Reverse lookup provides more insight. (408) 666-5948 is Unpublished or Unavailable (408) 666-5948 Provider: Blue Licenses Holding, Llc Location: San Jose:West Da, CA This is probably a cell phone number and is now switched off with the battery pulled. If I were the high bidder in that auction when it was shutdown I would have eBay on the phone, 888-749-3229 or 800-322-9266, the California Attorney General, and the meanest - nastest - lawyer I could find. I will bet that California has several pounds of laws and regulations relating to auctions. Peter Fraser wrote: > well, here's his phone number: 408.666.5948 - not sure what his name is. > > i'm sure if enough of you bug him he'll eventually tell the story to one > of you... > > On Jan 5, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Mario Frazzetto wrote: > >> 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. 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