[78-L] eBay puzzle

[Cary Ginell]

"Chee Lai" sold for that much? I have a copy but the album spine is completely gone. Records and cover are in good shape, though.

Cary Ginell

On Apr 18, 2013, at 8:56 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Okay. In this case, it's an album that regularly sells for large bucks (Paul 
> Robeson's CHEE LAI) and other Popsike listings showed starting bids and number 
> of bids, but I couldn't understand how this one took that giant step with only 
> one bid.
> 
> dl
> 
> On 4/18/2013 11:52 AM, Peter Fraissinet wrote:
>> If the reserve price was $550 and the bidder placed a single bid at least that high, the winning bid will be the reserve price regardless of the "starting" price.
>> ________________________________________
>> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] on behalf of David Lennick [dlennick at sympatico.ca]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:40 AM
>> To: 78L
>> Subject: [78-L] eBay puzzle
>> 
>> How can an item have a starting price of $100, have one bid, and sell for $550?
>> Am I missing something here? Or would the seller have posted BUY IT NOW at that
>> price? This is an item that sold a few months ago so the listing isn't
>> available, only the price via Popsike.
>> 
>> dl
>> 
>> 
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