These "props" are all fake - they are relisted every week (nearly) and it's nothing authentic, not even from Hawaii.
I am not sure it is actually legal to sell these broadcast tapes. Besides the fact they are unusable for non-professionals (who has access to such a tape machine these days??) I bet it could create some trouble buying them. Not sure though - some years ago I obtained a 16mm "Broadcast" print of a MPI episode and it was shipped & received just fine. But who knows.
Remember the prop guy who wanted to sell the "behind the scenes" videtapes plus dailies from the show? Afaik he got quite some trouble just trying to sell these. So - not sure I would list such tapes on eBay.
So if I understand this guy's business correctly, he watches old shows with a devoted fan following and then sources products that look like the items he sees on the screen. Then he sells them as a "memorabilia" item. Nowhere does he say that it is an actual screen used prop from the show. Magically, a 99 cent lei becomes a $100 one???
"How fiendishly deceptive of you Magnum. I could have sworn I was hearing the emasculation of a large rodent."
That's exactly how it works. And even more in the area of "original" shirts which often turn out non-originals even some paid several thousands of dollars for them.
This is just an example - but a good one. I own some real original props - but I have some lessons learned here. There are a lot of fakes - and since some old series from the 80s (and before) became very popular again (due to re-runs and DVD releases) there is a huge market.
Thanks for the link Marco. I've never heard of this "Squeak" woman before. Of course, now every scammer on ebay will be pulling out a felt tip pen and writing it inside their shirts!
"How fiendishly deceptive of you Magnum. I could have sworn I was hearing the emasculation of a large rodent."
The scripts should be no problem - 99% of the ones sold on eBay are just copies, anyway. Getting a really prodction used one is pretty rare these days, too.
This guy (and others like him on eBay) really give me the $h!ts. It's a joke and actually quite appalling on ebays behalf they are allowed to constantly list this sort of stuff as "authentic, screen used" etc
I can't tell you how many hundreds of times the authentic Magnum PI "glass nut dish" has shown up in my eBay search alerts.
Take small solace in the fact that not many people would fall for it.
