretty easy to say a fake...
1. dino has no detail to head.
2. rust on back... ahem... old porcelain process covers the whole plate in a base element to promote adhesion and reduce chipping along edges and reduce disfiguring(see below).
3. Curving? Not curved for any pump, it is due to the heat applied to the metal with only one side coated. This caused the piece to warp as it cooled.
Other pieces he sold... I suspect the Cheer Up is fake as well.
Collecting anything keeps you young at heart!
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Wow. How did it even get that high!? That's a 20 dollar sign!
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Another case of buy first, then ask.
Doesn't anyone read past posts on this site?
Jack Sim
Author, 1st & 2nd editions of Gas Pump ID book, 3rd edition is now available at www.gaspumpbible.comAir Meter ID book also available
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Jack and everyone above is correct. Too many people get excited, buy first, then ask questions. You see other people bidding and you think, wow this piece must be fine. Just remember all those other people were wrong too! Let it be a lesson learned, ask questions and educate yourself!
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