Thank You Douglas
A public thank you to Douglas for promptly paying me for the Pioneer PR-85 metal take-up reel he purchased. He paid me for more than I had asked for and, as well, enclosed a pair of vintage sealed Sony UX 90 cassettes for me to use. A real class act, as many of the members here have shown in my recent dealings with them.
As a side note, I had quickly relinquished my Pioneer take-up reel to Douglas believing I had two NOS ones still in the box. But they were PR-80s - nice ones, but not the spoke-style PR-85. Not to worry, as I had a credit at Innovative Audio and another Pioneer PR-85 metal take-up reel has been set aside for me by Susan.
Nando.