Recently an old Centuri Saturn V was listed on eBay. Bidding closed the day before yesterday at about $76 dollars with the reserve not met. The seller relisted it the item yesterday with a starting bid of $150 and somebody's already bid on it. I guess it looks more collectible with a really high starting bid.

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I've not seen that phenomenon, but I have seen things listed that didn't meet reserve, then get relisted the same way and sell for way over the reserve the following week.

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More than anytihng it depends on who is watching what, when.

Heck, I picked up a camera one time for $500 while the exact same camera was going for over $600 in another auction, at the same time, and with active bidding still going on.

Go figure

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I've done the very same thing on several occasions.

As for who was watching the Centuri Saturn V, I think the high bidder now, was a bidder on the previous one. Hard to tell with first/last letters and numbers, but I think I remember seeing o*****5 on the other one.

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OK, I posted one of my BT-60 sized Pershing 1a's here on the YORF auction site twice.

Instant purchase price of $38.

No takers after 2 weeks.

I put it on Ebay for $35 for the starting bid. No bids until late today.

Then with one minute to go I see $41.

OK, that's better than the $38 I normally sell it for.

I go check the bid history then back to the item and the bidding is over...I took a while checking the old bids.

Closing price $102.00!!!

WTF?

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

OK, maybe this guy is new to ebay and just thought it was something else so I check...

He has a feedback of 579 at 100%...hmmm...he's not new at this.

I recheck the listing...it say A BT-60 version...OK, that seems clear.

The finished model stands 18" tall...OK I did that right, I put 18 inches not 18 feet...that seems clear

Now guys, don't get me wrong, I am not unhappy.

BTW, I have a couple more at the regular $38 price but if you want to pay more...

It's crazy I tell ya, just crazy!

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See... Thats why, when I want to MAKE money, I use Ebay. The first Fake Wulf kit I put up went for $90+ dollars! I sent the guy 2 for what he paid for that one (I felt too guilty to just send the one at three times what I charge) and he has since bought more from me.

Please clarify, this is a completed kit rocket or unbuilt? Thanks

This was a complete kit.

Nose cone, nose weight, body tube, motor tube, recovery system, nylon parachute, waterslide decals, everything except paint and glue.

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The Centuri kit that closed at $7 6 without meeting reserve and was relisted starting at $150 sold for over $200 this time.

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Ebay is like that. I do not like Ebay for various reasons, but it is where the buyers are. So, if you're a seller, it's the place to go.

Most of my selling has been in computer related equipment, and I used to do that just fine in the appropriate news groups (UseNet). Ebay makes a big deal about security, blah, blah, blah, but my exchanges on UseNet had a reliability that was actually slightly better than my experiences on Ebay. In both cases the vast majority of folks were honest and reliable.

Anyway, I resent Ebay because what I used to do for free and without idiot rules, now costs me fees. True, I can still go and post things for sale in comp.sys.mac.wanted if I wish. But the buyers aren't there any more. They are all over on Ebay, so that's where I reluctantly go.

I mentioned this in a Free for All thread, but a couple years ago I designed some circuit boards and had a couple hundred made. Then I soldered chips to them, creating 16 MB SIMMs of a type which only work in the Mac IIfx (ca. 1990). They're installed in sets of four. Ignoring my labor, my cost was about $10 per set of four. The first set of four sold on Ebay for almost $300. I almost fell out of my chair. I was guessing maybe $50.