[Milsurplus] BC-223 Transmitter Jaw Dropper

[AKLDGUY .]

> As far as shill bidding to end the auction, one can always end an auction
as being no longer available,
> thus cancelling the auction and any bids. One then is avoiding e-Bays
nearly 20% commission.

Yes that's correct.
However, I don't know about ebay, but another ebay-based online auction
charges a very substantial
penalty for cancelling, and I presume ebay does the same. I know this
because I once cancelled, and
my sale turned into a net loss because of the penalty.

73 de Neil ZL1ANM


On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 8:49 AM, <joldenburg2 at new.rr.com> wrote:

> Often collectables that are N.O.S. are changing hands for 100-150% more
> than clean original items. Considering that 801 tubes are EXPENSIVE a bid
> of $600 or so wold have seemed okay IF this was truly N.O.S.
>
> Looking closely at this auction the alarms go off. Just out of packing (
> which is missing?!). Hmmm, why is the unit showing signs of a quick sloppy
> wipe down on a dust embedded wrinkle finish? Why would one dispose the
> extensive packaging that these units where shipped in? Where are the other
> two tuning units that would have been shipped, numbers matching the unit?
> Accompanying manuals?
>
> It is clean, appears to have never been mounted, but N.O.S. just out the
> box, no. As far as shill bidding to end the auction, one can always end an
> auction as being no longer available, thus canceling the auction and any
> bids. One then is avoiding e-Bays nearly 20% commission.
> Jon AB9AH
> ---- "AKLDGUY ." <neilb0627 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> Yeah, but $856 ??
>
> 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 4:04 PM, <radioman390 at cs.com> wrote:
>
> > The first one was used without tubes, the second was used- incomplete and
> > the third was listed as "new out of the box"
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AKLDGUY . <neilb0627 at gmail.com>
> > To: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>; milsurplus <
> > milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Tue, Dec 27, 2016 9:14 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] BC-223 Transmitter Jaw Dropper
> >
> > Try this:
> > The seller himself or an associate on his behalf bidded up the price to
> > the point where nobody would match it.
> > Perhaps because:
> > 1. He changed his mind about selling
> > 2. He recognised a bidder who he didn't want to sell to, perhaps because
> > of a previous bad deal
> >
> > 73 de Neil ZL1ANM
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 2:06 PM, David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> These transmitters all sold about the same time
> >> on Ebay.  Can anyone give me a sane, even
> >> slightly rational explaination of this price spread?
> >>
> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/272495017315
> >>
> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/191988472817
> >>
> >> http://www.ebay.com/itm/311710205908
> >> ______________________________________________________________
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