If it looks like a rat, acts like a rat, smells like a rat, and bids like a rat, in all likelihood you are dealing with a rat!! If they all remain silent, and there response is quite still, Then we likely can conclude you are dealing with a shill! ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 1:40 AM Subject: [Phono-L] I smell a rat.....................
>I have a very clean VV-IX that I was considering to put on Ebay. Usually, >these machines demand $350.00 to $400.00(if you're lucky). I happened to >run across this one during it's early stage of bidding. I was surprised by >the rather high bidding, so I added it to my watch page to see where it >would go. I nearly stroked out at the final price! > I contacted the next two highest bidders several days later(yeah, I know, > an Ebay no-no) to inquire as to whether they were interested in a machine > in similar condition for their top bid. (c'mon, well all do it, or we > aren't good capitalists!) Anyway, neither responded, and now it's over a > month and neither buyer nor seller has given feedback. > Does anyone here feel this is a prime example of "shill bidding?" I dunno, > but this stinks in my opinion. > > Bill > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6587005134&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/
