Heath stuff and I hate reserve price auctions

[Don Peterson]

Guess again!

There have been 19 EC-1 Analog Computers on eBay in the past 3 years.  The highest
price paid was $2550.00 on 9/26/01.  The lowest price paid was $280.00 on 11/25/00.
 That unit was very rough.  The next lowest price was $326.50 on 9/14/00.  The
average price has been $716.00.  In the past 3 months:

07/23/01     $2026.00
09/01/01     $ 911.11
09/26/01     $2550.00
10/19/01     $ 203.51  Reserve not met

I don't understand why the demand on this item, but it is obviously there....


Don


>I know why they do it, but when there is such a difference between the
>starting bid and the reserve, AND no one even makes the reserve, it's just

>too damn annoying. These usually sell for around $400 - I'm surprised this

>got bid up so high!
>
>Regards,
>
>Neil
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ken Dupuis Wn2Sqc" <wn2sqc at JUNO.COM>
>
>
>> Hi Neil. In my opinion reserve prices are important auction tools, it
>> draws in the bidders with the low starting bid and prevents the seller
>> from giving the item away. I have seen many auctions on ebay end without

>> a bid because the starting bid was too high to attract attention, similar

>> items with reserves and low starting bids usually sell well,  Ken
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