Sellers on Amazon have been doing this lately too. I ordered a 2" rod of UHMW plastic for $12+ and said they only had one. Next day they had more, but at $18. Bastiches. Another seller had more at the lower price so I ordered some from them.
On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 6:45 PM Michail Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > I always check the price history to see when and how much. > > > > I know of sellers selling something for a normal price, then after I buy > and get it, they change their auction to a completely different cheaper > item so it appears to new people that the cheap item sold for a higher > amount. > > > > > > > > Michail Wilson > > 206-920-6312 > > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On > Behalf Of *Bartek Ogryz > *Sent:* Monday, January 24, 2022 1:39 PM > *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] Is it just me? > > > > Do you know how eastern sellers (Ukrainians, Russians, etc) are uplifting > the tubes prices? It's a very simple trick :) > > I had bought many IV-25 about a year ago for funny money. It was a real > catch! After a few days, the seller had raised the price 10x. From that > moment on, every next person, who had found that auction, could think, that > so many tubes had sold for that high price :) > > > > Tubes prices increased twice last year. > > > > Bartek. > > poniedziałek, 24 stycznia 2022 o 20:40:32 UTC+1 [email protected] > napisał(a): > > That's just crazy talk. Glad I picked up some IN-9 and IN-13 a while > back, but wish I'd bought a lot more. I think IN-9 should be about $5-6ea > and the 13s what, $10? I wish, not any more! I think it's awesome that > some folks are being inventive and making things, but it really sucks when > it ruins the market for specific items which haven't been made in decades. > > > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2022 at 4:39 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Some blathering... > > > > > > On Jan 23, 2022, at 12:44 PM, Bill Notfaded <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Perhaps for some of us collectors we now sit on a gold mine > > > > Everything I've bought in the last five years seems to have turned into a > good to excellent investment. IN-13s have of course gone up in price at a > steady pace but over the last year or so IN-9s have absolutely > *skyrocketed*. For example: > > > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/223870481127 > > > > > > That's $14.36 apiece including shipping but not taxes—for a lot of 25! If > you click on the number of lots sold you'll see that last February the BIN > was only $179. o_O > > > > Ridiculous asking prices are nothing new on eBay but I've bought from this > seller in the past and he/she/it was reasonable then. > > > > The pandemic is the major factor in all of this but we all know that > stocks of Soviet surplus are dwindling as well. Also, a certain Chinese > "VU" meter with two IN-9s suddenly turned up everywhere in the last year. > The typical price is something like $109. Could that be factor #3? > > > > > > Forget about hoarding IN-14s, I should have borrowed some money and bought > every IN-9 in sight a year ago. I would have at least doubled my money by > Christmas. 8D > > > > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > "There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland—and try and buy a > gun there"—Hank Hill > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/E91BBEFE-5AA6-4780-B7E2-1091BAC96F44%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/E91BBEFE-5AA6-4780-B7E2-1091BAC96F44%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/371d33ff-6184-4638-b7d2-d8b18a923ae8n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/371d33ff-6184-4638-b7d2-d8b18a923ae8n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/MW2PR0102MB3435B5E081F921EB61212184825F9%40MW2PR0102MB3435.prod.exchangelabs.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/MW2PR0102MB3435B5E081F921EB61212184825F9%40MW2PR0102MB3435.prod.exchangelabs.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-jYmcRKcdOYmzm1SKdcTiVskv3KydHJygc3zM-wwR%2Bddg%40mail.gmail.com.
