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Originally posted by Jim and Tere:
A gas pusher? Sorry--Ugh!
Jim

Yeah, you're probably right. Between the power and cooling issues, I might be biting off more than I could chew.

He is persistent. Listed for the fifth time. But hey, the Buy it Now price has been reduced from $15,500 to only $15,000.
One more One more time
Nick

Looks like it is going to sell this time around. Bid of $12,500 has met the reserve!!!!

Nick

Looks that way Nick, but didn't the same unit "sell" at least one other time, and it somehow "failed" the road test, or am I just dreaming......

Tina

You're right, Tina. Jack bought it but after a two day, hands on look, decided it wasn't for him. I would be interested what the owner did to make it more attractive. Maybe we'll see the new owner here someday

Thanks Jim, thought I'd remembered that, but was also possible that I was having a "senior moment".
As you said, maybe the new owner will find all to be well (hope so for his sake) and visit.....

Tina

Wonder who k***e might be. The fourth time this coach was listed on Ebay the final bid was $7,000 made a few days before the auction ended.
Fourth listing

The last bid on the current listing is also by k***e for $12,500.
current bid
And this just happened to be enough to meet the reserve.

Nick

Good catch Nick, I wonder how long he'll wait this time to relist it.

Danny found it listed again!!!

Gas Pusher is Back

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Originally posted by Danny Z:
...I wonder how long he'll wait this time to relist it.

The answer is, long enough that it will not show up in a Past Ebay Sold Search: The wait is over...

quote:

Originally posted by Nick Cagle:
The last bid on the current listing is also by k***e for $12,500.

Will history repeat itself? k***e

If not him, will it be someone with less than 30 days as a member of the "Ebait" Community?

quote:

Originally posted by Jim and Tere 04-30-2009:
I don't think I remember any Barth taking up so much space on the Web site...

quote:

Originally posted by Bill N.Y.:
Will history repeat itself? k***e

Keep in mind that with eBay's new "anonymous buyer" display, k***e may not be the same buyer even though you see that name displayed on multiple auctions. The true username could be "rvbob" for all we know. Only the seller can see the buyer's username, and the eBay displayed name that we see has no relation to the actual username. At least that's been my experience thus far, since the display format changed.

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Originally posted by Bill N.Y.:
If not him, will it be someone with less than 30 days as a member of the "Ebait" Community?

That very well could be. If the listings are being unfairly "boosted" in some way, that will be obvious regardless of who the buyer ends up being.

No buyer has to worry about the price getting jacked up, if they only bid what they are willing to pay. That just makes good sense no matter what the item happens to be. There will always be scammers out there, the trick is taking steps so YOU do not become a victim.

quote:

Originally posted by scottydl:
At least that's been my experience thus far, since the display format changed.

Since the display format changed there seems to be more game playing over there.

In my experience, when I see the same coach get relisted, I see the same players with the same letters/numbers and ***. You can tell it's the same person because their feedback rating/score still stays the same.

quote:

Originally posted by scottydl:
No buyer has to worry about the price getting jacked up, if they only bid what they are willing to pay. There will always be scammers out there, the trick is taking steps so YOU do not become a victim.

Couldn't agree with you more.

The adage: "If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck" comes to mind whenever I see this coach listed.

quote:

Originally posted by scottydl:
After an auction has received bids, information cannot be removed from the listing (which I assume includes changing the subject line). It can only added to the bottom of the listing (with a time/date stamp) like the seller did.

So why does he keeps claiming a mistake with listing it as "No Reserve"? once... twice... three times... Anyone buying that?

I hate to sound like I'm dumping on this coach... I'm not and I don't ever remember telling anyone it's a bad coach. Heck, for all I know it could be a great coach, but the reports from long time members of our community who have seen and driven this coach does not support this. I hope when someone does win it they come on to our site and tell us what a great coach it is.

But... So far, we are batting 100% with our Stink-O-Meter.

quote:

Originally posted by scottydl:
Keep in mind that with eBay's new "anonymous buyer" display, k***e may not be the same buyer even though you see that name displayed on multiple auctions. The true username could be "rvbob" for all we know. Only the seller can see the buyer's username, and the eBay displayed name that we see has no relation to the actual username. At least that's been my experience thus far, since the display format changed.

I thought about this some more... so I went onto eBay and decided to investigate further. I won, and lost on these auctions. I'm the guy with 275 feedbacks.
o***l (275)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

I figured 7 was enough to see a pattern. All others were the same too. Some were for my biz, some for pleasure, some were for my son, some were bid so I could track it without really intending to win.

quote:

Originally posted by Bill N.Y.:
Since the display format changed there seems to be more game playing over there.

In my experience, when I see the same coach get relisted, I see the same players with the same letters/numbers and ***. You can tell it's the same person because their feedback rating/score still stays the same.

quote:

Originally posted by Bill N.Y.:
The adage: "If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, it must be a duck" comes to mind whenever I see this coach listed.

But... So far, we are batting 100% with our Stink-O-Meter.

Sounds absolutely true in this case!

With less than 8 hours to go I received an email from an ebay member.

quote:

What is so wrong with this Breakaway?

Well, to start, it's not a Breakaway.

quote:

But, the seller told me it was a Breakaway.

I informed her of the data tag project and that this is actually a Regal.

She then cited the pictures that say Breakaway



photobucket.com/albums/ss203/cofolecheo/Barth%20Motorhome/1989BarthBreakaway003.jpg

From his photobucket account.

I informed her of constant misrepresentation by various sellers... some blatant lies and others being honest mistakes. Seeing that I know, that he knows it's a Regal... I'll let you figure out which type of seller he is.

Here are his additional photos of this coach for your preview. She was right... most, not all, say Breakaway in the descriptive part of the link structure.

As if these people don't already know this! It would seem to me that this is a clear case of fraud. But my experience with Ebay, which included a certified letter to the president, indicates that they don't give a damn.