"Pete KE9OA" wrote in message
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Hi Lucky,

I understand how you feel. The worst thing is that the seller told you
that she would get back to you, and didn't.
As far as this model receiver, more of them will show up.
On a good note, there is a high probability that this receiver has a blown
1st mixer, and not too many people know how to repair this
receiver...............that is, if they can even find the SL-6440 mixer.
Out of 5 of these receivers that came up for sale in the last year, I
either ended up repairing them, or sending an SL-6440 to people that
needed to repair the receivers themselves.
People don't generally sell them unless they are broken.............this
isn't always, but in my limited experience, it seems to be the rule rather
than the exception.
Of course, the seller has the choice to be a blow-off artist if she so
chooses, but would you really want to buy from that kind of person? It
makes me wonder if the radio was any good to begin with.
Who is the seller? I will make sure that I avoid that person in the
future.

Pete

"Lucky" wrote in message
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"m II" wrote in message
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Lucky wrote:

I did bid pretty high too. But yes, of course I'm ****ed I didn't win
it but would have if she kept the auction the way it was represented
and followed her contract. And the next time I see an auction that says
US ONLY I will ask the seller if they will stick to that before I bid.


Good thinking. It's still a sad state of affairs when you have to ask if
someone will stick to the terms they themselves set. Mind you, this
situation can work to your benefit, too. I've told some 'US only'
sellers that if they would ship to Canada, I'd bid on the item. Out of
the three times I asked, Two said ok. The third said the paper work was
too much. He was a high volume seller with his hands full as it was. I
could see his point.



mike

Exactly. Perhaps I should have filled everyone on the important details
of this auction and why I'm so ****ed and why it's not just sour grapes.
The auction was for a Lowe HF-150 Europa radio. Here is my last
experience with a foreign Japanese buyer for a Lowe 150 Europa.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=5751121 391

As you can see it went for $880 from a Japanese collector. You will also
notice I didn't bid on it cause the seller shipped worldwide. This is the
auction where the guy canceled his original auction and relisted it. But
this time he started the bidding at $595 where in the first it was a Buy
it Now for $597.

This is not the first time I've seen Japanese and foreign buyers paying
way over what they usually go for and blowing away other buyers. People
from overseas seem to be always willing to buy at very high prices since
most Ebayers won't ship out of the country. So, I always stay away from
worldwide auctions unless it's a little item like Brenda Ann mentioned.
Plus these foreign bidders money is worth more then our US dollar so they
can pay more too.

When I finally found another Europa auction, and I saw it was "Ships to
US ONLY" more then 3 times, I jumped on it.
This is what I've been waiting months for.

So, when I lost the auction of course I was disappointed and sad as any
of us would be for this radio. Then, when I saw the winner was a foreign
Japanese overseas buyer, I couldn't believe it. Yes, it made me100 times
more mad to see this happen. The radio would have been mine if that
overseas buyer wasn't allowed to bid since the seller mentioned TO US
ONLY in BIG print. So I was sure this seller wouldn't accept a foreign
bidder.

Then on top of that, when I asked the seller about her auction and the
Japanese winner, she thanked me for "alerting" her to this and would get
back to me. I even offered her the winning bidders price so she would not
have lost anything. Not a cent. But she never got back to me with any
sort of explanation.

I hope some of you can see why this particular auction annoyed the hell
out of me. Yes, the sour grapes on my part are far more reaching then if
it was a US American buyer. He would have won fair and square. But the
major blame is on this seller. The rules and morals of this world don't
exist any more. What you say, and what your actions don't jive anymore.

Thanks for your time to all who replied.

Lucky...feeling bitter lately




Actually the seller doesn't really sell radios. She sells home made baskets.
That's her thing. She had a AOR 7030 and that Europa for sale for a friend
as a "shack reduction sale" I was willing to take a chance even though she
only had a feedback of 16 on very small sales.

Perhaps you're right and I am better off.

Thanks Pete
Lucky