D Peter Maus wrote:
I beg to differ. The price will be determined for that auction, and
it will be agreed to by the buyer and seller, but that does not mean
it's reasonable.

For those that do not know photography, there is a company called KEH
who sells used cameras. They have an extrememly conservative grading system,
never knowlingly sell a camera that does not work 100% unless they say so,
have a short no questions asked return privledge and provide a 90 warranty.

Often I see items on eBay that have closed 20% HIGHER than KEW's price.
Many times it happens on items where if you look at the picture you can
easily see that the seller was not honest about the condition.

Why anyone would pay as much as KEH's price, or more is a mystery to me,
but it happens all the time.

I also see cameras with minimums that are well beyond reason. I assume they
are so that dealers can take them to shows and when someone questions their
price they can honestly say "I sell them on eBay for that".

I think it would be reasonable to assume that without any manipulation on
the seller's part many items are sold on eBay far beyond "market price".

Geoff.

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