>On Fri, 26 Jul 2002 16:33:17
> Tim Curtis wrote:
> >Yes, I guess I was trying to "detract from your offering." I do have a
> >problem with things being sold with an implication that they're
> >something they're not.
Like I said, this was a mistake. It was not my intention to leave out the
fact that they were replicas in my auction description.
>You should have been more explicit about what
> >era they were copying,
I do not know for sure when the rack ears these were modelled after were
produced and therefore would not feel comfortable guessing and stating it as
fact. Can you tell me for sure when they were produced?
not to mention I take exception to the email
> >subject "Serge Rack Ears." That should have been "Serge COPY rack ears".
Actually, I am surprised by your attitude that you even think it's ok for me
to use the Serge name in this case. I suppose you would have preferred I
list them on eBay simply as "rack ears", without telling anyone what they
are for? eBay only allows limited characters for titles and I wasn't about
to waste title characters on something so trivial to anyone but you. I am
not saying that this should not have been noted in the description but I
think you are just trying to pick a fight here.And as you know, on the post
I made to this list, which is what we should really be talking about, I was
clear about them being replicas although it was not in the subject. If you
had such a problem with my ebay listing, you should have emailed me THEN and
I would have been happy to add the fact that these are replicas.
Anyhow, what is the true difference between original "vintage" RACK EARS and
exact replicas of them made several years later? Do they SOUND any
different? These are RACK EARS. Is the vintage age really THAT important
to you? Is it essential that a Serge employee touched them sometime in the
past? They are pieces of metal whose only function are to hold panels in
place, in a rack.
> >And secondly, if you compare the early '80s folded metal rack ears to
> >what's used now, they do constitue "flimsy crap." One of many
> >improvements since then was making the panels, chassis boxes, and rack
> >ears much more solid than in the early days.
flim�sy Pronunciation Key (flmz)
adj. flim�si�er, flim�si�est
Light, thin, and insubstantial: a flimsy fabric.
Lacking solidity or strength: a flimsy table.
You clearly dont know what you are talking about. Flimsy is flimsy. There
is nothing flimsy about the replica rack ears I offered. Perhaps you meant
to say that they are not as unnecessarily sturdy as current Serge rack ears
are. But I am not one to judge that because, much like you havent even
touched one of the rack ears I am offering, I havent touched a new Serge
rack ear and, unlike you, I am not going to pretend that I know anything
about that which I personally havent laid my hands on. Heck, for all I
know, the rack ears I have used a stronger metal than the ones they are
copies of, I have no idea. But I do know this - if you are successful in
doing the slightest bit of damage to the ears I am offering then you will
have totally destroyed the "flimsy" Serge panel its been attached to, so who
the hell cares? :)
> >Try to be a little more explicit next time and there won't be a problem.
I will, but isnt it a shame that some people here (and similar places) have
to always try to detract from the original point, in order to try to make
others look bad boost their egos?
> >And here ends my diatribe... :-)
Thank you. And hopefully this ends this thread. If anyone else wants rack
ears, please let me know ASAP as I only have a few left.
Thanks for reading (and not complaining) - I thought I was offering
something useful and it seems like some of you agree, based on your private
email.
> >
> >
> >Tim
> >
> >
> >mm123 ah wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>The only problem that I have here is that, in an effort to detract from
>my
> >>offering, Tim suggested that they were flimsy crap, which they are not.
>I
> >>would like to know how the current standard is any different from these.
> >>FYI, the photo makes it look like the metal used is thin, however, it is
>not
> >>all that thin and like I already said, it's unbendable by my standards.
> >>
> >
> >
> >
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