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peterC
06-13-2002, 09:08 PM
Holy Zoo
06-13-2002, 09:17 PM
What the heck!?!
Fuh-Fuh-Five huuuuundred dollars?!!
Todd Fredericks
06-13-2002, 09:29 PM
Dear Flyingglove,
You have just spent $511.99 (plus shipping) on this ELO CD. Here is my address (fill in blank). Please contact me about some other CD's that I would be happy to sell you directly for the same amount or higher...
Well, I hope he pays the rent this month. Should we contact him and ask him for a CD-R copy for the heck of it? Or worse, should we ask him for his address and send him a CD-R of the same ELO album? $511.99? Wow!
Todd
P.S. I hope he at least has the DCC 'Eldorado' (I bet he paid $3,439.86 for it)...
MagicAlex
06-13-2002, 10:05 PM
Samplermike is a happy man tonight. i think we should look him up for a round of drinks.
Michael
06-13-2002, 10:16 PM
Man, Wish I had one of those! Ya never know. I wonder what effect these crazy prices have on those price guides?
dwmann
06-13-2002, 10:44 PM
It was probably a last-minute typing error. I wonder what you do in a case like this?
Michael
06-13-2002, 10:45 PM
Originally posted by dwmann
It was probably a last-minute typing error. I wonder what you do in a case like this?
Hope the seller is understanding!
Metralla
06-13-2002, 10:57 PM
Originally posted by dwmann
It was probably a last-minute typing error.
I guess not. Check the bidding history.
It wasn't even sealed. I don't know of this CD - is it known to be rare?
Regards,
Metralla
Claviusb
06-13-2002, 10:58 PM
Originally posted by Michael
Man, Wish I had one of those!
You're in luck, my friend. I've got one of those puppies that I'll force myself to part with for the blowout price of $499 and I'll even throw in FREE Media Mail shipping! Priority Mail is just an additional $135 dollars-- I hire a limo to drive me to the post office-- so your seedee arrives at the mailbox in style!
:cool:
Claviusb
06-13-2002, 11:02 PM
Originally posted by Metralla
I guess not. Check the bidding history.
It wasn't even sealed. I don't know of this CD - is it known to be rare?
Regards,
Metralla
Yeah, I saw that (the bidding history). As for rare, I think it's EXTREMELY rare;) ...
See my above offer, Metralla! :)
Seriously, I don't think it's that rare... but anything can happen on ebay!!
peterC
06-13-2002, 11:05 PM
It's also interesting to look at the buyer's feedback.
He appears to be an ebay seller more than a collector. Surely he doesn't expect to resell at a profit!
Perhaps there's some bad blood between the buyer and seller and he just wanted to sabotage the auction.
Michael
06-13-2002, 11:10 PM
Originally posted by Claviusb
You're in luck, my friend. I've got one of those puppies that I'll force myself to part with for the blowout price of $499 and I'll even throw in FREE Media Mail shipping! Priority Mail is just an additional $135 dollars-- I hire a limo to drive me to the post office-- so your seedee arrives at the mailbox in style!
:cool:
Originally posted by Michael,
Man, Wish I had one of those! Opps, left this part off:
TO SELL!
Good one, Got me there.
LOL!
If you do a search under completed you will find that the last mint copy of Face The Music Mastersound Gold CD went for $48. I guess the rate of inflation kicked in and went up over ten times in just 2 weeks. The seller must be dancing a jig over this one. Someone made a serious bidding error.
Paul L.
06-14-2002, 06:15 AM
This *could* be a fine example of a method of eBay bidding that is risky. And I know someone who does this.
Let's say there is an item that you really want, and it's worth $50. You bid $500 on it, knowing that no one is going to bid such a ridiculous amount for a $50 item. That way you don't have to keep watching the auction or worry about getting sniped in the last few seconds. Normally you'll get it, maybe you'll have to pay $60 if someone bid $59 for it.
The problem, of course, is if someone else also has the bright idea to bid $500 on the $50 item, to make sure *he* gets it.
Then you have two people who have made a big mistake, and one of them will, maybe, learn his lesson.
I don't know if that's what happened in this instance, but it's a reasonable explanation.
Mike V
06-14-2002, 06:19 AM
It takes 2 dumb people to bid an item up this high. The "losing" bid was probably very close. Maybe one of you could contact that person off line and offer this CD for half the price? Now that's win/win!
peterC
06-14-2002, 06:37 AM
Originally posted by Paul L.
This *could* be a fine example of a method of eBay bidding that is risky. And I know someone who does this.
Let's say there is an item that you really want, and it's worth $50. You bid $500 on it, knowing that no one is going to bid such a ridiculous amount for a $50 item. That way you don't have to keep watching the auction or worry about getting sniped in the last few seconds. Normally you'll get it, maybe you'll have to pay $60 if someone bid $59 for it.
The problem, of course, is if someone else also has the bright idea to bid $500 on the $50 item, to make sure *he* gets it.
Then you have two people who have made a big mistake, and one of them will, maybe, learn his lesson.
I don't know if that's what happened in this instance, but it's a reasonable explanation.
Good theory Paul but this flyingglove person appears to be a very experienced ebayer. Would he make such a costly error?
It's interesting also to look at the dates of the bids.
It really looks like someone has inside info on the bids. Think about it. Flyingglove does what you suggested 2 days before the end of the auction. Then just before the auction finishes Linguisa increase his bid by over $400, but still less than Flyingglove's bid (although we'll never know what his bid was...but maybe linguisa did).
Dave, where are you? You must have a theory on this!
Tullman
06-14-2002, 02:31 PM
Looking at the bid history I noticed the high bed went from about $75.00 to $500.00. There has got to be a mistake in there somewhere. It could be interesting to watch the feedback on the seller and bidder.
Someone on here suggested I bid $500.00, or some ridiculus amont, on an item if I didn't want to be sniped. This goes to show what a moronic suggestion that was.
Michael
06-14-2002, 02:38 PM
Originally posted by Paul L.
This *could* be a fine example of a method of eBay bidding that is risky. And I know someone who does this.
Let's say there is an item that you really want, and it's worth $50. You bid $500 on it, knowing that no one is going to bid such a ridiculous amount for a $50 item. That way you don't have to keep watching the auction or worry about getting sniped in the last few seconds. Normally you'll get it, maybe you'll have to pay $60 if someone bid $59 for it.
The problem, of course, is if someone else also has the bright idea to bid $500 on the $50 item, to make sure *he* gets it.
Then you have two people who have made a big mistake, and one of them will, maybe, learn his lesson.
I don't know if that's what happened in this instance, but it's a reasonable explanation.
That's the best explanation so far.
TSmithPage
06-14-2002, 02:39 PM
Unfortunately for the seller, the likely result in a situation such as this is that the buyer refuses to buy the item, picks up a negative feedback (which doesn't mean much in the overall scheme of ebay things, as the buyer here has about 20 already), but he has to relist and waste a bunch of time reselling it again, while making sure ebay doesn't screw him for a percentage of this sale at the same time.
Michael
06-14-2002, 02:51 PM
Originally posted by TSmithPage
Unfortunately for the seller, the likely result in a situation such as this is that the buyer refuses to buy the item, picks up a negative feedback (which doesn't mean much in the overall scheme of ebay things, as the buyer here has about 20 already), but he has to relist and waste a bunch of time reselling it again, while making sure ebay doesn't screw him for a percentage of this sale at the same time.
He will probably have a hard time with ebay, They see it as a sale first and foremost. He has a battle on his hands! I wish him luck.
MagicAlex
06-14-2002, 06:12 PM
Wait...isn't this the rare and infamous 'slaughter cover' issue? I think that if you take warm soapy water and slightly soak the album cover a top layer will fall off revealing......
I'll leave this spot open for Claviusb...
Take it away! :D
romanotrax
06-14-2002, 06:49 PM
I have one in! I dont know if it came in one of those special long boxes like my Boston did but the case, book and cd are in excellent shape. Anybody want mine? Let me know. I am sure we can work out a decent deal for way less than $500.
Bob
Holy Zoo
06-15-2002, 08:45 AM
So, curiosity got the better of me, so I emailed the winner asking if it was a mistake or if it's super rare, or what. Here's his response:
Hi,
A BIG mistake......
Greg
Metralla
06-15-2002, 10:24 AM
HZ,
Good one. I feel sorry for Greg. I bet he's busy right now trying to negotiate with the seller and/or eBay.
Regards,
Metralla
Originally posted by Peter Castanos
Dave, where are you? You must have a theory on this!
Oh yeah I've got an opinion on this one...
You guys have pegged what Flyingglove did. The only "fly in the ointment" was this linguisa person. This person is notorious for jacking bids up so high that people will loose their shirts on the transaction, and then letting someone else win. Whenever I see linguisa, I run, don't walk, the other direction!
This person, linguisa, was discussed in the classifieds about 3 weeks ago. He/she has paid some pretty outrageous prices for other auctions.
Wow! Must be nice to have more money than brains!:rolleyes:
Hell, if anyone wants to buy my Face The Music Mastersound for $511.00 US. I'll fly down there and deliver it in person!:D
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