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

JMILLER1706 at cfl.rr.com JMILLER1706 at cfl.rr.com
Mon Jul 25 10:25:10 EDT 2005


Is this the same guy that sells R-390 manuals on CDs?  I seem to recall 
several years ago some discussion that he might be wanting to sell the 
Y2K manual on CD, which was compiled by others on a non-commercial 
basis, as I understand it.  Anybody remember this?

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Crestohl <W1RC at Verizon.net>
Date: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:23 am
Subject: Re: [R-390] Re: Who Says Its Junk???

> 
>   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!
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