[AMRadio] R-390s

[Dan Hall]

Hey Bruce:
Doesn't Fair Radio still have them for less than $700?


Dan
KJ7FX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce - KB6LWN/rcc" <kb6lwn at qsl.net>
To: <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 12:36 AM
Subject: [AMRadio] Re: Sniping comments


> > > > >I found a nice national dial on ebay, but some scum outbid
> > > > >me at the last moment!
>
> Then DON'T 'telegraph' your bidding!
> Fighters watch for the movements of their opponent
> in order to win a bout, and it's perfectly acceptable
> there, rather STUPID if one doesn't pay attention.
>
> > > but at least you won't spend days nudging the price up higher.
Generally
> > > speaking, the seller has already made it clear by selling there that
they
> > > don't want to sell the item to you for X number of dollars, they want
the
> > > highest amount someone is willing to pay. They pit sellers and their
egos
> > > against each other to their benefit, which brings the $3K SX-88s and
$5K
> > > SX-115s and the like. Sniping tends to alleviate some of the 'feeding
> > > frenzy' in the days before.
>
> Good points, Todd!
>
> Not only that, but there are "TRUE SCUM" that frequent
> eBait that "USE" info gathered from those that KNOW
> what they are doing regarding a certain type of item,
> just by watching their bid history and current bid lists,
> and then outbidding that 'knowledgable' person by a few
> bucks thereby STEALING their 'intellectual property'.
>
> And I won't EVEN get into the topic about certain sellers
> that hire a shill to inflate the bidding and/or create
> a frenzy just so they can squeeze the last penny of
> profit out of the item.  IMHO, these are the kind of
> sellers that need to leave eBait!  They're just there
> to rip people off...  And 'fair business practices' is
> not a term in their vocabulary...  JMHO :)
>
> If you want something ?  Don't let ANYone know you're
> even interested in it (or have seen it), much less what
> your bid is going to be until the last few minutes.
>
> This also helps to keep the going price (FMV) for an
> item to a reasonable (read accurate/true) level.
> Once egos and bidding frenzys (+ shills) get involved,
> you might as well kiss the FMV for that type of item,
>
> GoodBye!
>
> I've seen this happen specifically with the R-390 units.
> Before they started getting put on eBait one could buy
> one for between $75 and $150, NOW with their inflated
> prices (due in large to shilling - I believe) you can't
> touch even a blue-striper for less than $300-500, and
> for one in even low quality working condition ?  $700!
>
> I've given up on getting one, unless an angel comes my
> way delivering one, some day...  Or I'm somehow able to
> pick up the modules one at a time :(  But even at that,
> I saw an AF board for one go for over $200 once on eBait!
>
> 73,
>      Bruce
>
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