Another Ebay crack smoker

[skippy1969]

YAH RIGHT........................ :grim: :ebay: .
WOW and the cassette doesn't work....
http://cgi.ebay.com/aiwa-440-stereo-boo ... 0984357372

 

[Strānj-Bōōmbŏks]

That's when I say: "Koo-koo, koo-koo..."

 

[ClaretBadger]

well i'm tempted . . . .



. . . pass the pipe

 

[Terry]

The word "rare" adds an amazing amount of value on ebay!

I always use it, however I usually start at 1 cent, or 99 cents.

That makes it fair I think.

 

[skippy1969]

The word "rare" adds an amazing amount of value on ebay!

I always use it, however I usually start at 1 cent, or 99 cents.

That makes it fair I think.

I've had a couple of Aiwa CS-440's
They are not a $300.00 box, not even a $100.00 box (IMHO).
$50.00 - $75.00 tops.........
With the cassette working.......

 

[oldskool69]

Skippy: "Yo Flav! Seen that CS-440 on eBay last night?"

Flava Flav: "Yo Skip, they must be on the pipe right?

"Don't...don't believe...don't belive the hype!!!"

 

[Fatdog]

Well, it does have free shipping. Maybe the shipping and handling charge is $260.

 

[monchito]

The word "rare" adds an amazing amount of value on ebay!

I always use it, however I usually start at 1 cent, or 99 cents.

That makes it fair I think.

I've had a couple of Aiwa CS-440's
They are not a $300.00 box, not even a $100.00 box (IMHO).
$50.00 - $75.00 tops.........
With the cassette working.......

i have to with skippy even the 660 which is a lot bigger and you cant even get close to 300

 

[Terry]

I agree fellas, but if he gets the $300 for it, what are they worth then?

My point is they are worth what you're willing to pay, he may find a sucker, you never know.

 

[floyd]

I agree fellas, but if he gets the $300 for it, what are they worth then?

My point is they are worth what you're willing to pay, he may find a sucker, you never know.

thats whats called having more money than brains.

 

[MONOLITHIC]

$300 for a box with a tone control? That's a cheap-ass entry level box at the most.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

This crack head had this listed last week for an opening bid of $29 and it didn't sell.
He obviously hit the crack pipe hard because now he want's 10 times what it wouldn't sell for last week.
This is a $50 box tops, it's okay but not really special in any way.

 

[ViennaSound]

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

OK, Hold on...let me get this right....No working cassette....Some d1ck has CARVED his name into it!

$300

Oh, I need to hit that "buy now" button! NOT!

And I thought I was HIGH!

 

[MasterBlaster84]

I agree fellas, but if he gets the $300 for it, what are they worth then?

My point is they are worth what you're willing to pay, he may find a sucker, you never know.

To that one crack smoking fool it might be worth $300 but the true value to everyone else would still be far lower.
Worth only becomes current value when more than one person in a isolated case is willing to pay, this is where stupid BIN's can trap people who are either ignorant to current market trends for items or just don't care and want the item at any cost. Now unless your a sub 80 IQ bus driver from Houston this BIN is pure fantasy.

All that being said I have no problem with someone asking whatever they want for an item no matter how foolish or laughable. I also don't have a problem with whatever people want to pay but I reserve the right to laugh like hell and ridicule them for spending 10 times more on a box then they should have. This box was listed last week for $29 and no one bid.

The analogy of the CS660 is correct, Last spring there was a mint CS-660 listed numerous times on ePay and no one would even pop $200 for it.

 

[Terry]

I agree fellas, but if he gets the $300 for it, what are they worth then?

My point is they are worth what you're willing to pay, he may find a sucker, you never know.

To that one crack smoking fool it might be worth $300 but the true value to everyone else would still be far lower.
Worth only becomes current value when more than one person in a isolated case is willing to pay, this is where stupid BIN's can trap people who are either ignorant to current market trends for items or just don't care and want the item at any cost. Now unless your a sub 80 IQ bus driver from Houston this BIN is pure fantasy.

All that being said I have no problem with someone asking whatever they want for an item no matter how foolish or laughable. I also don't have a problem with whatever people want to pay but I reserve the right to laugh like hell and ridicule them for spending 10 times more on a box then they should have. This box was listed last week for $29 and no one bid.

The analogy of the CS660 is correct, Last spring there was a mint CS-660 listed numerous times on ePay and no one would even pop $200 for it.

No one in this thread has suggested that the sellers asking price is the current value. As you suggest the current value is what the market (i.e.buyers on ebay) is prepared to pay. Nobody is prepared to pay $600 for this item, nobody is prepared to pay $29.00 for this item. I don't know enough about boombox values to determine what a fair price is, but it appears to be somewhat below $29.00.

I don't think the seller should be ridiculed for asking top dollar for his item, it's his box, he can sell it at whatever price he wants. I don't believe his asking price has affected the value of any other boombox in the world. However he hasn't done his market research properly, before listing anything on ebay you should know exactly what it sells for, this is why I have no problem listing my valuable items starting at 1 cent. I am confident that they will fetch the price I want.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

I agree fellas, but if he gets the $300 for it, what are they worth then?

My point is they are worth what you're willing to pay, he may find a sucker, you never know.

To that one crack smoking fool it might be worth $300 but the true value to everyone else would still be far lower.
Worth only becomes current value when more than one person in a isolated case is willing to pay, this is where stupid BIN's can trap people who are either ignorant to current market trends for items or just don't care and want the item at any cost. Now unless your a sub 80 IQ bus driver from Houston this BIN is pure fantasy.

All that being said I have no problem with someone asking whatever they want for an item no matter how foolish or laughable. I also don't have a problem with whatever people want to pay but I reserve the right to laugh like hell and ridicule them for spending 10 times more on a box then they should have. This box was listed last week for $29 and no one bid.

The analogy of the CS660 is correct, Last spring there was a mint CS-660 listed numerous times on ePay and no one would even pop $200 for it.

No one in this thread has suggested that the sellers asking price is the current value. As you suggest the current value is what the market (i.e.buyers on ebay) is prepared to pay. Nobody is prepared to pay $600 for this item, nobody is prepared to pay $29.00 for this item. I don't know enough about boombox values to determine what a fair price is, but it appears to be somewhat below $29.00.

I don't think the seller should be ridiculed for asking top dollar for his item, it's his box, he can sell it at whatever price he wants. I don't believe his asking price has affected the value of any other boombox in the world. However he hasn't done his market research properly, before listing anything on ebay you should know exactly what it sells for, this is why I have no problem listing my valuable items starting at 1 cent. I am confident that they will fetch the price I want.

Terry I think you might have missed this part of my post:
All that being said I have no problem with someone asking whatever they want for an item no matter how foolish or laughable. I also don't have a problem with whatever people want to pay but I reserve the right to laugh like hell and ridicule them for spending 10 times more on a box then they should have.

I think everybody can and should ask whatever they want, it's up to the buyers to decide if it's fair or not. Nobody has claimed this sellers asking price has affected any other boombox price in any way.
What's been said so far ridicule or not has not been out of line, it's been in jest and it's part of life so I really don't see a problem with the post to this point. Everybody of course has a personal opinion on this and that's fine, we've certainly danced around this topic numerous times over many years.

 

[Superduper]

Hey Don. Do you know this guy? Looks like you can walk over and pick it up, even. That'll save a few $$ in shipping.

 

[MasterBlaster84]

Hey Don. Do you know this guy? Looks like you can walk over and pick it up, even. That'll save a few $$ in shipping.

Never even noticed his location, I guess I should hit the BIN. If I'd noticed that when it was $29 I might have gone for it.
There has also been someone in Rocklin selling some decent boxes around $100 a piece the past few months.

 

[floyd]

well the bin is $600.00 now , ok that must be super crack he's smoking.