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« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2007, 06:41:08 pm » |
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I was actually the second bidder on the cancelled auction. i was hoping it would just kinda slide through.
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« Reply #21 on: May 09, 2007, 06:43:55 pm » |
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They are getting harder and harder to find. I just picked up my 81 a few weeks ago. Love it! I have the 7up one, of course but they are hard to find!
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« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2007, 07:19:46 pm » |
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(halehouse @ May 09 2007,5:35)
QUOTE Interesting to read the new listing.
If he doesn't get $9500, do you really think he will "relist at $100 and go from there?" Actually--I've used a similar strategy when I ebay stuff that is high dollar or "wow" material within a hobby. I was talking to Harley Yee, a rather important comic book broker, some years ago and he said that a great way to get a price to really pop on an important book is to list it once with a rather unrealistic reserve, wait a week and list it again starting at a buck with no reserve and watch the price rocket. I've done it a time or two and it seems to work--get everybody salivating, then let 'em stew, then watch 'em get carried away! Not a good way to buy, though.  |
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« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2007, 07:24:56 pm » |
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As a matter of fact, as I think of it--I can think of one time the final price with that method ended up half again as high as my original reserve. Of course, it only works if the item is legitimately rare and desireable--and if another one shows up on ebay anytime close before--or worse, during--your play it sinks the whole thing.
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« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2007, 08:04:44 pm » |
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This poor ol' seller listed this old machine for $600.00.....
with no reserve this morning !
He listed his phone # so every wanna-be RC 81 owner
......called him and got him excited! He thinks he just got rich.
I see no strategy here.......just greed  '>
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« Reply #25 on: May 09, 2007, 08:11:32 pm » |
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Oh, no doubt--he's an overly excited and greedy cuss. But I'm saying--if he does what he says after the machine, obviously, doesn't sell for the 9500 and goes back up w/NR--that's when it'll get interesting. It'll almost surely bring more than it would have in this morning's $600 NR auction--and could end up a lively topic of conversation here in a couple of weeks. Or not.  '>
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« Reply #26 on: May 09, 2007, 08:13:30 pm » |
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But to do it right, he should have listed it now with low starting bid, high reserve. Let the people bid at least, for heaven's sake.
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« Reply #27 on: May 09, 2007, 08:24:30 pm » |
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Feh, I'll watch just to laugh when the person who told him it was worth $9500 never comes back.
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« Reply #28 on: May 09, 2007, 10:06:03 pm » |
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The guy that told him 9500.00 will disappear like Bin Laden. I don't think it will even get 6000.00
If I remember right the last couple of really nice ones listed on greed-bay didn't make much more than 5000.00 and the reserve was not met.
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« Reply #29 on: May 10, 2007, 09:27:35 am » |
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This guy has his own strategy, he now has a bidder on it!
Now it's up to us fools to outbid the $9500.00..  '>
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