[GreenKeys] EBay at its worst

[Paul Heller]

That might explain things like the "$1400 WWII Bell System teletype” and similar situations for products people find in old barns and attacks and have no idea what they are worth. 

I personally dislike the “or reasonable offer” option. If a reasonable offer is $50, these overpriced sellers get insulted. If they ask $$700 for something, they think reasonable is $650. 

I love it when someone starts a bid at $0.99 and lets the market set the value.

Yes, eBay can be a terrible place sometimes. But most times it is ok.

Paul
W2TTY


> On Mar 13, 2015, at 5:24 AM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I know its been a while since I sent this, but it would appear E- Bay might be to blame for some of these silly high prices. I spoke to someone who was selling an Analog computer, and it had a mildly excessive starting price and wasn’t getting any bids. He said he had just set it to what E-Bay suggested, so apparently it now suggests starting prices for Items. Any way he reduced the stating price and withing an hour he had 10 bids and he was back over his starting price….
>  
> Dave Wade
> G4UGM
>  
> P.S. Any one got any 33-way Jones sockets. They are £33.00 on E-Bay…
>  
> From: Alf Fisher [mailto:alf_fisher at tiscali.co.uk] 
> Sent: 11 August 2014 16:25
> To: Dave Wade; greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] EBay at its worst
>  
> Hi Dave,
> I don't think you can blame eBay, its the vendors that set prices too high in the first place.
> I was interested in a 300-0-300 mains transformer that had a starting bid of £48 but in my view this is too high for a used item. 
>  
> The 7B does look good but I reckon he should at least move the decimal point one place left to be nearer the mark.
> I think £100 for the 7B & 6S/6M.
>  
> I see he also has a Creed 75 with a 115v governed motor but without paper tape facilities although it is dual speed. 
> He is asking £500 'Buy it now' but I think £100 is more likely to sell it.
>  
> that's just my idea of course and others are welcome to have their own values.
>  
> 73
> Alf
>  
>  
>  
>  
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Dave Wade <mailto:dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>
>> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net <mailto:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 1:12 PM
>> Subject: [GreenKeys] EBay at its worst
>>  
>> Don't you just love horrors like this:-
>> 
>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201140580464 <http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201140580464>
>> The vendor obviously thinks the price is high, but by saying "nearest offer" they have turned it into a blind auction where you know you are going to get ripped off....
>> ... any thoughts on what a reasonable price for this would be. It does look immaculate...
>>  
>> Dave
>> G4UGM
>> 
>> P.S. if any one has a 5-level reader in Europe they would part with I would be glad to pay a "reasonable" price. 
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