BEATLES "LOVE ME DO" UK 2ND PRESS ***FACTORY SAMPLE***
  £   94
  $   125

 


£ 94 Sold For
Jul 30, 2008 Sold Date
Jul 23, 2008 Start Date
£   25 Start price
8   Number Of Bids
  Great Britain Country Of Seller
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                                                                     BEATLES "LOVE ME DO"

ORIGINAL 1963 UK 2ND PRESSING BLACK LABEL FACTORY SAMPLE.

RELEASED OCTOBER 5TH 1962 "LOVE ME DO" WAS THE BEATLES FIRST UK SINGLE RELEASE. IT DID ENTER THE UK CHARTS BUT ONLY AT NUMBER 27 AND IMMEDIATELY DROPPED OUT AGAIN.

THE SINGLE WAS RE-RELEASED IN 1963 ON THE NEWLY DESIGNED BLACK LABEL WHICH BY NOW NO LONGER FEATURED THE "45" PREFIX. 

 R 4949

7XCE.17145-1N-1N

STAMPERS    RH 1 RO 1

MPZT TAX CODE TO RUN OFF GROOVE,

 THE 2ND PRESSING BLACK PARLOPHONE LABELS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION TO BOTH SIDES. WHEN CLOSELY INSPECTED LABELS DO CARRY SEVERAL SPINDLE MARKS TO EITHER SIDE THE LABELS ARE HOWEVER STILL  CLEAN AND FRESH WITH JUST NO "RUBBING" TO THE LETTERING...LABLES ARE FREE FROM ANY UNWANTED MARKS OR WRITING.....SIDE ONE CARRIES THE UNIQUE "FACTORY SAMPLE... NOT FOR SALE" STICKER 

THE GLOSSY VINYL IS ALSO EXCELLENT, THIS HAS BEEN PLAYED AND THEREFORE DOES DISPLAY A MULTITUDE OF  SURFACE MARKS AND THE ODD NEEDLE MARKS , HOWEVER NONE ARE FEELABLE AND NONE ARE SEVERE. THE VINYL LIES PERFECTLY FLAT WITH NO WARPING.

AUDIO IS VERY GOOD...THERE IS SOME CRACKLE TO RUN IN/OFF GROOVE AND WHEN PLAYED AT HIGH VOLUME SOME CRACKLE CAN BE HEARD IN PLACES  BUT  THIS DOESNT OVERLY DETER FROM LISTENING ENJOYMENT.

 HOUSED IN ITS ORIGINAL AND CORRECT STRAIGHT CUT TYPE 1 PARLOPHONE SLEEVE. THE SLEEVE IS COMPLETELY INTACT AND FREE FROM ANY WRITING. IT IS STILL EXTREMLEY CLEAN WITH JUST LIGHT HANDLING MARKS. 

OVERALL AN EXCELLENT (BUT ALBEIT PLAYED) EXAMPLE OF THIS VERY EARLY RARE 2ND UK PRESSING WHICH HAS THE ADDED APPEAL OF BEING AN ORIGINAL AND VERY RARE AND HUGELY SOUGHT AFTER UK FACTORY SAMPLE. 

 

PLEASE READ......

HERE AT BEATLES-64 WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR HONESTY AND INTEGRITY AND ARE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING A HIGH LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE DO ENDEAVOUR TO DESCRIBE EACH AND EVERY ITEM THAT WE OFFER FOR SALE AS HONESTLY AND ACCURATELY AS POSSIBLE.

WE DO HOWEVER ACCEPT THAT OUR DESCRIPTION IS, AFTER ALL, JUST OUR OPINION AND PEOPLES OPINIONS DO VARY, THEREFORE WE ACCEPT THAT ON A RARE OCCASSION SOME BUYERS MAY FEEL THAT AN ITEM THEY HAVE RECEIVED DOES NOT MATCH OUR DESCRIPTION. THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED AND IS WHY WE GLADY OFFER A FULL MONEY BACK GUARENTEE ON ALL ITEMS LISTED, ALL BUYERS CAN BE ASSURED THAT UPON RECEIPT OF ANY ITEM RETURNED BACK TO US THE REFUND WILL BE ISSUED...USUALLY THAT SAME DAY.

WE ALSO FURTHER ACCEPT THAT AT TIMES SOME ITEMS MAY NOT BE RECEIVED, SHOULD THIS SITUATION ARISE WE WILL DO OUR LEVEL BEST TO TRY TO TRACE THE PARCEL, DETERMINE ITS DELIVERY STATUS AND WORK WITH THE DELIVERY COMPANY TO ENSURE THAT THE PARCEL IS DELIVERED. SHOULD THIS NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE PARCEL BEING DECLARED MISSING THEN AGAIN A FULL REFUND WILL BE ISSUED. 

WITH ALL THE ABOVE IN MIND WE FEEL THAT EACH AND EVERY TRANSACTION THAT WE CARRY OUT ON EBAY WILL BE A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE FOR THE BUYER. WE WILL DEAL WITH EACH AND EVERY CUSTOMER IN A CURTEOUS AND FREINDLY MANNER AND WILL ENSURE THAT ALL OUR CUSTOMERS, WETHER YOU BE OUR MANY REPEAT CUSTOMERS OR ARE A NEW CUSTOMER,WILL RECEIVE THE SAME LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.

MANY OF YOU READING THIS WILL ALREADY BE AWARE THAT WE ARE REPUTABLE AND HONEST SELLERS AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WE BOTH DEAL WITH AND SPEAK TO ON THE TELEPHONE ON A REGULAR BASIS KNOW THAT WE ARE FREINDLY, OBLIGING PEOPLE WHO WILL ALWAYS TRY TO STAISFY AS AND WHEN CAN.  

IT IS OUR VIEW THAT WETHER IT BE AN ITEM NOT AS DESCRIBED, OR AN ITEM NOT RECEIVED ISSUE THAT ANY BUYER HAS WITH US WE WILL ENDEAVOUR TO ENSURE THAT THE ISSUE IS RESOLVED POSITIVELY, AMICABLY AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF BOTH PARTIES.... THEREFORE THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON FOR US TO RECEIVE A NEAGATIVE FEEDBACK INFACT THERE IS REALLY NO REASON FOR ANY BUYER TO EVEN FEEL IT NECESSARY TO OPEN A DISPUTE WITH US.

AS WE ALL KNOW EBAY RECENTLY CHANGED THE FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTED A SITUATION WHERE AS SELLERS CAN NO LONGER LEAVE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK FOR BUYERS. WHILST WE CAN SEE EBAY'S REASONS FOR DOING THIS IS WAS SADLY ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS NEW SYSTEM WAS ABUSED BY A SMALL MINORITY OF BUYERS. BUYERS ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE AN HONEST AND ACCURATE ASSESSMENT OF THE OVERALL TRANSACTION, WHICH SHOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE LEVEL OF CUSTOMER SERVICE RECEIVED, SADLY AS WE HAVE DISCOVERED SOME BUYERS HAVE NOT YET GRASPED THIS POLICY.

WE VERY RECENTLY ENCOUNTERED A BUYER WHO FELT THE ITEM THEY RECEIVED WAS NOT AS DESCRIBED. WE IMMEDIATLEY ADVISED THE BUYER TO RETURN THE ITEM WITHOUT QUESTION AND ACCEPTED FULL RESPONSIBLILTY FOR THE ERROR. THE BUYER RETURNED THE ITEM THAT SAME DAY AND WE RECEIVED IT BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY AND INSTANTLY ISSUED A FULL REFUND INCLUDING RETURN POSTAGE COSTS (WHICH I WOULD POINT OUT WE ARE NOT OBLIGED TO DO UNDER EBAY'S POLICY), THE BUYER THEREFORE RECEIVED A REFUND IN LESS THAN 48HRS AFTER RECEIVING THE ITEM THEMSELVES.... WE BELIEVE THAT WAS EXCEPTIONAL CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THE OVERALL TRANSACTION WAS POSITIVE AND NOT REALLY OPEN TO CRITICSM.... HOWEVER THIS BUYER DECIDED THAT WE AND OUR SERVICE MERITED A NEGATIVE FEEDBACK..WE STRONGLY DISAGREE AND WE KNOW THAT 99.9% OF BOTH SELLERS AND BUYERS WOULD AGREE WITH THIS. 

ALSO UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE BE HELD TO RAMSOM BY BUYERS WHO THREATEN US WITH NEGATIVE FEEDBACK UNLESS WE MEET THEIR UNREALISTIC DEMANDS, MOST OF WHICH CONFLICT WITH EBAYS POLICIES....AGAIN FURTHER ABUSE OF THE NEW SYSTEM.

I SHOULD RIGHT NOW BE CONCENTRATING ON LISTING ITEMS FOR SALE BUT INSTEAD I AM HAVING TO DEFEND MYSELF AGINST THE ACTIONS OF A SMALL MINORITY WHO ARE GRASPING EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO ABUSE A NEW SYSTEM AND DISCREDIT REPUTABLE SELLERS.AS PREVIOUSLY STATED FEEDBACK SHOULD BE AN HONEST AND ACCURATE APRAISAL OF THE WHOLE TRANSACTION BUT SADLY TRYING TO EDUCATE THE UNEDUCATED IN THIS FACT WILL ,I FEEL, BE AN ENDLESS TASK.

WE KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU WILL IGNORE ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE AND WILL REALISE THAT NEGATIVE FEEDABCKS HAVE BEEN LEFT BY  SPITEFUL, DISHONEST AND UNSCRUPULOUS PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A FEEDBACK SYSTEM WORKS,(THESE PEOPLE ARE THANKFULLY IN THE MINORITY..BUT SADLY WE HAVE TO ENCOUNTER THEM OCCASSIONALY) AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS WILL KNOW THAT ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK RECEIVED IS NOT A TRUE REFLECTION OF BEATLES-64.

THANK YOU.            




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