I have this on my watch list and the auction is still active. $5100.00 with 3 1/2 days to go. Maybe this link will work.
Norm Lafleur
Ashfield, Ma.
USA
> Actually I can think of a reason...
>
> Let us suppose someone said to the seller "I'll give you 10K instead of
> the 5K if you end the auction now". Perhaps this buyer was willing to go
> as high as 12K on the bidding, and thinks there is a chance someone else
> might even go higher.
>
> But the seller, as everyone else, knows that there is also a chance that
> no other buyer will go much higher than the current 5K. In this case, the
> seller locks in another 5K by selling early with certainty, and the buyer
> gets the piece for 2K less than what their max bid would be. For the
> seller, if the certain additional 5K exceeds the expected value of seeing
> the auction to the end, it makes perfect sense to end the auction early.
> And of course, sellers relative aversion to risk is also crucial in this
> calculation (i.e if a gambler than might want auction to go to end unless
> early payoff is even greater). This analysis also assumes relatively thin
> markets where buyers "reservation prices" may vary by considerable
> amounts.
>
> In general, I've never wanted to end ebay auctions early since usually the
> seller is always made worse off. But now I realize that if the payoff for
> early sale is great enough, it can make perfect economic sense.
>
> Mike Kone in Boulder CO
> Boulder Bicycle
> Rene Herse Bicycles Inc.
> Housingmetrics Inc. - data analysis for the housing biz
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "Kurt Sperry" <haxixe@gmail.com>
>
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>>
>> Some kind of underhanded dealing it looks like. I can't think of a
>> rational
>> reason why a seller would be advantaged by ending an auction early. At
>> least not voluntarily. An auction is a legal agreement to sell to the
>> highest bidder at the scheduled auction close. This one smells funny.
>>
>> Kurt Sperry
>> Bellingham WA
>> USA