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Shill bidding?
Sure looks like it. What would the play be here?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 |
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I reckon I am too poor or too cheap (both) to bid.
cuhulin |
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"Unrevealed Source" wrote in message ... Sure looks like it. What would the play be here? This one does not smell like a "shill-bid setup" to me. More like a feeding frenzy as the R-1000 was not a common radio (low production numbers) and the one shown looks to be in near-mint and well kept. Like most e-bay ham and related auctions the price is way overblown. The most I would pay for an Kenwood R-1000 would be $250 in mint shape or $165.00 worn and well used. Again, this don't look like a shill-bid situation. The clear tipoff to a classic ham radio dealer shill-auction is bids where 30% or more of the total bids are "Undisclosed Bidders" on the Bid History. I would not touch ANY e-Bay auction that has 'undisclosed' bids at any time with a 20' Lineman's Hotstick pole in rubber gloves. Anyone who does is asking to be taken as such are RAMPANT in the Ham Radio categories on e-Bay and are exclusively run by ex-hamfest dealers who will steal you blind in a heartbeat. |
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Unrevealed Source wrote: Sure looks like it. What would the play be here? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Several low/no feedback bidders are suspicious to me. |
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Unrevealed Source wrote: Sure looks like it. What would the play be here? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 A few weeks ago they were going for around $200-$250, when a few were up for auction at any given time. Then a week and a half went by with none available, followed by two in excellent condition (this one being practically new-look at the color of the pushbuttons). For a collector of pristine equipment, I can see it. Not for anyone else. |
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For a collector, I could see $300, or MAYBE even $400. These two brand-new
ebay members have bid this up to over $500! No way this is real, or at least these are not bids by people that know anything about the used radio market. wrote in message oups.com... Unrevealed Source wrote: Sure looks like it. What would the play be here? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1 A few weeks ago they were going for around $200-$250, when a few were up for auction at any given time. Then a week and a half went by with none available, followed by two in excellent condition (this one being practically new-look at the color of the pushbuttons). For a collector of pristine equipment, I can see it. Not for anyone else. |
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In article .com,
"John S." wrote: Unrevealed Source wrote: Sure looks like it. What would the play be here? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=1&sspage nam e=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Several low/no feedback bidders are suspicious to me. I don't like the fact that one bidder has moved the price from $301 to $510 by himself. This looks fishy. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
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Unrevealed Source wrote: For a collector, I could see $300, or MAYBE even $400. These two brand-new ebay members have bid this up to over $500! No way this is real, or at least these are not bids by people that know anything about the used radio market. I just love it when someone sees shill bidding around every corner, under every rock and behind every tree. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
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Telamon wrote: In article .com, "John S." wrote: Unrevealed Source wrote: Sure looks like it. What would the play be here? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=1&sspage nam e=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 Several low/no feedback bidders are suspicious to me. I don't like the fact that one bidder has moved the price from $301 to $510 by himself. This looks fishy. Not hard to do. You'd have to read up on how the bidding process works. dxAce Michigan USA |
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