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For over 20 years I've posted messages to various online groups about the quality of tapes sold online. My position has been: tapes should be tested before sale and either guaranteed to be near-perfect or flaws should be accurately described. If a tape cannot be tested, then a return policy should be in effect. Otherwise, the buyer is at risk, particularly at a time when prices are escalating.
For example: I've received tapes that have been partially or completely erased, that have pieces of the tape missing, or have been noticeably spliced. Then there are acetate tapes whose surface is rippled due to poor storage or climate conditions, with resulting poor tape-to-head contact. Then there are flaws due to a poor running master or technical problems with the duplication equipment.
So, of course, buyer beware, but also demand fair selling practices,
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In eighteen years as an AA member, and just 831 posts, not to forget the enormous body of knowledge, you are just now, finally, saying this as "news"?
Really? Surely, you have no-none-zero profit interest in the topic.
would agree with Dave. Have been in tape since the 1980s. I have bought some lemons, but have most of the time, the seller has taken them back. if the seller bought a large collection from an estate, usually the original estate owner used care when handling the tapes.
The tougher nut to crack is the recent proliferation of all these 15 ips "master dubs". tough to tell what source was used for them. Some are really good, some are so-so and some downright poor.
Based on some of my experiences, I only buy them from established firms.
A $150 piece of crap is not a bargain. I would rather have fewer, but something I can trust.
I have quite a few of these dubs safety copies, and they are spectacular to say the least!!!
Here's the problem. Many or most tapes sold on Ebay are identified as coming from estate sales or similar events and sold by people who have no way of testing them. This is rarely hidden but freely admitted in most cases. I've bought a lot of this stuff myself and had no trouble getting my money back when the tapes are problematic.
The question sometimes becomes how bad is bad? Pre-recorded tapes have been around since the 1950s and sometimes or often deteriorated over the years. Buyers have to be intelligent and aware enough to understand what they're getting into but, yes, it can be a jungle out there :-)
I've bought hundreds of pre-recorded reel tapes from eBay over the last decade. I'd say 75% were untested, and of those, 90%+ played just fine. And these days it's never an issue as a buyer getting a refund on eBay. So seems like not much of a problem, really.
Rob
"Let there be songs, to fill the air"
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