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"mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders Now that is rich indeed! |
"mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders Why does it cost more? I guess someone contacted his bidders right? Why else would he do it?? Lucky |
Lucky wrote: "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders Why does it cost more? I guess someone contacted his bidders right? Why else would he do it?? That would be the logical answer. If no one knows who the bidders are they cannot be warned about Radio-Mart or Gottahaveit1995, or who ever he operates as. dxAce Michigan USA |
"dxAce" wrote in message ... Lucky wrote: "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders Why does it cost more? I guess someone contacted his bidders right? Why else would he do it?? That would be the logical answer. If no one knows who the bidders are they cannot be warned about Radio-Mart or Gottahaveit1995, or who ever he operates as. dxAce Michigan USA I hate that guy not only only because he rips off people, but he gives the hobby a bad name to beginners. Lucky |
Lucky wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... Lucky wrote: "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders Why does it cost more? I guess someone contacted his bidders right? Why else would he do it?? That would be the logical answer. If no one knows who the bidders are they cannot be warned about Radio-Mart or Gottahaveit1995, or who ever he operates as. dxAce Michigan USA I hate that guy not only only because he rips off people, but he gives the hobby a bad name to beginners. I did like the response he gave to someone about that JRC NRD-whatever setup he had, saying he had, what was it, two other setups just the same in his shack, and he was selling one of them. At least the one was purchased a few weeks before by Gottahaveit. Wonder if he actually makes any money? Don't get me wrong. I used to spend some time looking for good deals on eBay too, buy 'em, clean 'em up, fix 'em, whatever and sell them again myself. But, I always did it under the same name. dxAce Michigan USA |
There is a reason for that.
His 2nd ebay ID is gottahaveit1995. He was shill-bidding (bidding up his own equipment) with the gottahaveit1995 ID early this year and was dumped off of ebay, thus the "Summer vacation". If you dig really deep into radio-mart's feedback history, you will find one little mistake made by Mr. Martyn: he gave HIMSELF feedback. About two to three years back gottahaveit1995 listed a feedback report for a purchase from radio-mart (himself). Check current 30-day buying history of gottahaveit1995, look at serial numbers of Drake, Collins......two weeks later the same radio, same serial, is for sale at radio-mart. Reason for "private buyer list": quite obvious if you want to bid up your own stuff! Who knows how many other ebay ID's this guy has. "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders |
patgkz wrote:
There is a reason for that. His 2nd ebay ID is gottahaveit1995. He was shill-bidding (bidding up his own equipment) with the gottahaveit1995 ID early this year and was dumped off of ebay, thus the "Summer vacation". If you dig really deep into radio-mart's feedback history, you will find one little mistake made by Mr. Martyn: he gave HIMSELF feedback. About two to three years back gottahaveit1995 listed a feedback report for a purchase from radio-mart (himself). Check current 30-day buying history of gottahaveit1995, look at serial numbers of Drake, Collins......two weeks later the same radio, same serial, is for sale at radio-mart. Reason for "private buyer list": quite obvious if you want to bid up your own stuff! Who knows how many other ebay ID's this guy has. Private auctions do make it harder for people to detect shill bidding, but I suspect the main reason he's going for private auctions is some folks here were talking about contacting his bidders to "warn them" about his history. Many folks won't bid on private auctions, so this will probably reduce his profits. I see nothing wrong with someone buying an item that's poorly listed for resale, or with buying an item, fixing it, and then reselling it for a profit. The problem is it appears the main thing Martyn does is puff up the descriptions and leave out any mention of flaws noted by the previous owner. But his auctions can be entertaining. I've seen him mention listening to historical events happen on a particular radio a decade before the radio was introduced. |
"Mark S. Holden" wrote: patgkz wrote: There is a reason for that. His 2nd ebay ID is gottahaveit1995. He was shill-bidding (bidding up his own equipment) with the gottahaveit1995 ID early this year and was dumped off of ebay, thus the "Summer vacation". If you dig really deep into radio-mart's feedback history, you will find one little mistake made by Mr. Martyn: he gave HIMSELF feedback. About two to three years back gottahaveit1995 listed a feedback report for a purchase from radio-mart (himself). Check current 30-day buying history of gottahaveit1995, look at serial numbers of Drake, Collins......two weeks later the same radio, same serial, is for sale at radio-mart. Reason for "private buyer list": quite obvious if you want to bid up your own stuff! Who knows how many other ebay ID's this guy has. Private auctions do make it harder for people to detect shill bidding, but I suspect the main reason he's going for private auctions is some folks here were talking about contacting his bidders to "warn them" about his history. Many folks won't bid on private auctions, so this will probably reduce his profits. I see nothing wrong with someone buying an item that's poorly listed for resale, or with buying an item, fixing it, and then reselling it for a profit. The problem is it appears the main thing Martyn does is puff up the descriptions and leave out any mention of flaws noted by the previous owner. But his auctions can be entertaining. I've seen him mention listening to historical events happen on a particular radio a decade before the radio was introduced. I'd like to read one of those, but it's probably expired by now, dxAce Michigan USA |
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:30:45 -0500, dxAce wrote:
"Mark S. Holden" wrote: patgkz wrote: There is a reason for that. His 2nd ebay ID is gottahaveit1995. He was shill-bidding (bidding up his own equipment) with the gottahaveit1995 ID early this year and was dumped off of ebay, thus the "Summer vacation". If you dig really deep into radio-mart's feedback history, you will find one little mistake made by Mr. Martyn: he gave HIMSELF feedback. About two to three years back gottahaveit1995 listed a feedback report for a purchase from radio-mart (himself). Check current 30-day buying history of gottahaveit1995, look at serial numbers of Drake, Collins......two weeks later the same radio, same serial, is for sale at radio-mart. Reason for "private buyer list": quite obvious if you want to bid up your own stuff! Who knows how many other ebay ID's this guy has. Private auctions do make it harder for people to detect shill bidding, but I suspect the main reason he's going for private auctions is some folks here were talking about contacting his bidders to "warn them" about his history. Many folks won't bid on private auctions, so this will probably reduce his profits. I see nothing wrong with someone buying an item that's poorly listed for resale, or with buying an item, fixing it, and then reselling it for a profit. The problem is it appears the main thing Martyn does is puff up the descriptions and leave out any mention of flaws noted by the previous owner. But his auctions can be entertaining. I've seen him mention listening to historical events happen on a particular radio a decade before the radio was introduced. I'd like to read one of those, but it's probably expired by now, dxAce Michigan USA No probably about it. |
"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ... patgkz wrote: There is a reason for that. His 2nd ebay ID is gottahaveit1995. He was shill-bidding (bidding up his own equipment) with the gottahaveit1995 ID early this year and was dumped off of ebay, thus the "Summer vacation". If you dig really deep into radio-mart's feedback history, you will find one little mistake made by Mr. Martyn: he gave HIMSELF feedback. About two to three years back gottahaveit1995 listed a feedback report for a purchase from radio-mart (himself). Check current 30-day buying history of gottahaveit1995, look at serial numbers of Drake, Collins......two weeks later the same radio, same serial, is for sale at radio-mart. Reason for "private buyer list": quite obvious if you want to bid up your own stuff! Who knows how many other ebay ID's this guy has. Private auctions do make it harder for people to detect shill bidding, but I suspect the main reason he's going for private auctions is some folks here were talking about contacting his bidders to "warn them" about his history. Many folks won't bid on private auctions, so this will probably reduce his profits. I see nothing wrong with someone buying an item that's poorly listed for resale, or with buying an item, fixing it, and then reselling it for a profit. The problem is it appears the main thing Martyn does is puff up the descriptions and leave out any mention of flaws noted by the previous owner. But his auctions can be entertaining. I've seen him mention listening to historical events happen on a particular radio a decade before the radio was introduced. I'll tell you something. This guy does not know much about radios like you said. He had 2 R-5000's for sale once. One stock and one with 3 optional filters. I asked him what filters were in there and his reply was, "I don't have the time to take it all apart to check" Take it "all apart?" How about a few screws and lift the top off. How can you be a radio jock and not want to know and list the filters for sale on your own radio??? I don't think he knows much at all. Lucky |
dxAce wrote:
"Mark S. Holden" wrote: patgkz wrote: There is a reason for that. His 2nd ebay ID is gottahaveit1995. He was shill-bidding (bidding up his own equipment) with the gottahaveit1995 ID early this year and was dumped off of ebay, thus the "Summer vacation". If you dig really deep into radio-mart's feedback history, you will find one little mistake made by Mr. Martyn: he gave HIMSELF feedback. About two to three years back gottahaveit1995 listed a feedback report for a purchase from radio-mart (himself). Check current 30-day buying history of gottahaveit1995, look at serial numbers of Drake, Collins......two weeks later the same radio, same serial, is for sale at radio-mart. Reason for "private buyer list": quite obvious if you want to bid up your own stuff! Who knows how many other ebay ID's this guy has. Private auctions do make it harder for people to detect shill bidding, but I suspect the main reason he's going for private auctions is some folks here were talking about contacting his bidders to "warn them" about his history. Many folks won't bid on private auctions, so this will probably reduce his profits. I see nothing wrong with someone buying an item that's poorly listed for resale, or with buying an item, fixing it, and then reselling it for a profit. The problem is it appears the main thing Martyn does is puff up the descriptions and leave out any mention of flaws noted by the previous owner. But his auctions can be entertaining. I've seen him mention listening to historical events happen on a particular radio a decade before the radio was introduced. I'd like to read one of those, but it's probably expired by now, dxAce Michigan USA The last one I saw was at least a month before he was naru'd. |
"Lucky" wrote in message I'll tell you something. This guy does not know much about radios like you said. He had 2 R-5000's for sale once. One stock and one with 3 optional filters. I asked him what filters were in there and his reply was, "I don't have the time to take it all apart to check" Take it "all apart?" How about a few screws and lift the top off. How can you be a radio jock and not want to know and list the filters for sale on your own radio??? I don't think he knows much at all. Lucky He's no real radio man, That's for sure. He's a poser. -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
Lucky wrote:
"Mark S. Holden" wrote in message ... patgkz wrote: There is a reason for that. His 2nd ebay ID is gottahaveit1995. He was shill-bidding (bidding up his own equipment) with the gottahaveit1995 ID early this year and was dumped off of ebay, thus the "Summer vacation". If you dig really deep into radio-mart's feedback history, you will find one little mistake made by Mr. Martyn: he gave HIMSELF feedback. About two to three years back gottahaveit1995 listed a feedback report for a purchase from radio-mart (himself). Check current 30-day buying history of gottahaveit1995, look at serial numbers of Drake, Collins......two weeks later the same radio, same serial, is for sale at radio-mart. Reason for "private buyer list": quite obvious if you want to bid up your own stuff! Who knows how many other ebay ID's this guy has. Private auctions do make it harder for people to detect shill bidding, but I suspect the main reason he's going for private auctions is some folks here were talking about contacting his bidders to "warn them" about his history. Many folks won't bid on private auctions, so this will probably reduce his profits. I see nothing wrong with someone buying an item that's poorly listed for resale, or with buying an item, fixing it, and then reselling it for a profit. The problem is it appears the main thing Martyn does is puff up the descriptions and leave out any mention of flaws noted by the previous owner. But his auctions can be entertaining. I've seen him mention listening to historical events happen on a particular radio a decade before the radio was introduced. I'll tell you something. This guy does not know much about radios like you said. He had 2 R-5000's for sale once. One stock and one with 3 optional filters. I asked him what filters were in there and his reply was, "I don't have the time to take it all apart to check" Take it "all apart?" How about a few screws and lift the top off. How can you be a radio jock and not want to know and list the filters for sale on your own radio??? I don't think he knows much at all. Lucky It's possible he was busy. It's also possible he figured the information wouldn't help maximize his profit. For example, if a dealer had a bunch of spare 1.8khz filters in stock, he could put three of them in one radio and claim it had 3 extra filters. |
Well its obvious Radio-Mart is gottahaveit1995. A very rare silverface SX-28 is bought by gottahaveit1995 and Radio-Mart just sold it. Here gottahaveit1995 buys it: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5728461006 Here Radio-Mart is selling it a couple weeks latter: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48 -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
I agree that there are two reasons to do this:
1) so no one can contact the bidders 2) so no one can monitor his actions also notice that only some of his auctions are private, is this a clue ? the captain "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders |
Here's a real good one, not only do you resell the radio....you "resell" the
item description. Read carefully and have a good laugh. Here is the same Drake R-4C, same serial number for sale some ten days later. gottahaveit1995 buys Drake R-4C serial 28034: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5729639853 radio-mart sells Drake R-4C serial 28034: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...33429 50&rd=1 For more radio-mart fun, pull up the buying history of gottahaveit1995 by viewing his "completed auctions" for the last 30-days, only registered eBay members can pull up the buying history of another member. You will see all the RME, Halli, Drake, Collins now on sale at radio-mart. Notice how the Drake in question above goes from "this is not collector quality" to "collector quality"..... "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders |
patgkz wrote:
Here's a real good one, not only do you resell the radio....you "resell" the item description. Read carefully and have a good laugh. Here is the same Drake R-4C, same serial number for sale some ten days later. gottahaveit1995 buys Drake R-4C serial 28034: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5729639853 radio-mart sells Drake R-4C serial 28034: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...33429 50&rd=1 For more radio-mart fun, pull up the buying history of gottahaveit1995 by viewing his "completed auctions" for the last 30-days, only registered eBay members can pull up the buying history of another member. You will see all the RME, Halli, Drake, Collins now on sale at radio-mart. Notice how the Drake in question above goes from "this is not collector quality" to "collector quality"..... He mentions having a reserve of $650, but the auction doesn't show a reserve. I imagine if you contact him about reselling the radio he just bought with a puffed up description he'll explain he has three of these radios with the same serial number, and he's selling a different one. |
patgkz wrote:
Here's a real good one, not only do you resell the radio....you "resell" the item description. Read carefully and have a good laugh. Here is the same Drake R-4C, same serial number for sale some ten days later. gottahaveit1995 buys Drake R-4C serial 28034: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5729639853 radio-mart sells Drake R-4C serial 28034: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...33429 50&rd=1 For more radio-mart fun, pull up the buying history of gottahaveit1995 by viewing his "completed auctions" for the last 30-days, only registered eBay members can pull up the buying history of another member. You will see all the RME, Halli, Drake, Collins now on sale at radio-mart. Notice how the Drake in question above goes from "this is not collector quality" to "collector quality"..... Americans will buy anything if the pitch is good. Look at Ebay and the recent presidential election for proof. "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... many of his auctions are now PRIVATE, meaning only he can see the bidders ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- |
"tommyknocker" wrote in message Americans will buy anything if the pitch is good. Look at Ebay and the recent presidential election for proof. Yea but I can install an alarm system and repair any damn radio you put in front of me. -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 13:26:54 -0600, Leonard Martin
wrote: In article , "Brian Hill" wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48 I agree it's the same one, and Wow! look at the difference in prices. I never realized that puffery could have so big an effect. Leonard Did you notice a bidder with zero feedback pumping up the price? :-) |
Leonard Martin wrote:
In article , "Brian Hill" wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48 I agree it's the same one, and Wow! look at the difference in prices. I never realized that puffery could have so big an effect. Leonard It's still at $375, and he paid $610 for it - but he's got close to two and a half hours to go. A couple of thoughts: With it being a private auction, it'll be impossible to tell if he's shill bidding. It's not set up as a reserve price auction, but his description mentions a $650 reserve. |
Mark S. Holden wrote:
Leonard Martin wrote: In article , "Brian Hill" wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48 I agree it's the same one, and Wow! look at the difference in prices. I never realized that puffery could have so big an effect. Leonard It's still at $375, and he paid $610 for it - but he's got close to two and a half hours to go. A couple of thoughts: With it being a private auction, it'll be impossible to tell if he's shill bidding. It's not set up as a reserve price auction, but his description mentions a $650 reserve. If he did not set it up as a reserve price auction, then he is obligated to take what ever the high bid is regardless of what he claims his reserve is. If it goes for less than his "reserve" I hope the buyer holds him to it. |
Sir Cumference wrote:
Mark S. Holden wrote: Leonard Martin wrote: In article , "Brian Hill" wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=57317583 48 I agree it's the same one, and Wow! look at the difference in prices. I never realized that puffery could have so big an effect. Leonard It's still at $375, and he paid $610 for it - but he's got close to two and a half hours to go. A couple of thoughts: With it being a private auction, it'll be impossible to tell if he's shill bidding. It's not set up as a reserve price auction, but his description mentions a $650 reserve. If he did not set it up as a reserve price auction, then he is obligated to take what ever the high bid is regardless of what he claims his reserve is. If it goes for less than his "reserve" I hope the buyer holds him to it. The auction was bid up to $887.32 - so we won't know how he'd have reacted. |
On Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:19:24 -0600, Leonard Martin
wrote: Anyone thik this theory of the secret of his success holds water? NO |
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