Best of Ebay

snow
snow Posts: 4,337
edited January 2010 in The Clubhouse
Here is a JBL that has seen better days that a fellow is attempting to sell as an orphan on Ebay, It is so bad it's actually funny. I have passed up better looking speakers than this at the dump. :p



REGARDS SNOW
Well, I just pulled off the impossible by doing a double-blind comparison all by myself, purely by virtue of the fact that I completely and stupidly forgot what I did last. I guess that getting old does have its advantages after all :D
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  • anhchungdoan
    anhchungdoan Posts: 760
    edited December 2009
    I cannot believe someone would keep this nice looking "thing" around his or her house. Goodwill probably refuses this donation.
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  • vc69
    vc69 Posts: 2,500
    edited December 2009
    Whoa!

    *runs off to bid on the single beauty I have always been looking for*
    -Kevin
    HT: Philips 52PFL7432D 52" LCD 1080p / Onkyo TX-SR 606 / Oppo BDP-83 SE / Comcast cable. (all HDMI)B&W 801 - Front, Polk CS350 LS - Center, Polk LS90 - Rear
    2 Channel:
    Oppo BDP-83 SE
    Squeezebox Touch
    Muscial Fidelity M1 DAC
    VTL 2.5
    McIntosh 2205 (refurbed)
    B&W 801's
    Transparent IC's
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,383
    edited December 2009
    I have used better looking speakers as kindling wood for a bonfire.
    The Gear... Carver "Statement" Mono-blocks, Mcintosh C2300 Arcam AVR20, Oppo UDP-203 4K Blu-ray player, Sony XBR70x850B 4k, Polk Audio Legend L800 with height modules, L400 Center Channel Polk audio AB800 "in-wall" surrounds. Marantz MM7025 stereo amp. Simaudio Moon 680d DSD

    “When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”— Thomas Jefferson
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  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited December 2009
    looks like they missed a spot with the electric tape
    panasonic th-50pz85u
    pioneer elite vsx-92txh
    pioneer elite bdp-05fd
    emotiva xpa-3
    monster power hdp 2550
    sa 8300 hd dvr
    sda 2b's
    fronts - rti a9's
    center - csi a6
    surrounds - fxi a6's
    sub - polk dsw pro 600
    harmony one
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  • Mike Kozak
    Mike Kozak Posts: 931
    edited December 2009
    I have taken better looking BMs!!!
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited December 2009
    That's an antique. The more f'd up it is the more it's worth.:o. Right?????
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited December 2009
    Wow, ebay has seen better days just as that speaker has. I have smashed better looking speakers (NOT POLKS) than this on the cement. No, seriously.:D
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited December 2009
    snow wrote: »
    Here is a JBL that has seen better days that a fellow is attempting to sell as an orphan on Ebay, It is so bad it's actually funny. I have passed up better looking speakers than this at the dump. :p



    REGARDS SNOW

    WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA What a mess! That guy has brass balls trying to sell that.
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  • fluffy
    fluffy Posts: 71
    edited December 2009
    unbelievable. i bought a pair of rt35i's that looked pretty rough. i took a chance and when i got them, i found that the cabinet wasnt sealed AND the mid woofer was frozen in place. the funny thing is that the screws and the tweeter of the speaker in question were both rusted, which i thought was odd.

    now the seller doesnt want to give me any refund, i paid a fairly high price 100 shipped for both of them... i offered to accept 40 as a refund since one worked but he declined..

    so sometimes you really have to be careful on the old ebay.. sometimes you find great stuff too though.. so i guess it balances out...
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  • fluffy
    fluffy Posts: 71
    edited December 2009
    this is the seller

    1stchoice777

    he just got some more negative feedback for selling an xbox that was busted as well...

    now the funny thing is he used the same phrase. "works great" when he described the broken xbox as well as the busted speakers he sold to me...
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  • fluffy
    fluffy Posts: 71
    edited January 2010
    sent my speakers back to the seller today.. paypal says i will get a refund as soon as he receives the broken speakers... i hope so...
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  • fluffy
    fluffy Posts: 71
    edited January 2010
    woo hoo.. got notified today of my full refund for some busted rt35i's...

    sleazy seller from chicago tried to sell junk and paypal/ebay didnt go for it...

    i feel vendicated.. now i have a set of fx500i's in route from another ebay seller...
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