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Finding a Replacement Replica of an Antique Telephone

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By Renji Shino, published Jul 20, 2008
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This is pretty interesting, the wind threw down a headset to a replica of an antique country style telephone, and the cheap plastic part broke. There was nobody in the room other than myself, thus I had nobody other than myself to blame for the broken plastic handset, which was, admittedly, poorly constructed for an antique telephone. Admittedly, I must have been somewhat brain dead at the time, as I became stumped when customer service via telephone was not available to obtain replacement parts for this telephone. Being unable to find any more information via telephone or computer about the Thomas America Museum Company, I spent a few weeks being puzzled about what to do next, as no replacement part was to be found for this replica of an antique, apparently.

The search continued slowly to find a replacement part for this replica of an antique headset, made of cheap plastic painted gold. I have been having a nightmare since then, trying to find a replacement part for this headset, which expanded to the search for a replacement replica of an antique wall phone replica. I went to a bunch of Radio Shack stores, and none of these shops had the headset in stock, and their version of the country style antique telephone was not pretty, so, I opted to continue looking, thinking that another store would carry something just like it. I showed this replica antique telephone, which was not as elegant as our replica antique telephone to the family. This replacement did not satisfy, just as I had suspected, I was told to not purchase it.

Takeaways
  • I broke the headseat to the replica of this antique telephone accidentally.
  • Even if the telephone owner was reimbursed for the handset, I still need to purchase a replacement!
  • Finding the replica antique telephone on-line was a multi-month nightmare.
Did You Know?
Reputable vendors will warn customers to be cautious about purchasing telephones that claim to be antique phones.
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