[eBay] Italian madness

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 11:27 am

Take a look here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0364946535

Post by **Jeff-20** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:54 pm

Is that the rare VIC Enzo Ferrari designed?

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 12:57 am

I'm afraid it's a conventional, second edition VIC. I' can't explain why the price got so high.
I wouldn't buy it even if it was the last VIC on Earth.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:49 am

And is not tested too !!!!

This auction it's really strange, the maximum saw by me in Italy was 80/90 Euro but for a working Vic with a lot of accessories...

PS: highest bids are from users with feedback (0), I suspect it's a swindle

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:33 am

Fake bids eh? It's possible... But someone is being cheated here.

DanSolo · Post by **DanSolo** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:59 pm

orion70 wrote:I wouldn't buy it even if it was the last VIC on Earth.

Maybe if it was the first VIC on Earth!

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:24 am

...and then there's another one, roughly half the price:

http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 04736.html

...which is way too much either, and is wrongly described as "the very first VIC model" (note it's NOT a 2-prong PSU).
I wonder why prices in Italy are always excessive

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Post by **Jeff-20** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 1:42 pm

There's a local scheme I've noticed. A person sells an item on craigslist (a local free classified site); posts a fake ad on eBay with a high buy-it-now price; and links the eBay auction to the real ad as a justification of the price. Ie. "I'm selling this for half the price it's currently going for on eBay".