It would be interesting to take an identical machine to him and make the following offer: Either buy my machine for $15,000, or sell me yours for $300. If you're so sure yours is worth $250K, then you can't possibly afford to pass this machine up for $15K.
-r. ----- Original Message ----- From: <taediso...@aol.com> To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2007 5:59 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Why hasn't anyone bid? > My guess is that when there was a reserve, someone decided to yank his > chain > and place a bid knowing that there was no legal obligation. Once the > seller > relisted it without reserve no jokers are about to put their necks on the > line. > > I also suspect that the international inquiries he got were from the fake > check scam artists who plague high-ticket items on eBay. He may well end > up > "selling" it for $250K and getting a bogus check for $260K, with a request > to > refund the "overpayment" by Western Union. > > I almost feel like writing the guy a note but even if I bend over > backwards > to be polite I'm sure he'll just figure I'm trying to con him out of his > fortune. He'd be very lucky to get $250 for it in a truly open auction, > let alone > $250,000..... > > Best regards, > Rene Rondeau > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org >
