eBay logics (??)

[Peter]

This sold for 66 Euro on German eBay :
http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Tastatur-Key ... 2ebc6dbb7d

This ( once again !!) didn't sell for 49 Euro on German eBay:
http://www.ebay.de/itm/IBM-Model-M-PS-2 ... 35ba92584a

( Don't even think about getting me started on the eBay.UK prices .. 80£ (yes "£" !!) for a OUT-used model M ??? )

Auctions should be a Class A controlled substance me thinks

[rodtang]

Start low end high, that way people get interested in the one that is cheaper and think it won't go as high. There is also a ton of them on ebay.de and people are out to buy a bargain and don't really care if they don't win that one since there will be a just as cheap tomorrow.

[Peter]

Yes.. But they actually end up paying MORE than they needed to .
Sure, once in a while you do get lucky on 'the other bay' and make a really sweet deal,
but mostly you end up paying 'the going rate', don't you ?

The only really good deals not involving 'luck' are the 'buy-it-now' ..
I still can't believe nobody instantly pulled the buy-trigger on all those G80-25XX boards
that where practically being given away recently ..

Anyway, 66 Euro (or 80£ !!) for a 'well'-used model M is just insane if you ask me ..

[mintberryminuscrunch]

easy:
wrong title ! it doesn't even contain the word Tastatur
not enough pictures


BUT are you even sure it ended properly, and wasn't closed by the seller, because he sold it outside of ebay

[kbdfr]

easy:
wrong title ! it doesn't even contain the word Tastatur
not enough pictures


BUT are you even sure it ended properly, and wasn't closed by the seller, because he sold it outside of ebay

It did end properly:

ended properly.jpg (79.4 KiB) Viewed 2036 times

Here is what eBay says when the seller ended his listing himself:

ended by seller.jpg (25.61 KiB) Viewed 2036 times

[mintberryminuscrunch]

not sure if that's the case, when there are no bids

[kbdfr]

It is.
All bids are shown in the bidding list.
If there had been none, it says "Es wurde keine Gebote abgegeben".
If there had been some, they are shown as cancelled by the seller.