[78-L] eBay puzzle

[David Lennick]

Mine's definitely going on. I was originally looking to see if the Peace Arch 
Concert attracted high bids..surprisingly it doesn't, unless it's so rare that 
nobody sells it.

dl

On 4/18/2013 12:00 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> "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.
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>>> 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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