[Amps] Ebay sales

[Radio WC6W]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 10:07:35 -0400 craxd <craxd1 at 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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