"Bill M" wrote in message
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Dee Flint wrote:

"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
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Eighty-four dollars ($84) doesn't really seem all that insane to me...
What
do you run, a tin can with string?



Something has changed on eBay. Earlier today, it showed several
thousands of dollars.

Dee D. Flint, N8UZE

Hehe...looks like K7HBC pulled his $10,000.00 bid. See bottom of the
page.
He apparently meant $100.00 and the gbp333(9) guy was bidding up against
that max. I wonder if gbp333(9) feels stoopid or happy (or both) right
about now?

-Bill


That auction was very interesting, as I had never watched a bid retraction
in the bid history before. True, the bidding was up over $1000, and k7hbc
was still top bidder. Once he retracted his bid, the auction toppled down to
gbp333's last bid over somebody else, at a bit over $100. Interestingly, the
history of the bidding between those events just disappears from eBay!

I don't have much sympathy for either bidder. k7hbc took over 3 days to
figure out he "made a mistake" and retract his bid. He's damn lucky the
seller is letting him, since eBay TOS says a retraction based on a mistake
must be done quite rapidly. At minimum, he owes the seller a public apology
for creating a situation where many thought this was a fraudulent auction. I
think that if it takes you three days to figure out that you bid $10,000
instead of $100, you shouldn't be allowed to turn on a transmitter.

The other bidder may get his radio, since everyone now knows he was once
willing to go to $1000 for it! Why bother to bid against him, unless you
really, really HAVE to have it. Who knows? But one interesting thing is that
gpb333 has been on eBay for about 20 months, but he hasn't bothered to
reciprocate feedback for almost 18 months. Those kind of guys **** me off.

Ed
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