On Sun, 29 Jan 2006, Chris Suslowicz wrote:

In article m,
Straydog wrote:


On Sat, 28 Jan 2006, K3HVG wrote:

Is it my imagination.. or is that the same SX-100 that was sold a few days
ago for $1600? The ad pictures are the same, although the completed auction
pictures have been deleted. Just curious.
Item #5857172450. I was considering putting mine up, given the prices
offered... (or not?).



At this rate, it may become profitable to build "reproductions" and make
out like a bandit.

It may just be a bandit, of course. (Someone is/was auctioning a T1154/R1155
setup that was sold a few weeks ago in England (the buyer is in England and
very happy with it, apparently); but... the same items (including serial #s)
reappeared for sale in the US. Very Suspicious.)

Chris.

Thanks for the FYI. I've heard all kinds of funny stories and I'm not an
expert on eBay stuff, either. There could be "operators" who just set up
multiple userids on eBay and sell the stuff to themselves (who would find
out?) but the rising prices get recorded somewhere and someone I know who
knows a lot more about how to do this says you can look up recent past
prices for specific things. Then, if you do this, it looks legit and --
guess what-- it credibly pumps up the "going" price on stuff. I was
looking for some boatanchor receivers a few weeks ago and saw bidding
going --as far as I was concerned--beyond what I would consider as
reasonable. I backed out.

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