Olwell flute on ebay

Liney Bear · Post by **Liney Bear** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:02 pm

Not mine, but these usually garner some well deserved attention. Note that the seller's feedback rating is 0.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Patrick-Olwell-keyl ... dZViewItem

azw · Post by **azw** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:13 pm

Yeah, that 0 made me think twice.

Doug_Tipple · Post by **Doug_Tipple** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:38 pm

The first bidder also has a zero rating. Serves the seller right. Some sellers won't accept bids from someone without some ebay history. This first bid may be a shill, just to get things started, even though that is supposed to be illegal on ebay.

Romulo · Post by **Romulo** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:18 am

Isn't it possible that he never sold anything or the customers he had sold to didn't care to send any feedback even if the service was good?

Did anyone contact the seller?

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:33 am

Anyone else notice that the head seems to be fully lined in the first pic and partially un-lined in the last pic? Might just be an optical illusion though.

Guinness · Post by **Guinness** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:15 am

Yes but the grain in the oaking flooring is identical, including the mar in the finish. Maybe there are two headjoints. Heh.

fionnbarra · Post by **fionnbarra** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 6:16 am

Howdy all,

If anyone happens to have an Olwell 'C' section (in either blackwood or cocus) which they are not using so much and would be willing to sell to me, please send me a Private Message.

Cheers,
Fionnbarra.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:05 am

Henke wrote:Anyone else notice that the head seems to be fully lined in the first pic and partially un-lined in the last pic? Might just be an optical illusion though.

the 1st one looks like the camera flashed
the 2nd one doesn't

Feadoggie · Post by **Feadoggie** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:08 am

Romulo wrote:Did anyone contact the seller?

Yes, I have sent a question to the seller and received a timely reply.

Feadoggie

springrobin · Post by **springrobin** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:51 pm

Well, the seller's profile says member since 09/28/2005. Obviously NOT an active e-Bayer, at least as far as items sold or won! My husband has been a member for longer than that without a single transaction under his name. If he wants something, I bid for him under my account. This seller does have 3 other items up for sale and no other "0" transaction bidders. None of them are flutes.

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:14 pm

Romulo wrote:Isn't it possible

congratulations!

Romulo · Post by **Romulo** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:23 pm

Denny wrote:
Romulo wrote:Isn't it possible
congratulations!

Thank you

daiv · Post by **daiv** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 12:48 am

yes, congrats sir! you must tell us how it is. also let us know if it becomes unlined in different lighting.

Liney Bear · Post by **Liney Bear** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 1:36 am

Romulo wrote: Thank you

Nice work, Romulo! Looks like a great snag. Be sure to post a report!

Romulo · Post by **Romulo** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:53 pm

For the moment I'm just worried if it's a fraud or not and I'll just stop eating my nails when it arrives safe.

I don’t think my opinion would be of any worth, I have been playing for just around 2 years and would add probably subjective comments, limited by my lousy level. I’m getting rid of the Hammy to pay the Olwell (actually I’m still indebted because of the Lehart too

) and because I can’t keep it well in tune(mostly the F# and bottom D), probably because of my poor embouchure, though I’m very satisfied with the Lehart. I hate to collect things and just tend to keep the things I’m going to use and it seems the Hammy wasn’t for me(at least not at my present level)…