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RE: Prerecorded tape sales online

Posted by Dave Pogue (A) on December 11, 2019 at 17:35:02

In Reply to: Prerecorded tape sales online posted by michael22 on December 11, 2019 at 08:03:56:

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 :-)

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