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#153498 Fri Sep 25 2009 12:47 PM
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I was real happy with my find at Englishtown today - thought the cleverly designed stand was a great way to keep the trapazoid sign upright



Till I took it off to clean the sign and this is what I found



Somebody went to a lot of trouble to be deceptive.
I should have known better.

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Wow, I would be asking for money back.

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That Stinks. I would be taking it back to the store as well. That is deceptive.


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TAKE IT BACK!!!


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WAS THE SELLER NOT OFFERING THIS INFO ABOUT THE SIGN? I WOULD ASSUME NOT! DEF DECEPTIVE. frown


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I wonder WHY someone would have cut it like that.


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Sorry Lenny, But I had to laugh when I saw it, I feel for you, but it is the first of its kind I have ever saw, Rick


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WOW
That SUCKS!!!!


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That's horrible, so sorry to see that...... Can't believe how low people can go for the $$$


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IF the sign had Not been used to cover a hole, it might have been scraped years ago. 2nd owner found a way to display it, then sold it.

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I believe Englishtown is a swap meet, held in N.J. the weekend before Carlisle/Hershey. The sign was purchased in N.J. and taken to Delaware before the condition was discovered (if I read this correctly). Hard to take back if you have to drive that far.

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At least you got a good story to tell. Hopefully, you didn't pay too much for it.

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I would be p***** to say the least. I would take it back also. If it is a a swap meet I would take it back next time & hope that the seller was there!!!


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i feel your pain!! i had the same thing happen with a nourse sign a few yrs back..the way he had it pictured and framed it looked perfect and his description didn`t say otherwise untill i got it and opened it,WOW!!! he had desguised it so much you couldn`t see he had cut it out it out from another sign and made it look like a oil can rack sign,,i have it hanging to remind me to be carefull on ebay and double ck before i buy anything.... alan



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Bummer.

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Maybe it came from the same STUDIO as the coragated Texaco sign! They just forgot to mention it was a studio creation. I am thinking about calling our shop a STUDIO and raising the price of our gates. And make gates like this

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Hi lenny- could have been me-I started at other end of swap meet- Englishtown is raceway part- 2 Big swap meets a year- over 3000 spaces- mostly auto parts and lot of junk- You can sell most anything there- You can find everything including the kitchen sink-They clean up at least 6 large dumpsters of junk left behind- It is always on my why did i go list-but only about 1 hr ride-thanks don


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WOW!WHAT A SLUG.CHEATERS NEVER PROSPER.THEY WILL LOSE IN THE END.I WAS AT A SWAP MEET LAST WEEK AND SPOTTED A MOBILGAS SCRIPT TOP WAYNE 80.IT HAD A REGULAR LOW TOP SITTING ON TOP OF THE SCRIPT TOP.FOR SOME REASON I TOOK THE LOW TOP OFF.GLAD I DID.THE TOP OF THE SCRIPT TOP WAS RUSTED OFF COMPLETELY.NOTHING BUT JUNK!SORRY FOR YOUR SURPRISE.THANKS FOR THE PICTURES.HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT WEEK.MARK

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