paper tape ebay $4 deal?

[Richard Lynch]

on 2/15/07 10:07 AM, Jay West at jwest at classiccmp.org wrote:

> Jon wrote....
>> His eBay user ID was jeffking500. I bought 4 boxes and the rolls I got
>> were
>> all definitely oiled. He still has some for sale. See item number
>> 8288222035.
> 
> The stuff I got was light powder blue in color, with "TOP" and arrows
> printing. That is just what is pictured in the auction.
> 
> I had a small reel of oiled tape that came with one of my ASR33's. The tape
> appeared to have dried out, but there was no mistaking the smell of oil from
> it. On this blue tape from jeffking, I definitely don't get any smell of oil
> at all. Are you sure it's oiled?
> 
> Jay 
> 
> 
My box contained oiled tape as well - it reeks of the smell, and has "oiled"
stamped on the outside.  I emailed jeffking asking if he had any unoiled and
he responded no it was all the same (?)
Richard Lynch