[Boatanchors] TV7D/U - Here's what your missing

[Richard Solomon]

Someone pulled the stake out of it, it's back !!

73, Dick, W1KSZ


On 1/15/2015 12:29 PM, Mr Bill Mellema via Boatanchors wrote:
> For sure Rob….remember the Hammarlund Comet Pro listed for $2500.00??????
> Bill N3WM
>        From: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com>
>   To: RAY FRIESS <rayfrijr at msn.com>
> Cc: Boat Anchors List <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>   Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2015 2:14 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] TV7D/U - Here's what your missing
>     
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:49 AM, RAY FRIESS <rayfrijr at msn.com> wrote:
>> It is just plain idiotic to list items at prices like that which have no chance of going anywhere.  It wastes everyones time including the sellers and makes the seller look laughable and ridiculous.  You have a beter chance of winning the lottery and you look less ridiculous playing the lottery.
>>
> I always assume these listings are done by estate flippers who scarf
> up hundreds, maybe thousands of items at estate sales, have no idea
> what they are dealing with, but pay some kid to search and find the
> highest ever selling price and _start_ the bidding at that amount.  At
> any time they may have hundreds of items listed all over the place,
> listing costs them nothing and when one expires they re-list and
> forget about it.  I've seen gear with no chance of ever selling,
> sitting out there getting re-listed for a couple of years.
>
> These "zombie listings" are irritating because they clutter up search
> results and you'd think the sellers would wise up but they don't.
>
> 73
>
> Rob
> K5UJ
>
>
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