Brad

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.

Well, I'll go with the drunk part RIP, Dean.

I just saw that someone had this on Amazon as an auction. This is an out of print Mosaic of just solo piano and let me tell you it is terrific. Looks like a hell of a bargain to me. 3 of the 4 cds are still not opened. Incredible! I am not the seller.

Well, it sure is weird, that's for sure. I'll have to see what other Mosaics are selling on these retailers. Wonder if the Eldridge is selling that cheap.

I picked this up and while I don't have anything to compare it to, it sounds pretty good to me. I may have to pick up Seven Steps to Heaven now.

I think pawprints sells on ebay. I think I've seen that name before. Oh, Chuck, where are thou?

It's incredible that the Farlow import set is selling here. There must be something illegal about it. It's got to be different in some respects. How could Mosaic afford to sell it that cheaply overseas. I'm sure Mosaic wouldn't be too happy if they knew. tranemonk, I have the Roach Mosaic and it's great stuff. It spans quite a few years, from Sonny Rollins to Booker Little, it's hard to go wrong there.

I saw them when they were here in Madison, NJ and it was great. Harold worked non stop and he was just incredible. Nothing against Eric Alexander but I thought Harold stole the show.

After thinking about this, my feeling is you get what you pay for. If you try to get something cheap, that's what you'll get in quality. If these ever get through, I will be tossing them as I suspect they're frauds. There's not much money lost here (hopefully) and it will reinforce the old but time tested saying: you get what you pay for. Has anybody brought this to Mosaic's attention?

I've done the same. I just looked at the customer comments on public eye a couple of minutes ago. They get a middling report. Some people are very happy, some real ticked off but no reports of credit card theft. Hopefully, that's the case.

Now, I'm suspicious. I'd like to cancel but the software doesn't seem to allow for that. Any clues?

The only Select I ordered is the Reese (I have the others and frankly have Japanese versions of the Reese material). The other was Seven Steps to Heaven. If this stuff is illegal (off the back of a truck), that would be another story and I'd return it. What the heck, if they say that's not the real price, I'll say thank you very much and no thanks. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. The worst I can be out of is $22 plus shipping. It's not that big of a risk. If there is a moral component here, then guilty. But we're all big boys.

I don't get it. Why would you pass. If they're stupid enough to offer that for $11 as well as Seven Steps to Heaven, by the way, why pass it up?

It's amazing how we can hijack an honest thread