HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS ...

[Midcoast Vintage]

PLEASE EXCUSE MY IGNORANCE...
i have only been dealing in machines for a little over 40 years, and, do know a thing or two about them, but,
this new terminology as professed in this recent ebay ad really has me stumped.
APPARENTLY, SOMEONE HAS COME UP WITH WORDING THAT SUPERCEDES THE "B.S." WORD "RE-MANUFACTURED".

http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-Cent-Slot-Ma ... 4176d72701

FIRST... THE TITLE:

.25 Cent- Slot Machine. "Golden Doll" Mills- 1940 Orginal Reproduction. Mint !
HMMMMM.... 1940 ORIGINAL REPRODUCTION...
WELL, WHICH IS IT? ORIGINAL? REPRODUCTION? 1940 ORIGINAL? 1940 REPRODUCTION?

NEXT... THE DESCRIPTION:
Authentic 'Mills' 1940- Reproduction of Golden Nugget Casino "Golden Doll". Mint
AGAIN, I AM TOTALLY CONFUSED...

LET'S SEE HERE, DID MILLS REPRODUCE THEIR OWN MACHINE IN 1940...IF THEY DID REPRODUCE THIS MACHINE IN 1940, THEY DEFINITELY HAD PSYCHIC POWERS, BECAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE GOLDEN NUGGET WAS NOT AROUND IN 1940.
AND... "AUTHENTIC REPRODUCTION".... TRANSLATE THAT FOR ME... OH! WAIT... AS I RECALL FROM MY BOOK LEARNIN' DAYS, THE WORD AUTHENTIC MEANS REAL / GENUINE, AND THE WORD REPRODUCTION MEANS COPY / IMITATION / BOGUS / FAKE.
SO, TO SUMMARIZE WHAT THIS CRAFTY GENT IS ACTUALLY SELLING IS ...
*** A REAL FAKE ****.

EITHER THE CRAFTY WORD SMITHS WHICH SEEM TO BE SHOWING UP MORE AND MORE ARE INCREDIBLY STUPID, OR, INCREDIBLY SHARP TO BAD THEY CAN NOT / WILL NOT CHANNEL THEIR CREATIVITY IN A PRODUCTIVE MANNER INSTEAD OF CONSTANTLY SHOVELING OUT THEIR DECEPTIVE B.S.

HAS ANYONE EVER SUED A SELLER OF BOGUS MACHINES AND WON? I WOULD THINK THAT THE FACT OF THE REPRO'S NOT ACTUALLY BEING OF LEGAL AGE WOULD HAVE BY NOW LANDED SOMEONE IN THE PEN!
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT ANY SHOW PROMOTER WHO KNOWINGLY ALLOWS / DOES NOT STOP ILLEGAL MACHINES AT HIS SHOW IS JUST AS GUILTY AS THE SELLER, AS HE IS PERPETUATING THE FRAUD BY ALLOWING IT TO HAPPEN.

[fast_in_muskoka]

How about, " genuine imitation" ?

[BEER4U]

He's definitely over the top on that listing, but his other
listing for the life size butler would look awfully cool
next to your slot machine display. Not too bad of a
price either.
http://tinyurl.com/lwtewz6

[Dave]

He's definitely over the top on that listing, but his other
listing for the life size butler would look awfully cool
next to your slot machine display. Not too bad of a
price either.
http://tinyurl.com/lwtewz6

I think those figurines are sold by a guy in Chicago every year. He has all sorts of them and they are pretty cool (in a strange way). I think he sells them for less than what this guy is asking.