[GreenKeys] OT - re very overpriced ebay auctions

[Tom Norris]

Recently some folks here and on a couple other lists had commented on  
an ebay seller's prices on some items - anything from new-in-the-box  
Gibson Girl rescue transmitters to teletype gear and any number of  
things in between.  The seller is/was "moondancefarm" - an antique/ 
estate buyer who knows nothing about surplus and radio gear.

Here are some example item numbers  180023388455 is the Gibson Girl  
and (you *really don't want to be in the middle of a cup of coffee  
with this one)  180015444238 is a 75 Mhz marker rx that usually goes  
for about $5... go, look at the price....


Just wondered if any of you had emailed them and gotten a reply?  I  
had fussed at them about several items and pointed them to a link  
with sane prices.  As an example, in one email I had mentioned was a  
"Gibson Girl" rescue set, wwii vintage, the whole thing, baloon,  
hydrogen generator cannister, etc all new in the box.  They were  
selling it all piecemeal at several hundred dollars a shot.  Myself,  
and hopefully others, sent them emails letting them know that all the  
pieces belong together, now they have the whole shebang at a buy it  
now price of $795.00.  Not sure how popular Gibson Girls are with  
collectors these days (the radio, that is...)

As for the assorted replies I received from the seller, they admitted  
they knew nothing about the items and were simply selling them as a  
favor for the friend.  Did anyone else write these folks and get any  
sort of reply, or did we just mention them here on the list?