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Offline justthatgood

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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #14 from previous page: February 03, 2006, 01:25:38 PM »
@Jax

Hey, I can't hate on people.  I'm all for people getting the most out of their hardware (finacially or performance wise.)

Personally myself, I wouldn't have prices that high, because you have to pay so much to eBay in regards to there extortion like listing fees. I normally listed stuff to sell. Stuff don't make money sitting in a box.  Other then that I'm just making idle chat, because I have no job and am bored.
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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #15 on: February 03, 2006, 01:40:48 PM »
Hmm, I don't know that anyone's really all that indignant, it's just a silly price, that's all.

@justthatgood: I've had the same experience with Mac re-sellers  quite often.  Mac prices are just rediculus in my city.  A company was selling second hand ram for my 6100 for ~$300 for 64MB, but then I can buy a second hand G3 tower for that price, or even pick up an 8100 which people occaisionally discard on street verge rubbish collections.  Well, I know the old Mac upgrades are not so common, but I think that's silly too.  And no, I'm not indignant, I'm just wasting time.

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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #16 on: February 03, 2006, 08:00:37 PM »
It's bizarre that one of the highest prices in the world is an A500 with a box of disks. "The Worlds Greatest Setup" or something, it says.

Forget the A4000T with video toaster in 2nd place...

A500 - Buy It Now! 950 Aussie dollars!

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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #17 on: February 03, 2006, 08:59:44 PM »
This is the third or forth time in the last month that this board has been put on auction. Each time the "By it Now" Price has been higher. The first three times there was no minimum bid, but a reserve price which was never met. The first couple of auctions ended in the $80 to $100 range if I remember right. The seller didn't seem to like this so now we have a super high starting bid! I just don't see how this makes sense?

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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #18 on: February 03, 2006, 09:26:38 PM »
@mdivancic

Each time, the "Buy It Now" price gets higher to cover the shipping, handling, and the money lost buy the listing price.    As I said, unless you are very very sure you are going to sell something and/or it's very valuble(rare) don't list high.
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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #19 on: February 03, 2006, 10:18:56 PM »
eBay is not always bad. I have goten many items at a great price  somtime less then half of what you pay in the store. Electronics in particular can be a great deal.
Amiga owners seem to be an exception to this rule I have seen Amiga items go for twice what they should be and I remember the Guy in Calgary Canada selling a top of the line eccelorator fully loaded for $1500 I dont think he sold it but :-o.
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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #20 on: February 03, 2006, 10:41:14 PM »
Maybe the guy just likes to read about all the fuss he causes on A.Org. Actually selling the stuff would be counter productive.

Remember A.org members did a great job promoting another eBay nutter until he was so legendary he now has a growing band of faithful followers and his own chatshow. Genius!

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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #21 on: February 03, 2006, 11:05:01 PM »
Well all she does is buy and resell Amiga parts for high prices.  Must be nice.
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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #22 on: February 03, 2006, 11:40:08 PM »
I think I have seen this person list a Fastlane at least twice now. Both times the card "sold", and each time it is listed again the starting bid and buy-it-now prices are higher. Either this person has alot of Fastlanes, or something fishy might be happening.

To upgrade it to the 256MB version required swapping some chips on the board (Pal or gal, not sure) and replacing the eprom with a newer revision.

Realistic prices have been more around US$100-$120, though some might think that overpriced as well. Considering the other ram upgrade paths, it's not bad. The 30pin 4MB simms can usually be picked up real cheap on Ebay in lots. So for maybe US$130 or less you pick up an additional 64MB fast ram and in a 4000D, a good SCSI controller.

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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #23 on: February 03, 2006, 11:56:05 PM »
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dnelsonfl wrote:
I think I have seen this person list a Fastlane at least twice now. Both times the card "sold", and each time it is listed again the starting bid and buy-it-now prices are higher. Either this person has alot of Fastlanes, or something fishy might be happening.

To upgrade it to the 256MB version required swapping some chips on the board (Pal or gal, not sure) and replacing the eprom with a newer revision.

Realistic prices have been more around US$100-$120, though some might think that overpriced as well. Considering the other ram upgrade paths, it's not bad. The 30pin 4MB simms can usually be picked up real cheap on Ebay in lots. So for maybe US$130 or less you pick up an additional 64MB fast ram and in a 4000D, a good SCSI controller.

-David


Maybe he's buying them from himself so it appears that the price isnt inflated when people go out to check what the general going price is on the hardware... Seems like a waste of time to me for just one item though...
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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2006, 01:06:27 AM »
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Maybe he's buying them from himself so it appears that the price isnt inflated when people go out to check what the general going price is on the hardware... Seems like a waste of time to me for just one item though...



That's just insane though.  Because according to a lot of rules and stuff from the Federal Trade Commission, shill bidding is construed as felony actions.  Yeah, it is theft, because other bidders wouldn't have had to pay the price they did because the "ghost" bidder wouldn't have exisited.
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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2006, 03:45:43 AM »
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Re: Ebay fun
« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2006, 06:09:56 AM »
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They didn't sell because the reserve was never covered. Check this out...


Ahh, that explains it. And the highest bids on those auctions look more realistic. Greed at work here, eh?

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