This guy's smokin crack!

[radiotvnut]

Originally Posted by miniman82

I really want this, but even the instantly declined $100 offer I shot him is just too much. What is it with people? These stupid TV shows that hyper inflate prices are really starting to irk me, like Pawn Stars? Now everyone thinks they're sitting on a goldmine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1950s-RCA-Televi...item19c15d39a7

I agree. They watch these shows, get their hands on a price guide, stumble upon some super inflated price on the internet; and, all of a sudden, they are an "expert". The ones that really irritate me are those CL sellers who think a '60's or '70's solid state particleboard and plastic console stereo is worth hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. One woman got real PO'ed at me when I sent her an email, telling her that her CL Admiral solid state console would be worth, on a good day, $25 instead of the $1200 she was asking.

And, I also become irritated with ebay sellers who constantly relist the same item for months, or years, at the same inflated price. I've even seen some ebay sellers who would actually raise the price when their item didn't sell. There's a 16" rek-o-kut broadcast turntable on ebay right now for something like $1700. Instead of lowering the price, he just keeps relisting it. I guess he thinks some moneybags will come along and pay what he wants.

[kc8adu]

whats even funnier is the garage sale seller with a ebay printout showing what the item sold for recently and wants that.the stuff they cant pin a number on they will practicly give away.
bought a dynaco st70 for $10 right next to a 90's yamaha bpc unit they wanted $300 for.and some 20 something guy dressed like a thug drooling over the yamaha!looked at me wierd when i bought the dynaco and took it directly to the truck before shopping further.

Originally Posted by radiotvnut

I agree. They watch these shows, get their hands on a price guide, stumble upon some super inflated price on the internet; and, all of a sudden, they are an "expert". The ones that really irritate me are those CL sellers who think a '60's or '70's solid state particleboard and plastic console stereo is worth hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars. One woman got real PO'ed at me when I sent her an email, telling her that her CL Admiral solid state console would be worth, on a good day, $25 instead of the $1200 she was asking.

And, I also become irritated with ebay sellers who constantly relist the same item for months, or years, at the same inflated price. I've even seen some ebay sellers who would actually raise the price when their item didn't sell. There's a 16" rek-o-kut broadcast turntable on ebay right now for something like $1700. Instead of lowering the price, he just keeps relisting it. I guess he thinks some moneybags will come along and pay what he wants.

[Findm-Keepm]

Originally Posted by kc8adu

whats even funnier is the garage sale seller with a ebay printout showing what the item sold for recently and wants that.the stuff they cant pin a number on they will practicly give away.
bought a dynaco st70 for $10 right next to a 90's yamaha bpc unit they wanted $300 for.and some 20 something guy dressed like a thug drooling over the yamaha!looked at me wierd when i bought the dynaco and took it directly to the truck before shopping further.

That is so true these days - I picked up a TV-7D/U (working, I might add) from a yard sale that also had a bunch of computer stuff. I passed on the computer stuff immediately and went straight for the tube checker. The seller's wife commented that she'd better raise the price on the rest of the stuff if stuff sold so quickly...10 bucks for an old parallel port Zip drive, no thanks, but hey, great deal on my $4 TV-7....

Cheers,