Mellotronists

I think most of us just like to heckle and make them earn their $!! I 
would guess they get beat up pretty bad from about 20 people from 
this group....


--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, "bob.snyder" <bob.snyder@c...> 
wrote:
> Don Tillman wrote:
> 
>  >Further, any situation where the cost of presenting the item for 
sale
>  >is zero or near zero, there's a great inducement to float a high 
price
>  >for an item with attitude of, "hell, maybe somebody will pay this
>  >extra high price and I'll win big.  It costs me nothing to try."
>  >
>  >The items you mention never actually sold, right?  I would only 
base
>  >conclusions about price on actual sales.
>  >
> 
> You make a valid point. But I don't agree that the details of these
> auctions aren't meaningful. In the case of the M1, there were four
> people willing to pay $4900 or more for it. It doesn't seem likely 
that
> they were all shills. And if their bids had been over the reserve 
they
> would have been obligated to complete the purchase. The fact the the
> seller may never have intended to sell doesn't make those bids less
> valid. It is often argued that something is worth whatever someone 
is
> willing to pay for it. And at least some if not all of those bidders
> were willing to pay.
> 
> Ebay has created a new era for selling anything collectible. Why 
would I
> want to sell something for anything less than what I know I can get 
for
> it on Ebay?
> 
> Bob S.