I assume it's to try to generate a panic to make you buy it rather than scam you for multiple postages. But it often causes me to avoid them because I want more than one, or want to come back for more if I like it.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 8:56 PM Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-jYmcRKcdOYmzm1SKdcTiVskv3KydHJygc3zM-wwR%2Bddg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. 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