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Glass Identification - Post here for all ID requests => Glass Paperweights => Topic started by: tropdevin on August 13, 2008, 10:58:16 AM
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What am I missing with this item (http://) (apart from the possibility of selling my low end Perthshire for high end prices)?
Alan
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What am I missing...
The missing link :spls:
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Here is the link (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=2&campid=5335820906&toolid=10001&customid=&ext=180274409589&item=180274409589). Don't know what happened to the earlier post, as it worked in preview.... :huh:
Alan
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Might be time to dust off some doorknobs :D
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Wow.
I could make a tidy sum with my little collection of general range weights.
Not that I would want to part with any of them.
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If you look at the bidding, it has gone quite normally up to $68 then two bidders have taken it up to the current $305. This is either a bidding frenzy - whereby the bidders have lost the sense of reason, or......... well I'm not sure what. It's a nice enough PP1 - but what would we say - $150 top whack on a good day with a following wind?
I also have plenty - form a queue! .
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Perhaps some people decide reasonable prices by comparing good, standard Perthshire Paperweights items with not-so-nice Vasart ones which make much more than $150?!!
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Not even a PP1. This looks like a PP2. The seller gives the diameter as 2 1/2 inches.
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Interesting bidding. In the world of Poole Pottery on ebay there have been a lot of hacked account bids, Ive not worked out what they hope to achieve, but Ive had it done to me, someone bid over £350 for something worth £200, then tries the "Ill send you a cheque for £3000, can you send the balance on in a cheque" approach.......
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My dear chap, it's called money laundering....and you don't want to get involved!
Alan
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Its also called a scam! And yes its very very obvious I dont want to get involved! Its just very annoying when you list something, watch it pick up bids for a week, then someone does that and suddenly you have an unsold item........
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I agree that is a very annoying scam when this happens. It is definitely not money laundering. The buyer gets cash and you are left with a fake check or money order.
The key characteristic is that they overpay and ask you to wire the change to a local person who will arrange for shipping. But the wire transfer can be claimed anywhere and is typically redeemed in a third world country. This type of scam works best for high value hard to transport items like boats, cars, or horses. Your bank has 60 or 90 days to come back to you when the check is fraudulent. It is not enough to say the check cleared.
My local bank has a notice warning customers not to cash checks for unknown third parties who will get a portion of the check in return.