I took an early test bid when it was showing $100 or so. I was bounced since it was already over $500 with 13 days left. It will go at a ridiculous price. I tried to buy a D grade lifter 10 at the end of the auction on Sunday on GB in order to get some parts to swap out. I bid to about 150% of it's value and wasn't close. Parkers have been insane lately on there.
I thought by showing it, at least someone that could use it would have a chance to bid. Lately the prices have been blown through the roof by people with user ID's such as "FriedTater69 (NR)". It seems like half the people bidding on older Parkers have no rating or single digit rating numbers.They run the price up all by themselves without any help from collectors. They are so new to online auctions they don't understand the bidding system and will set and enter bids in minimum increments over and over. I bid on a really special Merkel a few weeks ago and there were over 130 bids posted. One bidder alone made over 80 bids.
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