It is just like fishing, it is all in the presentation of the bait. I
have noticed that the overseas buyers will shell out a bit more money
for a nice example though.
On 01/26/2011 09:54 AM, Mike Stitt wrote:
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.
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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
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