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October 1st 06, 07:53 PM
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(OT) : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond . . .
Fo One and All,
Once Again eBay "Buying Fever" Flames Out-of-Control ! ! ! Drake R8B Communications Receiver eBay Seller claims "Near Mint Condition" http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R8B-Commun...mZ230032295760 Has 24 Bids and a Price of $1525.oo with 4-Hours to go . . . and it doesn't even have "The Radio-Mart {Magic} Red Drap" to Pump-Up the Price  )Will the new owner soon be able to proudly say : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! INFO - RL Drake "R8B" Communications Receiver New Price : $1199-1349 with a Used Price : $900-950 DRAKE R8B = http://www.dxing.com/rx/r8b.htm http://www.universal-radio.com/used/sold122.html http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html http://www.universal-radio.com/catal.../0082spec.html http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...2.html#options http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...r/0082ops.html http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...vr/0082lrg.gif http://www.universal-radio.com/catal.../0082rear.html tale$ from 'the ebay' and beyond . . . ~ RHF |
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October 1st 06, 09:31 PM
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(OT) : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond. . .
dxAce wrote: RHF wrote: Fo One and All, Once Again eBay "Buying Fever" Flames Out-of-Control ! ! ! Drake R8B Communications Receiver eBay Seller claims "Near Mint Condition" http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R8B-Commun...mZ230032295760 Has 24 Bids and a Price of $1525.oo with 4-Hours to go . . . and it doesn't even have "The Radio-Mart {Magic} Red Drap" to Pump-Up the Price )27 bids and a price of $1635.00 with 3 hours to go. 29 bids and a price of $2025.00 with 2.5 hours to go! If I recall correctly I paid around $850 each for the three I've owned. (Only one here currently though). dxAce Michigan USA |
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October 1st 06, 11:29 PM
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(OT) : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond. . .
dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: RHF wrote: Fo One and All, Once Again eBay "Buying Fever" Flames Out-of-Control ! ! ! Drake R8B Communications Receiver eBay Seller claims "Near Mint Condition" http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R8B-Commun...mZ230032295760 Has 24 Bids and a Price of $1525.oo with 4-Hours to go . . . and it doesn't even have "The Radio-Mart {Magic} Red Drap" to Pump-Up the Price )27 bids and a price of $1635.00 with 3 hours to go. 29 bids and a price of $2025.00 with 2.5 hours to go! 30 bids now with a half hour to go. It looks as though the high bidder put in another bid to cement his position. dxAce Michigan USA |
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#5
October 1st 06, 11:30 PM
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(OT) : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond . . .
On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:29:48 -0400, dxAce
wrote: 30 bids now with a half hour to go. It looks as though the high bidder put in another bid to cement his position. Heh, and there was an R8B that popped up on Ebay a few days ago with a "buy it now" price of $1250. I thought that was insane then...I guess I could have picked that up and then 'flipped' it for a nice profit to one of these bozos bidding it up. The thing that amazes me is that there's not one, not two, but THREE people who have placed bids of over $1500 for this thing. 45 minutes to go and holding steady at $2025 - look out for last-minute snipers! And to think I snagged an R-5000 there recently in the $300 range. The R8B is a good radio, but there's no way it's 6 or 7 times as good. ;-) Mark |
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#6
October 1st 06, 11:35 PM
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(OT) : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond. . .
Mark wrote: On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:29:48 -0400, dxAce wrote: 30 bids now with a half hour to go. It looks as though the high bidder put in another bid to cement his position. Heh, and there was an R8B that popped up on Ebay a few days ago with a "buy it now" price of $1250. I thought that was insane then...I guess I could have picked that up and then 'flipped' it for a nice profit to one of these bozos bidding it up. The thing that amazes me is that there's not one, not two, but THREE people who have placed bids of over $1500 for this thing. 45 minutes to go and holding steady at $2025 - look out for last-minute snipers! And to think I snagged an R-5000 there recently in the $300 range. The R8B is a good radio, but there's no way it's 6 or 7 times as good. ;-) Well, it is a *Drake*! The R-5000 is a great radio, I had one here for several years, nice audio. The only thing I had to do with it was change out the stock 6 kHz filter which wasn't all that good. dxAce Michigan USA |
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#7
October 2nd 06, 12:01 AM
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(OT) : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond. . .
RHF wrote: Fo One and All, Once Again eBay "Buying Fever" Flames Out-of-Control ! ! ! Drake R8B Communications Receiver eBay Seller claims "Near Mint Condition" http://cgi.ebay.com/Drake-R8B-Commun...mZ230032295760 Has 24 Bids and a Price of $1525.oo with 4-Hours to go . . . and it doesn't even have "The Radio-Mart {Magic} Red Drap" to Pump-Up the Price )27 bids and a price of $1635.00 with 3 hours to go. 29 bids and a price of $2025.00 with 2.5 hours to go! 30 bids now with a half hour to go. It looks as though the high bidder put in another bid to cement his position. Closed with 30 bids at $2025.00. Another lucky winner. dxAce Michigan USA |
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#8
October 2nd 06, 12:26 AM
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(OT) : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond. . .
Closed with 30 bids at $2025.00.
Another lucky winner. dxAce Michigan USA must have been the "High quality copy of the manual in a nice white binder". all i can say is, someone wanted that Drake bad. Father Michael. |
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#9
October 2nd 06, 12:38 AM
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(OT) : Oh No - I Paid Too Much ! - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond . . .
And We Can All Say : Oh No - He Paid Way Way Too Much !
- - - Tale$ from "The eBay" and Beyond . . . ~ RHF |
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