Klarinet Archive - Posting 000438.txt from 2004/01

From: "fred.sheim" <fred.sheim@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] A penny for your clarinet....
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:01:29 -0500

Look at the 17 bids- whenever I see a host of bidders with 0 or 1 feedbacks
I suspect that he is bidding up his own item using newly registered
names. I'm not accusing anybody of anything, just relaying my feelings.

At 1/15/2004 12:47 PM Thursday, you wrote:
> > counterparts that are every bit as good or better for a fifth of the
>price,
> > as well as ignore some really fine clarinet models because they're not
> > Buffets or Selmer Series X instruments. And one day you can't touch a
> > particular item for a zilliion dollars, but a few days or weeks later,
>there
> > are five of the same items up for auction that can't get a bid.
>
>Here's an example of something that is getting a LOT of bids, but
>shouldn't be......
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2372018609&category=10182&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1
>
>This guy has an Evette. He supposedly took it to a music shop and they
>appraised it at $2500. They told him it was an R13.
>
>The serial number is preceded by the letter "B"....I wrote and asked him
>if it had the name Evette on it, and he said it did. I told him he is going
>to
>have a very upset winning bidder. I don't know why he hasn't ended the
>auction early and relisted it with a more accurate description.
>
>Sue
>
>
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