On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:07:35 -0400 craxd <craxd1@ezwv.com> writes:
Hi Will,
> Ok, what I'm writing here, don't take offense to if your the auctioner.
I doubt if he would, all advertising is good advertising...
> On ebay, I noticed a large RF generator that had a 3CX10,000 in it.
The
> bids had gotten up to about $2500.
It might worth that for its original purpose.
> Here's the problems, 1st, there was about 38 bids on this.
> I've never seen that many bids for one, especially at this price.
Two reallllly determined bidders? As in... Verdun?
> 2nd., the bidders names were being kept private. Now, doing this, all
it would take is have a buddy to bid (shill) driving the price on up
higher and higher.
No buddy required. It is perfectly possible to shill one's own.
>Why on earth would they want to hide the bidders names?
They do that all the time in "real" auctions.
>I'm just letting this out as a warning about some ebay items.
Caveat E-Bay.
> When something like this shows up, you need to make extra sure what's
going on.
The free market's ultimate evolution... there's a Nobel Economics
Prize for someone here.
> I'd hate to see any on here being taken for a ride as $2,500 is a lot
of money and 38 bids seems
> an awful lot.
Your altruism is showing.
> Will Matney
73 & Good morning,
Marv WC6W
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