Ebay Furor - Watch out for the Sharks

[Edward B Richards]

Will;
That is what is known as "bargaining" and is customary. Do you pay the
first asking price on a car or home? If you do you are foolish. Everyone
wants the best deal they can get. I don't understand why you are so
upset, I would expect it. Regards, Ed Richards


On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:30:27 -0800 "Guy G. Giacopuzzi DDS"
<ggg3dds at JS-NET.COM> writes:
>Will wrote:
>>
>> >Subject: Ebay Furor - Watch out for the Sharks
>>
>> >Further compounded by the
>> >fact that several people wanted the same items.  Many price ranges
>were
>> >simply outrageously low.  Obviously there are folks on this
>reflector
>> >who are trying to squeeze the blood out of a turnip when it comes
>to
>> >buying Collins equipment or thought that here was a real
>opportunity to
>> >perhaps pick up a load of great stuff at low prices from a guy who
>> >freely admits that he is rusty on Collins prices!   Those who did
>not
>> >low-ball the prices know who you are but as a case in point, I had
>a
>> >weighted average of about
>> >$ 600 on the loaded KWM-2A that was posted.  It doesn't take a
>rocket
>> >scientist to figure out that this particular unit may be worth
>twice
>> >what was offered as a fair price!    Another item was a CCA VG-EXC
>> >312B-5 who some were trying to buy at $ 200 to $ 250!  Now it has
>been
>> >stated that perhaps I abused the good will of those who responded
>with
>> >price ranges, but what was this knowledge worth, when you consider
>that
>> >even though my Collins price gauge was out of date, it was an
>insult to
>> >my intelligence when a couple of respondents said that a 312B5 was
>only
>> >worth $ 200-250?  Of course, many of the respondents made low ball
>> >offers so we made the decision to let the market set the price and
>there
>> >is no fairer way to do this than in an auction.
>>
>> Funny, this doesn't surprise me....I had a similar experience,
>though not on
>> this reflector. I was planning on selling some of my Collins gear
>and was
>> making inquiries as to what it might fairly bring.  I got a couple
>of honest
>> answers and several more that were very obviously self serving
>low-balls.  I
>> was given a figure of $250 for a cherry 312B5 and even worse $700
>for a very
>> nice 62S1 and $1500 for a KWS1 and two(2) 75A4s(one with a 4 to 1
>vernier).
>> Needless to say the individual that gave me those numbers won't know
>if I
>> sell the gear until after the fact.
>> I don't think "sharks" fairly describes it.
>>
>> As a result of that experience and this string of posts, if I do go
>through
>> with the decision to sell some of my gear, I will probably offer it
>for sale
>> at a "firm price" here and then anything that isn't sold, I will put
>on
>> Ebay.
>>
>> I think it would be a shame for everyone if banning Ebay
>announcement posts
>> is done on this reflector just because of the bruised egos of a few
>that saw
>> a chance to get some gear at bargain basement prices.
>>
>> I don't search Ebay all that often, and  I have seen how nice it is
>to have
>> what is available on Ebay distributed.  I belong to a national car
>> collectors group who have a reflector similar to this one(actually
>they have
>> two--one for technical and a separate one for social, for sale,
>wanted,
>> etc.) and it is very nice to receive an email heads up on what is
>being
>> offered for sale in other forums including Ebay.
>>
>> Just my own opinion.
>>
>> Will Eral
>>
>> KC5GF
>>
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>because no one likes the "highest price at any cost"
>concept that's so popular on ebay.  Let's face it, some things have
>gotten way out of line on ebay...I have an average KWM2A with a PM2
>and
>CC1 case I picked up just a few years ago for about $250.  Certainly,
>some items fetch higher prices, but some sellers appear to be sharks
>too.  I generally feel ebay is for folks who are not collectors that
>are
>simply trying to unload the rigs, but it's not for us.  If you want to
>sell something, pick a price, advertise for it; if you get it great,
>if
>not, you know you're too high.  My philosophy is you have a right to a
>profit, but not a killing....If you're here to make a killing, you're
>in
>the wrong place--we're here as friends with mutual interests, not
>businessmen...
>
>ggg
>
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