Brad

Tod, happy birthday and hope you're feeling good and getting some good presents from Hiroshi and Michael C

I'm sort of looking toward the season. The Mets should be competitive but that's about it. Unless there are some hitters out there, 3rd is the place but as long as they finish around .500, I can tolerate that. One step at a time.

I didn't get this. The lineup (Andy Bey, singers, etc.)...I don't know. The 27th Man. That was good. Is this anything like that? If so, I might have to reconsider.

As I don't buy too much new stuff, I'd vote for Frank Morgan City Lights

I missed it but can't wait to hear it as I've been really enjoying the Serge Mosaic lately.

Ray, They could always call me first

I think it's time for a Phillies emblem to replace the Eagles one

You really like to rub it in, don't you (about the Eagles, I mean)??? Actually, I was hoping you'd hang on to that gift card, so we could use it to bet on next year's Super Bowl. Aw, come on Ron, you don't want him to lose the money. Those sound like great choices. I'm waiting on the Hill myself.

I suppose Moose is right but we need to argue about something don't we

I'll be relieved if that's all it amounts to.

Mosaic further advised to be careful of fraudulent charges. I have checked and nothing so far fortunately. However, this charge seems to have gone through. I'd advise all of us saps to keep an eye on things over the next few days.

Here's the response I received from Mosaic this morning: "It is Malaysian compnay using a web host here in the States. The items at $11.03 is either a ripoff or will never be sent. I was going to order one but I clicked on their security certificate and it expired. http://www.musicboleh.com/privacy.asp" I'm not sure what the last paragraph means.

I don't think we need a big minimum post count but let's not have the first post be in the offering column. So how about 1 post before someone does. It's all a tempest in a teapot. Gives us something to vent about.

It varies on when they ship. I've had them ship a lot on the release date but when I preordered the Bird Dial Savoy a few years ago, I received it the day it came out, which is the way I think it should be.

Is that a good or a bad thing. I've never dealt with them.

I'd say a couple of hundred. The complete sets on ebay did go (haven't checked in a while) somewhere between 300 and 400.

Hey, there's no such page (damn!)

I'll probably get this eventually but have been put off by some of the pop cover tunes. It's not a set that's grabbed me to go get it. Can't give a good reason other than that.

In a different vein, there seem to be a lot of the Seven Steps boxes on ebay now at relatively cheap prices. I wonder if some of these are pirated or outright fake. When I mean cheap, I mean like $10.

Fran, They're selling the Sony stuff too. They have Seven Steps for the infamous $11.

We don't have rules around here my friend. However, we don't really like people who just come here to hawk their wares. We'd like you to make a contribution. And you know what, we don't need your stinkin' sets

Brad: You have done well at getting to the bottom of things such as this, with Mosaic, in the past. While it's fun to speculate, thanks for your effort in attempting to learn the truth. It's probably the least I can do since I was dumb enough to try to take advantage of the situation.

I'm with Soul Stream on this one. I find George a bit more accessible than Wayne. Conventional is not the right word, accessible is probably better. To each his own.

FWIW, I sent an email to Mosaic to see if they're aware of the situation.

Actually, it's not as much a bargain as I thought it was. It's got a reserve on it. Still a great Mosaic however.