I wrote a post lately about the Bellman CX-66 and posted a video of youtuber Scottionline.
I thought at first: " Strange... i do expect someone who collects the machines he collects would recognise a Bellman CX-66 when he buys it on eBay"
The phrasing of the beginning of the video (here) was fishy.
And this feeling i carried with me around for the next 2 days.
Something wasn't right.
The list of the videos of Scottionline can be found on one website called atomiccoffeemachine.com
I had no reason back then to be more carefull, even Jack Grieve of Sorrentinacoffee recommended it on his Flickr account as " the finest source for information":
Now, only the oldest among us will recall this page:
"How to spot a fake Atomic coffee machine"
Seems to be some kind of obsession there, interesting...
Okay, let's check something:
Bon Trading Company in Woollhara? It rings a bell. Isn't that the company that hasn't imported one single coffee maker from the family Robbiati since 1989?
33 years ago!
It was obvious:
Funnily enough, in the comment section of the youtube videos, one can find Scottionline 'unbiased' comments:
Another problem with shiny machines is that they reflect!
... si me prendi in giro una seconda volta devo vegognarmi io che si sono ricascato.
