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http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRAKE-R-4245-RECEIVER-/120789621674?pt=UK_ConsumerElectronics_SpecialistR adioEquipment_SM&hash=item1c1f9f5baa

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On 10/8/11 16:46 , dxAce wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRAKE-R-4245-RECEIVER-/120789621674?pt=UK_ConsumerElectronics_SpecialistR adioEquipment_SM&hash=item1c1f9f5baa


Very nice.

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On Oct 8, 7:53*pm, "D. Peter Maus" wrote:
On 10/8/11 16:46 , dxAce wrote:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRAKE-R-4245-RECEIVER-/120789621674?pt=UK_Con...

* *Very nice.

I'm going to sit this one out, but you guys go ahead and bid. These
don't turn up very often...

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRAKE-R-4245-RECEIVER-/120789621674?pt=UK_ConsumerElectronics_SpecialistR adioEquipment_SM&hash=item1c1f9f5baa

The one solid state Drake I would really like to have.

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On Oct 8, 10:50*pm, BDK wrote:
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRAKE-R-4245-RECEIVER-/120789621674?pt=UK_Con...

The one solid state Drake I would really like to have.

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A beauty!

Drake R4245 Receiver - eBay
 

I might find one at the Goodwill store someday.
http://www.shopgoodwill.com
cuhulin

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I might find one at the Goodwill store someday.
http://www.shopgoodwill.com
cuhulin

I've seen a few electronic items at goodwill that were still worth a
fair chunk of cash on Ebay, so you just might someday.

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T'aint no tellin what you might find in those thrift stores out there.

How about a 1957 Grundig AM/FM/Shortwave/Phonograph floor model wooden
cabinet radio? How about a 1960s Telefunken Opus AM/FM'Shortwave wooden
cabinet table top radio? Both of them were made in Germany.

I bought those radios at the Goodwill store that used to be on Palmyra
Street in down town Jackson,Missy Sippy.I paid $14.00 (Fourteen Dollars)
for my Grundig radio, I paid $4.00 (Four Dollars) for my Telefunken Opus
radio.Both of those radios I bought on the same day at that Goodwill
store.I reckon I have over 300 (over Three Hundred) old radios I bought
at the thrift stores around here.A few old collectible TV sets too.
cuhulin

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On 10/14/11 04:55 , dxAce wrote:


dxAce wrote:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/DRAKE-R-4245-RECEIVER-/120789621674?pt=UK_ConsumerElectronics_SpecialistR adioEquipment_SM&hash=item1c1f9f5baa


Did not meet the reserve. Final bid was $1918.94.

The 'Buy It Now' price was $2351.49.

dxAce Michigan USA


Nice rig, to be sure.

Not THAT nice.

p

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dxAce wrote:

Did not meet the reserve. Final bid was $1918.94.

The 'Buy It Now' price was $2351.49.

Eventually someone is going to outlaw reserve prices. It is a form of false
advertisement, as you are implying by having a mimimum bid that if a buyer
bids the minimum, and no one else bids, they can buy the item for that price.

Hidden reserve prices say that you really won't accept the minumum bid
you advertised, and you aren't even going to tell anyone what it was.

IMHO a dishonest seller and should be avoided.

Geoff.


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"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote:

dxAce wrote:

Did not meet the reserve. Final bid was $1918.94.

The 'Buy It Now' price was $2351.49.

Eventually someone is going to outlaw reserve prices.

Probably some Liberal/Democrat/Marxist/Socialist!

It is a form of false
advertisement, as you are implying by having a mimimum bid that if a buyer
bids the minimum, and no one else bids, they can buy the item for that price.

Hidden reserve prices say that you really won't accept the minumum bid
you advertised, and you aren't even going to tell anyone what it was.

IMHO a dishonest seller and should be avoided.

Geoff.

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My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(

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"Geoffrey S. Mendelson" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:

Did not meet the reserve. Final bid was $1918.94.

The 'Buy It Now' price was $2351.49.

Eventually someone is going to outlaw reserve prices. It is a form of false
advertisement, as you are implying by having a mimimum bid that if a buyer
bids the minimum, and no one else bids, they can buy the item for that
price.

Hidden reserve prices say that you really won't accept the minumum bid
you advertised, and you aren't even going to tell anyone what it was.

IMHO a dishonest seller and should be avoided.

Geoff.


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I see nothing dishonest about it. Each reserve auction has "RESERVE PRICE
NOT YET MET" in big red letters until it has been met.

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On 10/14/2011 4:44 AM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
dxAce wrote:

Did not meet the reserve. Final bid was $1918.94.

The 'Buy It Now' price was $2351.49.

Eventually someone is going to outlaw reserve prices. It is a form of false
advertisement, as you are implying by having a mimimum bid that if a buyer
bids the minimum, and no one else bids, they can buy the item for that price.

Hidden reserve prices say that you really won't accept the minumum bid
you advertised, and you aren't even going to tell anyone what it was.

IMHO a dishonest seller and should be avoided.

Geoff.



It is a "bit of a strange way" to run an auction ... the bidding should
be forced to start at a minimum acceptable, and go from there ... I
agree, ebay would appear "more" legit if tradition were followed ... but
in the scope of the world, it is only a minor transgression.

Regards,
JS

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Brenda Ann wrote:

I see nothing dishonest about it. Each reserve auction has "RESERVE PRICE
NOT YET MET" in big red letters until it has been met.

It's dishonest because the seller has a minumum you can not find out until
you bid and reach it. Plus since the minimum advertised is not the real
minimum, it's false advertisement.

If the minimum bid is $1, you can't bid $1 and win it.

It happened here in Israel with lottery tickets. The state lottery was selling
"win a million" scratch off tickets. Someone bought one expecting to be able
to win a million and found out that the million had already been won, six
weeks before. There was no chance of him winning the million, so he sued for
false advertisement and won.

Geoff.


--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM
My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(

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says...

Brenda Ann wrote:

I see nothing dishonest about it. Each reserve auction has "RESERVE PRICE
NOT YET MET" in big red letters until it has been met.

It's dishonest because the seller has a minumum you can not find out until
you bid and reach it. Plus since the minimum advertised is not the real
minimum, it's false advertisement.

If the minimum bid is $1, you can't bid $1 and win it.

It happened here in Israel with lottery tickets. The state lottery was selling
"win a million" scratch off tickets. Someone bought one expecting to be able
to win a million and found out that the million had already been won, six
weeks before. There was no chance of him winning the million, so he sued for
false advertisement and won.

Geoff.

Thousands of items are sold by reserve auction daily, it's not a
dishonest, and it's definitely not fraud. It's never going to go away,
so get over your dislike of it, or don't bid on anything that has one.

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