[ARC5] Dynamotor eBay conflict

[Robert Eleazer]

My first sale on ebay was a very negative one.  For some reason I decided to sell an ARC-114 low pass filter on ebay.  I listed it and got a number of questions on things like impedance and operating frequency that I could not answer - I just told them it was for an ARC-114 and the mfr and model number and that was all I knew.  It sold for about $20.  And I got no response form the buyer.

After a couple of weeks or so I filed a non-payment notice with ebay.  Within minutes I got a virus-infected e-mail with the return address "W2FU"; at that time I did not know how to track down actual e-mail addresses.  I never got paid for the filter and never tried to sell it again.  I now have three of them (if any of y'all needs one), but I also now have an ARC-114 as well.

Years later I agreed to sell some items for a friend of mine.  That was an interesting experience.  Two of the items were old aircraft propellers and they generated the most communications.  On the day the sale was to end my friend called me and said he worked out a deal to sell one prop for $750.  An acquaintance had seen it on ebay, called him and wanted to buy it.  I told him that there were no bids on it but that there was a lot of interest and that we should wait until the auction ended.  He refused, so I cancelled the auction.  The buyer of other prop, the one that sold on ebay, asked if the other one was still available.  I replied that it was not and asked them what they would have paid for it.  They replied $1500.  I then asked my friend if the gratitude of that acquaintance was worth $750.

The really crazy thing was the continued communications I got after the auctions ended, asking for more info on the props or saying "I was at work today and did not get to bid.  Is it still available?"

And if one of you is W2FU, I'm not selling you that filter.

Wayne