Stratos up for auction on A'goN. Can't be true...

avalon65 · « **on:** 19 Oct 2004, 12:09 am »

Wait until Wall Street sees this return on investment

http://cgi.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/auc.pl?ampstran&1098150562

If this keeps up my Odyssey gear will pay for my retirement. Auction ends in about an hour. It must be bogus. Earlier today, high bid was around $750.

randog · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Oct 2004, 12:21 am »

I was going to bid on this earlier.

I wonder if the seller pissed someone off enough to blow his auction while he's out of town.

gongos · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Oct 2004, 12:48 am »

I'm still going to bid.

hifimojo04 · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Oct 2004, 01:41 am »

I could be wrong.... but I smell a scam...

sometimes fraudulent people "hack in" to legitimate users names

generally poorly misspelled words give it away

finally, when someone spots a scam, it's good to bid extraordinarly high to keep others from bidding

randog · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Oct 2004, 01:48 am »

Interesting. I emailed the seller early on to ask questions...

He responded saying that he was offered $950 to stop the auction early but he wanted to give everyone a chance. I responded by saying, "take the $950, I don't think you can do better."

Maybe, just maybe, the seller is a cheat. And the convenient "I'll be out of town" line is a phony alibi to cheat up the price. <shrug>

Randog

gongos · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Oct 2004, 02:45 am »

Damn someone outbid my $3000 bid.

celo · « **Reply #6 on:** 7 Dec 2004, 01:16 am »

Can someone please explain why this thread and why this amp did not sell at $3040? Am I missing something?

Marbles · « **Reply #7 on:** 7 Dec 2004, 01:37 am »

You can buy a new one for about $1100 or so.

celo · « **Reply #8 on:** 7 Dec 2004, 02:03 am »

No, I know. However, why would the reserve be over $3040? It just does not make sense.

warnerwh · « **Reply #9 on:** 7 Dec 2004, 03:05 am »

Quote from: celo

No, I know. However, why would the reserve be over $3040? It just does not make sense.

I've seen people try this on Ebay also. I think they believe people may think it must be worth it if the price says so. At least this is my opinion.

bubba966 · « **Reply #10 on:** 7 Dec 2004, 04:26 am »

Quote from: celo

No, I know. However, why would the reserve be over $3040? It just does not make sense.

There was no reserve on that auction.