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

[Michael Crestohl]

   Cecil may have hit on it right here.  It's called "shill bidding" and
   highly illegal.
   I  think  you  get  the  boot from eBay if you are caught doing it.  I
   can't
   see any other logical reason for the listing's disappearance.
   However this auction had a B-I-N and reserve set at the same amount
   and I suppose someone could have shill bid it up but it didn't get to
   the right amount before it closed so what would be the point?
   I am thinking that anyone seriously interested in a R-390 even in this
   price range would read this list and consequently why didn't Terry
   just  advertise  it  here.   I  am  sure  that  this  is the forum and
   marketplace
   of the high-end MIL tube-based receivers.
   Hey, it you have the dough and need more toys.......................
   But I'm glad I got into these toys when nobody wanted them and
   they were cheap and plentiful.  I remember tripping over TCS
   sets and other such things at flea markets in the 70s and snagging
   them  for  $10 - $25 at the end of the day if for no other reason than
   to
   save them from the dunpster.
   73 all,
   Michael
   At 07:13 PM 7/24/2005, you wrote:

     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!