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Topic: What do you think, shill bid? |
Ron Victoria
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New Jersey, USA
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Grant Johnson
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Nashville TN
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Posted 26 Oct 2005 3:15 pm |
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Looking at the buying history, this bidder is paying top top dollar for his Fender purchases. Over a grand for a BF Princeton.
Looks like the bidder means business right out of the gate.
If I were intent on this guitar, I would not be bidding until the very end... |
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Charles Dempsey
From:
Shongaloo, LA
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Posted 26 Oct 2005 6:07 pm
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Nothing screams shill to me. He bid enough to break reserve (which was $1200) on the first go. No point setting a high reserve and then having a shill break it.
We don't know what his actual bid is, just that it's $1200 or more.
Charlie |
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Michael Lee Allen
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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
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Posted 26 Oct 2005 7:01 pm
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REMOVED
Last edited by Michael Lee Allen on 28 Feb 2011 6:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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George Manno
From:
chicago
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Posted 27 Oct 2005 4:10 am
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Ebay has gone retail!
I think the best deals are still here in the forum's classified section or from dealers who you can get on the phone with when you are not happy with a purchase.
GM |
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Michael Garnett
From:
Seattle, WA
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Posted 27 Oct 2005 4:56 am
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Last week I saw two USED stevens dobro bars go for $30 apiece after remaining at $0.99 until just minutes before auction end. The morons bidding didn't realize that they retail new for $15.
There's some dense people out there willing to spend lots of money on stuff that's not really worth it.
-MG |
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Paul Arntson
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 27 Oct 2005 5:37 am
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| Interesting question. If people will spend money on it, doesn't that make it "worth it"? Free enterprise. I played one of the Japanese repro Stringmasters in Nagoya last month. Nice, but not the same. |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 27 Oct 2005 11:07 am
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| A good way to determine shills is to look and see if the seller has given multiple positive feedbacks to the bidders account. I've busted a few that way. |
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