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Old 01-02-2005, 12:17 AM
Eskimo Eskimo is offline
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OK, now I'm really perplexed.

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Originally Posted by Breckman99
Just for fun, try viewing the seller's other items up for sale. Not long before I started composing this message, there were over 6000.

The really freaky part (to me) is that the vast majority of the auctions seem to be composed of only a rather small number of different products ("Am Ber TuRn ArR oWs" is one of them). The item titles vary, though, using many, many different makes/models of automobiles and motorcycles to pad the rest of the title.

A search of completed items shows over 8000 auctions that closed during the past 30 days for this seller . I just don't have enough interest to grind through all of those to figure out the percentage of those auctions that ended with bids, but a quick look makes me wonder how this outfit brings in enough to cover eBay listing fees (even with "padded" shipping & insurance charges, and really inexpensive merchandise to begin with).

I'm not accusing the seller of general foul play here, just wondering how his particular eBay "business model" works.
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