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Originally Posted by screamingmorris  How would the 1974 Conn 6B that I have bought (it should arrive around June 16th) differ from a 1974 Conn Connstellation 38B?...
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CONN 6B SILVER TRUMPET ORIGINAL CASE + EXTRAS - eBay (item 110259123535 end time Jun-06-08 22:19:49 PDT)
The 1974 Conn 6B arrived today and once again I am so mad that I could spit.
During the eBay auction I specifically asked the eBay seller if all 3 valves (pistons) and all 4 slides work OK, and he assured me through private eBay message that they did:
"The 3 valves movement is good and there is no problems with the slides and the unit has had no repairs."
Well, the 3 valves were left loose in the compartment under the trumpet.
When I tried to insert them, the 1st and 2nd valves won't insert at all, not even a fraction of an inch (as though the old valve oil in there is baked on and being an obstruction?), and the 3rd valve cap won't screw on, and the 3rd valve slide is frozen.
The eBay seller said that he will refund, but that still means that I lose the money I use to ship it back to him.
And he still insists that he checked the things that I asked about during the auction and he insists that those things were OK when he checked, which obviously cannot be true, but he now claims that he verified that the valves moved up and down OK without even putting them in the trumpet!
"sHIP IT BACK I WILL REFUND YOUR PURCHASE. I DO NOTPLAY TRUMPHETS i NEVER DID ANY THING OTHER THAN CHECK IF THE VALVES MOVED UP AND DOWN EASY AND THEY DID i DID NOT PUT THE UNIT TOGETHER BECAUSE I KNOW KNOTHING ABOUT TRUMPHETS."
From an eBay seller who has 99.4 percent positive feedback!
Arg......
- Morris