That's exactly what I wanted to do - humor people. Then the " 'tard boy"
parrot attacked......


"Bob" wrote in message
. ..
I does not appear he has any problem, lots of crazy bidding happens on
ebay. Often times an item will sell for more than it can be had for new.

I doubt if anyone has a 'problem' with this, but that does not exclude the
inevitability others may find it quite amusing...

Recently a Uniden apco25 scanner sold for $710 plus s&h, yet they're
readily available for $549 new with warranty.

I'm sure many people found that hilarious...
(maybe your humor routines are offline...

Happy New Year to all!
B.



dxAce wrote:
W4UDX wrote:

Check out this insane bidding!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5740462346&fromMakeTra ck=true

Why do you worry about how others decide to spend THEIR money?

Problems?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Look at that $80$ gift certificate sold for $152.50
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6732187071

Tony, I0JX

It is actually a pyramid scheme set-up.

--
Rich Carlson, N9JIG
rich#n9jig*com
Change the # to @ and the * to .

Look at that $80$ gift certificate sold for $152.50
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6732187071

Tony, I0JX

It is actually a pyramid scheme set-up.

--
Rich Carlson, N9JIG
rich#n9jig*com
Change the # to @ and the * to .

In article ,
says...

Check out this insane bidding!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true

??

That doesn't look like 'madness' to me. The SB104 is indeed a
pretty decent radio.

If I needed one, I would be bidding on that one myself (though I
will say that the current price is fairly close to the upper limit of
what I'd consider 'reasonable' for that radio).

Keep the peace(es).


--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute.
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR,
kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?"

In article ,
says...

Check out this insane bidding!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true

??

That doesn't look like 'madness' to me. The SB104 is indeed a
pretty decent radio.

If I needed one, I would be bidding on that one myself (though I
will say that the current price is fairly close to the upper limit of
what I'd consider 'reasonable' for that radio).

Keep the peace(es).


--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute.
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR,
kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?"

Dr. Anton T. Squeegee wrote:
In article ,
says...


Check out this insane bidding!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true


??

That doesn't look like 'madness' to me. The SB104 is indeed a
pretty decent radio.

Well, that's being pretty generous! It is insensitive, full of beeping
birdies (from the frequency counter), has a transmitter that is prone to
spurious oscillations, and drifts like a Swan... The transmitter's
modulation "quacks" out of the radio's speaker, but the transmitted
audio is quite pleasant to listen to.

All in all, you would be better off with most any other radio.

-Chuck Harris

Dr. Anton T. Squeegee wrote:
In article ,
says...


Check out this insane bidding!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...keTra ck=true


??

That doesn't look like 'madness' to me. The SB104 is indeed a
pretty decent radio.

Well, that's being pretty generous! It is insensitive, full of beeping
birdies (from the frequency counter), has a transmitter that is prone to
spurious oscillations, and drifts like a Swan... The transmitter's
modulation "quacks" out of the radio's speaker, but the transmitted
audio is quite pleasant to listen to.

All in all, you would be better off with most any other radio.

-Chuck Harris

"Bill M" wrote in message
...
Dee Flint wrote:

"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
...

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
wb6wsn

"Bill M" wrote in message
...
Dee Flint wrote:

"PowerHouse Communications" wrote in message
...

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
wb6wsn

Ed Price wrote:

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.

I haven't decided which is worse, guys that don't give feedback, or sellers
that wait to see what you give them before they give you feedback.

I recently bought an item, and the seller took 3 weeks to ship my item. He
came up with a cockeyed story about how paypal didn't notify him that I had
paid. (I paid the morning after the sale) The item was described as complete,
but it arrived poorly packed, and missing a major component. 1 day short of
a month from the end of auction until the item was in my hand.

The seller echoed my feedback, so I got what I gave him.... Yet as a buyer,
I did everything in a most proper way. Now my feedback says I am a late shipper,
even though I was a buyer!

The feedback system is seriously flawed. Each party shouldn't be able to tell
what the other party writes about them until everything is totally done.

-Chuck Harris