[quote=Bruce Day;53209]I looked again and the seller has the bidders name hidden. I suspect its one of those ebay schemes where the seller runs the price up himself trying to make it look like there is interest. Just another reason I stay away from ebay. I have my uncle's old Ingersoll RR watch he bought new, with fob, in the 1920's- he called it his "turnip timepiece"- I just bought at a gun show a cheap Chinese copy made up for the "TimePieces- American Historic Society (a non-existent entity, according to my Google recon) but, there was a bonus- I paid $10.00 for this piece of Chink-made junk because it had 2 1921 Morgan silver dollars inside each of the pot metal shells- whether the seller knew this, or if he did, knew what Morgan 1921 Liberty and peace Silver dollars are worth today, i do not know, nor care-
You are 100% right on the E-bay scams- I found a like new Milwaukee (made in Milwaukee WI- like the Harleys ) vaccuum pump, in the box - in a barn salvage deal back in August- I knew it was worth some $- checked e-bay- took it to a dealer friend who specializes in tools- he told me the exact same thing about e-bay- about as trustworthy as a politician running for a "re-up" and how they worked that "false bid scam" he went right to the Milwaukee website, found out this little gem retails for over $700.00, made me a fair offer in three solid figures, and we both made out- I would offer my grandchildren into slavery before I would EVER buy or sell on e-bay- I don't trust Pay-pal any further than i can throw a F-18's landing gear either-
