Well I won't argue the seller did good. I would argue that description and photos help but six times the money? Welcome to the world of eBay. I am to lazy to look it up and don't remember but would that machine come with an H reproducer? I don't think so. I posted to that earlier. Would it come with a Triumph horn? Maybe My point is in Oldcranky world for 5/6 times the money it has to be correct. Perhaps it is but the H is a problem. IMHO. Good for him. There is an F standard kicking around my area but sadly refinished, but has an S on it if I remember correctly. I could pick it up if anyone wants....I'll need a thousand dollars for my time so 2K ought to do it. Hey I bet the seller will chip in a hundred for me when I offer him $1000. LOL. we've seen this all before. Remember the lady buying DD at crazy prices. He found a honey hole that's all. Mike Oldcranky
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Steven Medved <steve_nor...@msn.com> wrote: > > > I think that the detailed description is one of the keys to successful > selling on e-bay. I have never had the knack of doing that. > > > ===================================== > > Lightfoot IA was an eBay seller with good feedback. He would take common 2 > minute Edison gold molded records and sell them at $30 to $40 each. > > He was able to do this because of the ad, he told about the artists, the > record, when it was made, the weather that day, by the time you read his ad > you wanted that record. Records with low catalog numbers like 7 or 40 he > pointed this out and they went high. On eBay the ad makes a big difference > and with phono items you have to start the price low to get people to bid. > > Firebottles is a pro at what he does, I have written him several times and > I have always gotten a courteous reply. I'll bet he had to sit down when he > saw the final price. > > I do know of machines that have been bid up high and the buyer backed out. > > About five years ago some bozo put a standard A on eBay. This guy was not > a collector or anyone we know. He was an antique dealer and the standard he > was selling was so worn that it had absolutely no pinstriping at all and > came with a dismal looking horn. He said this machine was mint and in all > his 30 years as an antique dealer he had never seen one better and it sold > for $750.00 to someone who had probably never seen a standard before. > > I have purchased a blank weight C on eBay for $80, it had no ad and the > photos were poor, I bid the starting offer and was amazed I won. With a > good ad and photos it would have gone for over $200 at the time. > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
