[GreenKeys] EBay at its worst

Sat Mar 14 05:14:20 EDT 2015

Ha!

But no, seriously.. this was five separate auctions for five instances of
the same item.. Not because of BIN prices being reduced, just the natural
result of eager buyers falling away after the first few items were sold.

On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 3:41 AM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:

> That was 15 years ago. These days vendors don’t seem to reduce reduce the
> price on a re-list…
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> Dave
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> G4UGM
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> *From:* drlegendre . [mailto:drlegendre at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* 14 March 2015 07:44
> *To:* w0ir
> *Cc:* Paul Heller; Dave G4UGM; Green Keys
>
> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] EBay at its worst
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> Not to be +pedantic+, but it's the bidders - rather than the sellers -
> that set the prices we see on the 'bay.
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> True story: 15 yrs. ago, a seller had (5) of the Moog Song Composer kits
> for the C-64, all NOS / NIB. I wanted one.. so I sat back and watched the
> action. It went something like this..
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> #1 - $325
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> #2 - $315
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> #3 - $245
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> #4 - $175
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> #5 - $85
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> I picked up #5.. ;-)
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> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 7:29 AM, w0ir <w0ir at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> It’s not Ebay’s fault! They provide the place at a profit for the seller
> to list his product. They do set the price. So if you don’t like the
> sellers price don’t blame Ebay!
>
>
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> *From:* GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] *On Behalf
> Of *Paul Heller
> *Sent:* Friday, March 13, 2015 7:22 AM
> *To:* Dave G4UGM
> *Cc:* greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
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>
> *Subject:* Re: [GreenKeys] EBay at its worst
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I love it when someone starts a bid at $0.99 and lets the market set the
> value.
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> Yes, eBay can be a terrible place sometimes. But most times it is ok.
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> Paul
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> W2TTY
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> On Mar 13, 2015, at 5:24 AM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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….
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> Dave Wade
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> G4UGM
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> P.S. Any one got any 33-way Jones sockets. They are £33.00 on E-Bay…
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> *From:* Alf Fisher [mailto:alf_fisher at tiscali.co.uk
> <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.
>
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> 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.
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>
> 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.
>
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>
> that's just my idea of course and others are welcome to have their own
> values.
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> 73
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> Alf
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com>
>
> *To:* greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>
> *Sent:* Monday, August 11, 2014 1:12 PM
>
> *Subject:* [GreenKeys] EBay at its worst
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>
> Don't you just love horrors like this:-
>
> 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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