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HES BACK!--COSASVIEJASMEX-- With another load!! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220341487303&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=012
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Fri Jan 09 2009 08:02 AM
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That sign would not even look real from 100 feet away
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Fri Jan 09 2009 12:44 PM
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Feedback all positive except for this lone bit of truth:
BEWARE Seller buys Reproduction Signs and Makes them Look Old!! the_crusader ( 285 [Feedback score is 100 to 499] ) Dec-23-08 16:32 * Reply by cosasviejasmex (Dec-29-08 03:58): ? U NEVER EVEN PAID FOR THE ITEM ??? WHAT DO U KNOW ???
Nice reply from him,
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Fri Jan 09 2009 02:37 PM
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Looks like( the_crusader ) is crusading,,, he bid an item to win and never paid just so he could leave negative feedback, good on him,, great sacrifice... Best part is, I don't think (cosasviejasmex) even gets it ??? LOL !!!!
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Fri Jan 09 2009 04:07 PM
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Funny how those rusty backs always look the same whether it's Argentina, Mexico or somewhere else. One funny thing, in reading this sellers feedback, one satisfied buyer said "You always know what you are getting from this seller."
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...say...wouldn't it be great if a bunch of like-minded individuals were to bid on all of this guy's 'old' stuff everytime he lists on eBay, and never pay for it?...enough of that, and maybe he'd go away......that'd be a tragedy...
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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...yeah, there's that...
...of course, if 1000 people each did it just one time, it could work...
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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I know there is always talk back and forth and them having repops or not, but the pump plates i got from cosasviejasmex helped me finish the project and get the pumps i was restoring looking fantastic.
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Problem is that when your pump plates get sold again, several years from now, when you're not around---who will be there to identify them as reproductions? The same signs are available from US manufacturers and are marked as such! By buying from this counterfeiter, you are only helping the problem instead of counteracting it! Each sign purchased from him only adds to the problem at some future time! I don't care what he's selling, you only add to the problem by buying it, and I will never buy anything from him!
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Not if they go to the right auctiin house.....heck they might be worth $500 even advertised as repops?? If some moron millionaire forks out that much......then you probably will make money.
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Well guys if its any consolation, i may have gotten even for all of us. I low balled and low balled this guy until he finally sold me a sign for $250 that was later appraised for $800 and i resold for even more. Honestly i think the fool doesn't even know what he sells. Anyway what comes around goes around, i guess i burned him this time !
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Well guys if its any consolation, i may have gotten even for all of us. I low balled and low balled this guy until he finally sold me a sign for $250 that was later appraised for $800 and i resold for even more. Honestly i think the fool doesn't even know what he sells. Anyway what comes around goes around, i guess i burned him this time ! ???????????????????Who was the lucky buyer???????????????????????????????????
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Where was it appraised and by who? The repops are pretty good and one has to be knowledgeable of which signs are being reproduced and current with all the various players. Simply being a quasi collector or an antique dealer for 50 years in itself is not enough to be appraising items.
I agree with Jim..."who was the lucky buyer????"
The appraiser, you and the next buyer could all be victims.
Dave GILL, Dave's Garage & Memorabilia, Inc.
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You low balled him? Probably cost him $20 or less to make the sign!
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Maple
Our hobby doesnt have any more room for people like you. Please go away befote i lose it. Go help ruin something else. Openly telling everyone that you stole money is not a good start on this forum!
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The appraiser was most likely an antique dealer. I find most of the people that call themselves "antique dealers" are dumber than the american pickers and ricks restorations combined. They mostly just want to appear authoratative in the hobby. Their true dumbness shines at auctions.
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Interesting discussion.I agree with Dave that appraising can be tough,particularly the time factor.To me "current" means now,not last month.That can make it hard to come up with compareables on scarce pieces that don't come up very often.To me,itis more like "best guess" in many cases.
I also mostly agree with Thermoman regarding antique dealers.Around here we are somewhat lucky,IMO,to have one who is honest and a long time collector himself.Him I'll listen to;he helped me a lot when I was starting out.The others?I haven't bothered to ask in years.
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Problem is that when your pump plates get sold again, several years from now, when you're not around---who will be there to identify them as reproductions? The same signs are available from US manufacturers and are marked as such! By buying from this counterfeiter, you are only helping the problem instead of counteracting it! Each sign purchased from him only adds to the problem at some future time! I don't care what he's selling, you only add to the problem by buying it, and I will never buy anything from him! I think this is important enough that I had to bring my quote from my previous post up again! You might make money by buying some of his signs but you're only adding to the problem. There are lots of ways to make a few bucks in this hobby without adding to the problem of abundant, unmarked reproductions! I sell stuff every day and I leave room for the next guy to make a buck or feel good about his purchase! Please don't ever buy from this counterfeiter--it only adds to a very large problem!
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I'm thinking Maple is a shill name for someone associated with making or selling these signs.
And there is no "back and forth" about his signs being repops. They are fakes without question.
There's no stopping the Cretins from hopping You've got to keep it beating for the hopping Cretins
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see me at Mason Dixon Gas, Spring Carlisle M114-115, and Hershey C4E-35.
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