You can buy a brand new MFJ 1020B Active Antenna directly from MFJ for
$79.95, or.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051

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You can buy a brand new MFJ 1020B Active Antenna directly from MFJ for
$79.95, or.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051

FYI: MFJ-1020"C" is the latest Model Number of this Active Antenna by "MFJ".


? Why is eBay 'Better Than' Gambling ?
- - - Because Gambling is Win & Lose and eBay is Win & Win.

In Gambling - You Place Your Bet:
- Sometimes You Win The Money.
- - Then again many times You Lose Your Money.

On eBay Auctions - You Place Your Bid (Bet).
- Sometimes You Win Your eBay Item.
- - Then again You Never Lose Your Money.

NOTE: On eBay Auctions - You Always Get Something of Value
- - - The ITEM -or- Your MONEY !


When It Comes to 'Bidding' on eBay: To Me Its Like Playing Cards.
The Excitement can be Being-In-the-Game.
Peeking at the Sellers Hold Card (Reserve Price) and Calling the Other Guys Bluff.
However, If I Want the Item {I Can Taste the "BUY" Coming On} :
Then It is a Different Ball Game; With Two Minutes to Go;
Throw One Big Bomb (Hail Mary Pass) and Score a Touch Down and Win the Game.
(If Not... Oh Well there is Always the Next Auction).
- - - Smell That BUY !

Maximum Bid Reality Check for eBAYers:
- If the Item is still available commercially.
- - Then the 70% of MSRP rule should apply.
- - - It is Truly Sad to See Someone Bid More Than Retail.
- - - - For Non-Collectibles With NO Manufactures Warranty or Guaranty.

Zero (0) Bidders Warning and Low eBay Member's Score Caution for eBayers:
If you are Bidding in an eBay Auction Against a 'New' eBayer:
With -O^O- 30 Day Marker and a Zero (0) Score.
Be Advised and Warned - They Want to Make their Mark and Win an Auction.
They Will Bid High and Often Over Bid an Item
To Bid Against Them Is a Fools Game
This Caution generally Applies to eBayers with a Score Under Ten (10) Too!


The Best of Good Buys ~ RHF
aka: The Royster -&- The RoyceMeister

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Hi, RHF, I think you're right usually regarding the 70% of retail as a
maximum guideline for eBay bidding, but there are exceptions when an
item is not readily available although purportedly still in
production. In late July I paid about $120 on eBay for a Sony AN-LP1
(retail ~$85 if you can find one). I notice that there's another one
on eBay right now which has already bid up past that with another day
and a half left in the bidding (up to $122.50 as I write this).
Here's a link to that exciting auction, LOL:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3044664623

Anyway, I agree with your guideline 99% of the time, and of course I
realize that some may think me foolish to pay that 50% penalty, but I
really wanted the item. Put differently, maybe I had more money than
sense. :-) Still, I enjoy the AN-LP1 very much when traveling.

Randy


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= = = wrote in message ...
You can buy a brand new MFJ 1020B Active Antenna directly from MFJ for
$79.95, or.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051
FYI: MFJ-1020"C" is the latest Model Number of this Active Antenna by "MFJ".
? Why is eBay 'Better Than' Gambling ?
- - - Because Gambling is Win & Lose and eBay is Win & Win.
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- Possibly some people are doing ALL their shopping on ebay or doen't know
things can be bought elsewhere.

- Wierd . . .

In article ,
(Randy Padawer) writes:


Anyway, I agree with your guideline 99% of the time, and of course I
realize that some may think me foolish to pay that 50% penalty, but I
really wanted the item. Put differently, maybe I had more money than
sense. :-) Still, I enjoy the AN-LP1 very much when traveling.

Randy

Diverd4777 wrote:

- Possibly some people are doing ALL their shopping on ebay or doen't know
things can be bought elsewhere.

- Wierd . . .

There are many people that live in parts of the world where common
products by western standards are hard get, so they shop for them on
Ebay. Having said that, I still think there's a lot of 'shill bidding'
taking place on Ebay.


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Diverd4777 wrote:

- Possibly some people are doing ALL their shopping on ebay or doen't know
things can be bought elsewhere.

- Wierd . . .

There are many people that live in parts of the world where common
products by western standards are hard get, so they shop for them on
Ebay. Having said that, I still think there's a lot of 'shill bidding'
taking place on Ebay.


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I was bidding (not on ebay) on a laptop a while back, and there were 28
available. I started out #20, went up to #7, then the auction "ended"
and the price went up over 200 bucks, and I stopped at a little over 100
more than it was when the auction "ended". All the raising bids were
from California, where the company having the auction was, and the
pattern looked suspicious. I was 22 and dropping like a rock when I
logged off to go get dinner. I was kind of shocked to find a message in
my email congrating me as one of the winning bidders. I was tied with a
guy in my town at #15.

I was kind of paranoid, but went through with the deal. The laptop was
fine, and has an LT Winmodem that works better than any I have ever
used, on any machine!

BDK

You can buy a brand new MFJ 1020B Active Antenna directly from MFJ for
$79.95, or.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tegory=15 051


This is great news! I've got a 1020B here that I never use. Now I can
auction it off and buy a new refrigerator.

--
Col. I.P. Yurin
Commissariat of Internal Security

Stakhanovite
Order of Lenin (1937)
Hero of Socialist Labor (1939)

Remember the immortal (alleged) words of P.T. Barnum !

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You can buy a brand new MFJ 1020B Active Antenna directly from MFJ for
$79.95, or.....
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