deceptive transformer

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Original poster: "Godfrey Loudner" <ggreen-at-gwtc-dot-net> 

A bit of macabre humor on ebay is shown at

http://cgi.ebay-dot-com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3805950083.

The transformer is partially hidden from view,
making it hard for the inexperienced to
recognize it as a mot. The picture is
designed to focus attention on the arc,
not the transformer. Hype comes into
play: "its controlled by an X-ray
variac".

This time the identity of bidders is hidden.
Now its is impossible to warn buyers that
they are being taken for a walk in the woods.
The mot sold for $66.55, while other sellers
offering mots were ignored. Awhile back, the
same seller got almost $100 for a mot.

Godfrey Loudner