Brad

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.

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.