On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:26:54 -0600, Leonard Martin
wrote:

In article , "Brian Hill"
wrote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48


I agree it's the same one, and Wow! look at the difference in prices. I
never realized that puffery could have so big an effect.

Leonard

Did you notice a bidder with zero feedback pumping up the price?

:-)

Leonard Martin wrote:
In article , "Brian Hill"
wrote:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48



I agree it's the same one, and Wow! look at the difference in prices. I
never realized that puffery could have so big an effect.

Leonard


It's still at $375, and he paid $610 for it - but he's got close to two
and a half hours to go.

A couple of thoughts:

With it being a private auction, it'll be impossible to tell if he's
shill bidding.

It's not set up as a reserve price auction, but his description mentions
a $650 reserve.

Mark S. Holden wrote:
Leonard Martin wrote:

In article , "Brian Hill"
wrote:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48





I agree it's the same one, and Wow! look at the difference in prices.
I never realized that puffery could have so big an effect.
Leonard


It's still at $375, and he paid $610 for it - but he's got close to two
and a half hours to go.

A couple of thoughts:

With it being a private auction, it'll be impossible to tell if he's
shill bidding.

It's not set up as a reserve price auction, but his description mentions
a $650 reserve.


If he did not set it up as a reserve price auction, then he is obligated
to take what ever the high bid is regardless of what he claims his
reserve is. If it goes for less than his "reserve" I hope the buyer
holds him to it.

Sir Cumference wrote:

Mark S. Holden wrote:
Leonard Martin wrote:

In article , "Brian Hill"
wrote:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48





I agree it's the same one, and Wow! look at the difference in prices.
I never realized that puffery could have so big an effect.
Leonard


It's still at $375, and he paid $610 for it - but he's got close to two
and a half hours to go.

A couple of thoughts:

With it being a private auction, it'll be impossible to tell if he's
shill bidding.

It's not set up as a reserve price auction, but his description mentions
a $650 reserve.


If he did not set it up as a reserve price auction, then he is obligated
to take what ever the high bid is regardless of what he claims his
reserve is. If it goes for less than his "reserve" I hope the buyer
holds him to it.

The auction was bid up to $887.32 - so we won't know how he'd have reacted.

On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:19:24 -0600, Leonard Martin
wrote:

Anyone thik this theory of the secret of his success holds water?

NO