Any guesstimates on what this example would have gone for? I was the high bidder for most of it and including when it was cancelled and was going to of course bput a last second bid in... Mario ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Fraser" <pjfraser at alamedanet.net> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 3:34 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] re Opera gone > this guy's obviously a rookie at ebay, and not a phono collector. he's > also local to me. quite frankly, this sort of thing is the only way > somebody like me could afford to acquire an Opera...to contact him > directly and swoop in and pull it out from under the auction. fair? > perhaps not...but if he's going to dip into the marketplace without doing > homework, which is soooo easy to do these days - and we know he has a > computer and we know he knows what ebay is - well, maybe he deserves to > sell at less than optimal price. no need to pity him. > > i saw this auction early, and asked offline for his phone number in the > hopes i could inspect, and maybe dazzle him with cash and grab it for > less than $3000. by the time he got back to me it was already up past > $4k so i cancelled the visit. but it sat around that price all week and > so he got cold feet and probably took $5k or so from someone like me but > with deeper pockets. > > nothing wrong or immoral about any of this, in my opinion - it's his to > sell at whatever price he wants, ebay auction notwithstanding. > > On Jan 5, 2008, at 7:43 AM, George Glastris wrote: > >> I agree it is totally wrong and very stupid. >> I sell a lot on Ebay, many things that I have no idea of their value. >> I'm always getting offers to sell offline. I've been offered many >> hundreds even thousands for items which I start at $9.99 and no reserve. >> I've never accepted them and have never regreted it as the final bid is >> always over the offer. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "BruceY" <Bruce78rpm at comcast.net> >> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> >> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:09 AM >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] re Opera gone >> >> >>> Can he really do that without some kind of penalty or banishment from >>> Ebay? Seems sort of underhanded. Can you imagine putting an item on >>> consignment at a local gallery, and then going to the auction to view >>> it. After the bidding starts someone who recognizes the item as yours, >>> finds you in the crowd and offers you $2000.00 for the item if you >>> agree to pull the item right now . How possitively sleezy and unfair >>> that would be. What makes this any different? >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> Bruce >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich" <rich-mail at octoxol.com> >>> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org> >>> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:52 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] re Opera gone >>> >>> >>>> Well, usually when that happens, the seller has received an under the >>>> table offer that is very attractive and accepts it. With FB showing >>>> more of a seller than a buyer and a low rate of eBay selling that >>>> would b my guess. >>>> >>>> Mario Frazzetto wrote: >>>>> So I wonder what happened to this!!! >>>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200187276205 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Phono-L mailing list >>>>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Phono-L mailing list >>>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: >>>> 269.17.13/1210 - Release Date: 1/5/2008 11:46 AM >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Phono-L mailing list >>> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: > 269.17.13/1209 - Release Date: 4/01/2008 12:05 PM > >