The "have a look at this!" thread II

bouicca21

Trim phone knowledge really deserves an emoji all of its own. The thanks button just isn’t enough to recognise true geekiness.

Oxon

“Although the property has double glazing it would now benefit from some cosmetic improvement”

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-63143124.html

Owain_Moneysaver

StumpyPumpy wrote: »

Ok, so I know that the following is going to sound (and is) incredibly geeky and everything, but... that phone isn't an original one either.

At the very least it is a chimera. The model number on the bottom (pic 3) is 8722G but that is the number for the Snowdon Collection black & grey rotary dial Trimphone. The Snowdon Collection push button Trimphone in two tone red - which the top of the phone is - should be model 8766. So most likely someone has cobbled two phones together to make one. It is possible that BT themselves messed up the bases but as the workings of the two phones were different, rather than just the colour, I think it is unlikely.

I'm not a phone buff or anything, honestly, I just happen to know about the last (1982 Snowdon) model trimphones. Anyway, I'm now going back to sitting in a darkened room to listen to my collection of late 20th Century ring tone LPs. :cool:

Also, just noticed that the paper number insert is wrong too - when that model of phone was released (1982), the GPO had been rebranded as British Telecom for 2 years.

SP

The phone says "BT Rented" so can't originally have been a Snowden Collection Phoenixphone 8722 as they were all sale-only with no rental option.

The (8)766 was a second-generation press-button Trimphone with no batteries and that was not the same as an 722. So it's been updated and the labels not changed.

Personally I prefer a Tele 782 working off a Plan107A myself.

Halfie

Is pic 3 a different house? https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-80899226.html

lincroft1710

Halfie wrote: »

Is pic 3 a different house? https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-80899226.html

No, definitely same house. Check ceiling decor and edge of brown sofa, same as in other pic of lounge

Halfie

Can’t take credit for this one as it’s been forwarded to me... https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/fullscreen/image-gallery.html?propertyId=58414377&photoIndex=0

SallyDucati

Oxon wrote: »

“Although the property has double glazing it would now benefit from some cosmetic improvement”

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-63143124.html

And boasts that it's the cheapest 2 bed house in Leeds on Rightmove!

Owain_Moneysaver

Oxon wrote: »

“Although the property has double glazing it would now benefit from some cosmetic improvement”

like floorboards.

Actually it's not in that bad condition. And we know the letterbox works.

GDB2222

Halfie wrote: »

Can’t take credit for this one as it’s been forwarded to me... https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/fullscreen/image-gallery.html?propertyId=58414377&photoIndex=0

I don't like the decor but is there something else wrong?

Halfie

GDB2222 wrote: »

I don't like the decor but is there something else wrong?

It was the suspended ceilings and weird pole in the kitchen that made my eyebrows raise...