[R-390] Re: Who Says Its Junk???

[Cecil Acuff]

I've also known of this to happen if ebay has any evidence that the owner is 
somehow bidding up his own auction....whether personally or by means of 
another member.  Don't know that to be the case here but it goes on!

Cecil.....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Crestohl" <W1RC at Verizon.net>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 12:18 PM
Subject: [R-390] Re: Who Says Its Junk???


> Hi Gang:
>
> I see that my posting has generated some discussion which is good.  This 
> morning
> I went to check to see how Terry's auction was going and found a bit of a 
> surprise:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5790213538
>
> Click on the link and you will see that the auction has been removed by 
> eBay and
> is is now an "invalid item".
>
> Wonder what happened?  I cannot see why eBay would remove an R-390A from
> the active auctions.  They've been acting very strangely of late in this 
> regard.  A
> friend posted a shoulder patch from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and 
> it
> was removed by eBay.  This wasn't even the current style either.  eBay has
> tightened their rules regarding police badges and related official 
> emergency
> equipment but most shoulder patches are still acceptable.  He inquired as 
> to
> why the auction was ended and was told that the RCMP asked eBay not to
> permit any of their official items, including patches, to be auctioned.
>
> Any ideas????
>
> Bob Young e-mailed me and the List asking if we thought it was worth the
> $3500.00 B-I-N/reserve price. It takes at least 100 hours to restore one 
> to this
> level and an hourly rate of $35.00 for that kind of work is not 
> unreasonable.
> I guess it could be worth this amount to someone who has the bux and wants
> what looks like a super nice R-390A.   Don't forget the cabinet is a Grand
> additional.
>
> 73,
>
> Michael
>
>
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