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Subject: [OM] Re: AAAAARRRGGGHHHHbay!!!!
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 11:56:53 -0400
Glad to hear you won one.

Patience is definitely a virtue when dealing at ebay.  That, and a
good sniper tool.  ;o)

ScottGee1

On 8/17/06, Paul Braun <cygnus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This thing happened to me once before.... several years ago, I was
> looking for a Bird Model 43 wattmeter (those of you who are hams know
> exactly what that is... for those of you not so inclined, think of it as
> a Gossen LunaPro for transmitter output...).
>
> I had been watching, knew what they were going for, and when I finally
> had the money together, started hunting.  Every freakin' one of them I
> bid on, I was outbid by THE SAME GUY who was, for some reason, hoarding
> Birds.  And he always went $20 - $40 higher than they had been selling
> at for at least a month.
>
> Finally, I caught the SOB off-guard at 3AM on one auction - he didn't
> even bid - and the one I got was in mint condition and included the
> exact power/frequency element that I wanted, which would have cost me
> another $50 to buy. I did the Happy Dance of Joy the following morning
> when Stealthbid dutifully reported back that we had snuck one past the
> bastard...
>
>
> Paul Braun
> Valparaiso, IN

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