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 Posted - January 06 2014 : 1:52:04 PM
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For the life of me I can 't tell or understand why this went for $170.00. It looks to me like a regular A-B-A unit but am I missing something?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TYCO-HO-SCALE-DUAL-POWER-F9-TRAIN-SET-1970S-2-ENGINES-CARS-TRACK-/141155161367?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=9msUdxKwaepy1Z5cup%252Bix9U4PBE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_711wt_979
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 2:28:04 PM
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Looks like 3 bidders decided to duke it out. Nothing special about it.
Also...It is entirely plausible that the 0 feedback bidder could have possibly been a shill to make sure the auction didn't bottom out. That was rampant a few years ago, not so much now (that I've seen).
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 3:11:06 PM
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| hi theoldreliable,with you there,seen it happen so many times on ebay,ken
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 Posted - January 06 2014 : 4:09:38 PM
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Hi Ken...Happy New Year! 
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 4:31:55 PM
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| As the seller said "MAY BE MINT PERFECT AS THE DAY THEY WERE MAD". Those trains are Berserk!
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 7:08:10 PM
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oh puh-lease there isn't one car or loco in there worth over $10 
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 7:26:15 PM
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quote:oh puh-lease there isn't one car or loco in there worth over $10
Originally posted by microbusss - January 06 2014 : 7:08:10 PM
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Dude...that complete set of Santa Fe trailers is worth at least...$10.50...
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 7:40:39 PM
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quote: quote:oh puh-lease there isn't one car or loco in there worth over $10
Originally posted by microbusss - January 06 2014 : 7:08:10 PM
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Dude...that complete set of Santa Fe trailers is worth at least...$10.50...
Originally posted by shaygetz - January 06 2014 : 7:26:15 PM
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possibly but I think I seen them cheaper at shows 
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Posted - January 06 2014 : 7:54:22 PM
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| It is some nice looking stuff ...
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 01:59:53 AM
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The pipe unloader can be pricey in the original box. There's a couple of $10 cars, the crane set should be good for $20, but the rest of it including the engines are stuff I could carry for 10 years and not be able to give away, like that Santa Fe boxcar. I price them at $4 in the box.
Tyco on eBay makes no damn sense though, for a while complete, opened operating hopper sets were bringing $40. I found a sealed one. You'd think it would easily bring $40, too. A lot of sealed stuff goes high. Months later I still have the stupid thing, I think I'm going to open it and give the car to a local guy that collects them. I've had some offers, but one wanted free shipping, which the listing is not set up for, and another offered pennies on the dollar for it.
I just posted a bunch of other Tyco accessories based on what I see others selling for and some aren't even drawing hits, even though they've gone for good money in the past. A sealed piggyback unloader set, for instance. You'd think that on a Buy or Best Offer I wouldn't even have to have it posted a week, but no one even seems to be looking at it.
I can't figure it out, I don't understand why I can't sell my stuff for the same price as everyone else is - and I'm not talking top dollar on most of it, just the average of what they've been bringing. I'm top rated with great feedback and my stuff should be getting a boost in searches. But it sits there.
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Posted - January 07 2014 : 3:28:37 PM
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| That 0 feedback bidder is an obvious shill bidder. He incremented his bids by $2 until he was MATCHED with the current high bidder...then stopped bidding, even though he was still technically not winning. I hope someone else caught that and reported it...
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Posted - January 08 2014 : 12:00:03 AM
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Shills are just about impossible to prove now because of hidden ID's.
If the same ID bids repeatedly on many of that seller's items, then eBay may do something.
Personally I'd have some fun with it and cancel my bids on an item and see what happens. That may be why some things which sell, turn up again shortly after, the shiller out-shilled himself and bought his own item. (like the Pizza Hut and Burger King listing).
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