Mountings, Carriers, No. 1

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by rob love

Well Geoffry, if it's a listing here on MLU I won't comment on somebodies' price, no matter how exorbitant it might be. If I know the seller, I might PM him. But this was a listing on ebay, so it's kind of fair game to call it when the price appears a little greedy.

There is a long tradition of "point and laugh" at eBay prices.

Particularly things like the WS52 remote receiver that keeps appearing with a 250 GBP starting price. Eventually the seller may get tired of relisting it, but a realistic price is more like a fifth of that. (More if it has cables and PSU, of course, but the one shown does not.)

I think some traders are holding out for the arrival of the "One true sucker" who will think they're getting a bargain.

(Another long tradition is "spot the scammer" where very rare/expensive items get relisted using the description and photographs from the original eBay listing - but that game is not played for laughs, and the scammers get reported to eBay (and sometimes the police) very quickly.)
Chris.