Ah, but John, you are being rational...To properly experience delusions of grandeur you must of necessity throw rationality to the wind.
I almost feel sorry for this guy - almost. His text has taken on a desperate and almost pleading tone for someone, anyone, to please, please, please, believe him... And it only seems to further discredit any shred of legitimacy (not that there ever was any). Now that it has been listed for the third time, the opening bid is lowered to a mere $100,000.00. It looks like Dennis won't have to dig for as many mason jars as he originally thought! Hmmm....I wonder if that single "private bidder" who bid $250,000.00 the first time it ran will be back... Something makes me think that, even if the decal is exactly what this guy says, and let's assume that we could prove if it is the only one left, and then taking into account that such a decal back in the day was probably not uncommon, it just seems that the value of such a thing could not exceed many hundreds of dollars to perhaps a few thousand? I think I would scrounge up a couple hundred thousand (and ask Dennis for some mason jars) to buy an original Edison Music Store and have it moved to my property here in Gettysburg, PA, but I think I'd have to have just a BIT more than a decal... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of john robles Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 7:38 PM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Why hasn't anyone bid? Ya know, the one thing I really can;t figure out is, let's say he CAN sell it at auction for 5 mil. Even with fees he'd walkaway with more than 2 or 3 million. What's wrong with that, especially because he supposedly got it free from his grandad, or whoever. This whole deal smells funny. John Robles [email protected] wrote: > How much is it costing him to list these auctions???? He's probably paying > eBay more than he could ever get out of the decal.... > > Best regards, > Rene Rondeau > To list an item with starting bid of $250,000 and Buy It Now of $500,000 doesn't cost much if item does not sell. The insertion fee would be $4.80, a reserve price fee is $50, and a Buy It Now for 1/2 million costs only 25 cents. However, if it does sell (not likely in this case), the Final Value Fee would be something like $3,768. I think these numbers are correct, but I'm not sure as I have never listed or sold an item quite this expensive :) Ray _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.0/803 - Release Date: 5/13/2007 12:17 PM
