Re: [Harp-L] RE; eBay B- Rad Sale?

[Jesse <jvboden@xxxxxxxxx>]

A more common scenario is that zero feedback or one feedback buyers are
flakes or kids who never pay for the item won - then the seller has no
recourse but to re-list the item. Has happened to me and many others and is
a real drag. By blocking the sales on my listings for used harp mics and
other music gear to only folks with a Paypal account, the problem has all
but stopped. Shill bidding is outlawed and checked by eBay and is less
common than crappy buyers with zero or little feedback that just flat out
stiff you, in my 9 years of selling and buying experience. Who knows why
they bid...? Prank, stupid, high...?

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 10:30 PM, David M Scudamore <
aroundtoithandyman@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Did anyone notice that the $500 buyer had 1 feedback? I often think that
> the Zero and One's that seem to bid things up are shills. I often see harp
> mics show up as sold and then the same seller lists the same mic the next
> week. Shill bidding is a fact on eBay. Otherwise chalk one up for a naive
> buyer with 1 feedback getting scared that his $115 bid will not win so he
> jumps for the buy it now thinking the seller set a fair price.
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> With no more knowledge than a "closed" eBay, I'm skeptical.
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> Dave
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> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:26:49 -0700 (PDT)
> From: David Payne <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Harp-L] $500 B-radical on ebay
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> A B-rad closed recently on Ebay for $391, so I looked around. There was
> another
> that closed on Ebay for $500. Mine, by the way, are NOT available for even
> for
> $500, lol (seriously, they are not).
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/B-Radical-C-harmonica-NEW-/180645592555?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a0f50fdeb
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> What's crazy is, it went for $500 without even a picture of the actual
> harmonica. They took a pic of a 9.0 version Bb off the HH website. The
> harmonica
> being sold was a C.
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> David
> www.elkriverharmonicas.com
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