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cowboytwang · March 16th, 2004, 08:42 AM

I don't care for listing in progress auctions(especially ones that aren't mine), BUT this one is just too out there.
Ebay auction for an Idea?

showard44 · March 16th, 2004, 08:53 AM

I can't link to this, but has there actually been bids placed? Wasn't this at 25,000 a while back?

Billy Lee · March 16th, 2004, 09:54 AM

It's the same auction, relisted. $25,000.00 opening bid, and the Buy It Now is only $80,000.00. The way he described it in the first auction, I thought someone would have snatched it up right away!

Oh well....

reverbbb · March 16th, 2004, 09:55 AM

It would seem that there would be some serious legal ownership issues involved. Especially if this person expects royalties until the end of time.

He seems to imply that it only costs $6 to make, yet it requires some extremely precise metal work. Those two attributes don't seem to go together.

Very risky, IMO.

Joel Terry · March 16th, 2004, 10:39 AM

If you wanted to make your Tele sound like a steel guitar for $80,000.00, a much more promising way would be to write a check for $80,000 to Arlen Roth, and hand it to him along with your Tele. :P

Joel

TeleMark · March 16th, 2004, 11:32 AM

I wrote this guy and asked if he had ever done a patentability or freedom to operate search. Since getting the patent is a big part of the process, I asked him if he would refund the money if the PTO rejected the application. Here's his reply:

Quote:

Originally Posted by eBay guy

I would 99% guarantee that the product would be eligible for full patents, I have had this on my mind for a good 20-25 years nows but couldn' do anything with it because I never had the money. In those 15 to 20 years I have also search for any type of device like this and have never found anything at all that ever even came close. I'm 48 y.o. and been playing just about all my life both in small nightclub bands as well as with national acts too and I've never seen anything like this product at all.

So, if you didn't get the patent, he'd return $79,200? He does seem to have an issue with math, so this might be true.

"So, let's see... you have an idea, with no test prototypes, no searching, and no investigation whatsoever... Sure, I'll give you $80k! Who wouldn't!

"

TeleMark

Tim Armstrong · March 16th, 2004, 02:58 PM

They ALL do (or can), tonally!

I wonder if he's ever heard of the Parsons-White stringbender, or the Hipshot, or....

Sheesh!

Tim

March 16th, 2004, 08:42 AM	#1 (permalink)
cowboytwang Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: mojave desert Posts: 2,045 14 Photos	Make your Tele sound like a steel for $80,000.00 I don't care for listing in progress auctions(especially ones that aren't mine), BUT this one is just too out there. Ebay auction for an Idea? __________________ Alvin http://www.myspace.com/alvinblaine http://www.oldbluesound.com/about.htm http://www.facebook.com/cowboytwang _________________________ Originality is just undetected Plagiarism!

March 16th, 2004, 08:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
showard44 Tele-Meister Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: St. Louis Posts: 202	I can't link to this, but has there actually been bids placed? Wasn't this at 25,000 a while back? __________________ Can you play like Brad Paisley? ... Me Niether.

March 16th, 2004, 09:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Billy Lee Tele-Meister Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 316	Buy It Now Price is 80,000.00 It's the same auction, relisted. $25,000.00 opening bid, and the Buy It Now is only $80,000.00. The way he described it in the first auction, I thought someone would have snatched it up right away! Oh well....

March 16th, 2004, 09:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
reverbbb Friend of Leo's Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Just Plano, Texas Age: 51 Posts: 3,862 38 Photos	Ownership It would seem that there would be some serious legal ownership issues involved. Especially if this person expects royalties until the end of time. He seems to imply that it only costs $6 to make, yet it requires some extremely precise metal work. Those two attributes don't seem to go together. Very risky, IMO. __________________ "I come here to reflect a little."™ Buffalo Blues Band

March 16th, 2004, 10:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
Joel Terry Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Old Hickory (Nashville), Tennessee, USA Age: 41 Posts: 4,680 17 Photos	Hmmm.... If you wanted to make your Tele sound like a steel guitar for $80,000.00, a much more promising way would be to write a check for $80,000 to Arlen Roth, and hand it to him along with your Tele. :P Joel __________________ Currently reading: Jack Lord Was An Insufferable Ass; For Example, His Christmas Gift To The Cast And Crew Was Passing A Roll Of Clorets Mints Around: Bitter Recollections From The Set Of Hawaii Five-O by Kam Fong as Chin Ho

March 16th, 2004, 02:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tim Armstrong Moderator Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Ocean Pines, Maryland, USA Age: 50 Posts: 13,152	Heck, my Tele sounded like a steel guitar when I bought it! They ALL do (or can), tonally! I wonder if he's ever heard of the Parsons-White stringbender, or the Hipshot, or.... Sheesh! Tim

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