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    Quote Originally Posted by mrbhagwan View Post
    ..."buy it now and read the instruction manual later" and the result is questions asking for validation of the purchase after the fact....
    I have no idea what you're talking about.

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    This is not a razor only thing with eBay. When I was looking at computer parts for a machine I was building I found video cards that you could buy for 200 bucks at best buy were selling for 250 or 300 on eBay.

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    Hehe, well, for the buyer, the consolation is that this looks like a TI-ground Le Grelot/Le Jaguar. So even at a near 100% markup, at least they got an outstanding razor! Of course, they could have gotten that same outstanding razor a whole lot cheaper, had they done a bit of research.

    But the seller provides an object lesson in how to sell on eBay. A known quality brand, lots of clear pictures, an objectively accurate yet highly romanticized listing description, and you can get top dollar. A little extra effort pays off.

    This same seller does a land office business in NOS Filarmonicas, I bought my NOS Filarmonica from them. If they get 100% markup on a current production razor, I have to wonder what markup they're seeing on the NOS Filarmonicas!! 500%? 1000%??

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    Oh wow TI now slaps their model on any old blank they finish!!!
    This model used to be something different, but again so did the evide sonnant extra.

    I hope this is a factory error, and their cavalier attitude towards branding remainst confined to the gold wash. I am at the point where I buy a particular razor because I want the things that are particular to it. One of the two reasons I don't own anymore the last new TI I bought.

    But if it's a factory mistake I'm certainly willing to pay more for this one over the c135 stuff.

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    Here's another production TI 6/8 razor, "1937 Special Coifeur" that mariona08 is selling for . . . $420!!?!

    SABATIER, THIERS-ISSARD 6/8 STRAIGHT RAZOR. - eBay (item 230493697467 end time Jul-09-10 13:58:27 PDT)

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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffE View Post
    Here's another production TI 6/8 razor, "1937 Special Coifeur" that mariona08 is selling for . . . $420!!?!

    SABATIER, THIERS-ISSARD 6/8 STRAIGHT RAZOR. - eBay (item 230493697467 end time Jul-09-10 13:58:27 PDT)

    Right now, for a power seller, it is nearly free to list items as Buy-it-now for nearly any price. It could be that he is using this auction to play on consumer behavior. If you see that he is selling them for $420, but he also has one up for auction with no reserve, well, getting it for $230 must be a steal, right?

    Many companies do the same thing -- Discount retail stores consistently put price tags on items for 50, 60 or $70 and then show the price slashed to $29.99, to make you feel like you are getting a better deal. Even though the same item is $30 everywhere.

    Apple did the same thing, for example, when they released the iPad. Did they say, Look, its going to be priced about the same as a budget laptop, and a little bit more than a netbook. No, they didn't. When they presented the pricing, they started with "Analysts everywhere have speculated that we would come in at the $1000 mark....but... look at this.... *crowd gasps...* $499! omg, you can buy two!"

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    Brad, good point. Didn't think about it that way, but I bet you're right.

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