Expensive second hand Video 125 tape!

[heart-of-wessex]

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/CENTRAL-199...%3A3bdb6ead1580a35883392e3cfff69f08%7Ciid%3A4


Are you having a laugh!?!

£45!!! And 8 bids!! You can get it on video125.tv for MUCH less, and it's titled 'DVD' but I'm certain that is actually a VHS tape, not sure it was ever out on DVD (only later released in digital download format)

I've had that before where someone put Down Fishguard as a DVD and ended up with a VHS tape, got refunded though.

If thats some collectable item now though, I regret throwing my Central VHS tape away now!

 

[DaleCooper]

Have you looked at the bid history? It seems a bit dodgy to me.
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But this is interesting:

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/central-drivers-eye-view-dvd-london-426176079

CENTRAL
A Drivers Eye View DVD 1992 Issue This is a genuine single DVD and original case purchased in the mid 1990s. It is in good, clean condition having been lightly viewed. Please expect some superficial surface scratches to the disc in keeping with having been played. There is also some minor shelfwear to the DVD case commensurate with its 21 years of age and shelfwear.
If you have any q uestions or concerns about this item please ask me. No returns accepted.

 

[heart-of-wessex]

No I didnt actually, looked now thougj, 8 bids 1 bidder?? 1 bidder jammed the price up?

On closer inspection, that could well be a DVD case, I must say I never came across the DVD casing, miss that somehow or I'd have purchased it, I ain't paying £45 though!!!

I did buy Lickey Voyager second hand for a tenner and sold it for £24, I started it at 99p and everyone went crazy!

 

[90019]

If it's a single bidder, £45 is the starting price, and they've just repeatedly increased the maximum they're prepared to pay.

 

[DaleCooper]

If it's a single bidder, £45 is the starting price, and they've just repeatedly increased the maximum they're prepared to pay.

Yes, but it's unusual for them to do that when there are no other bids and to do it so many times. Call me cynical but it looks to me like someone trying to manipulate the price.
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It's been on sale since at least 14 Oct with no bids.

 

[krus_aragon]

Yes, but it's unusual for them to do that when there are no other bids and to do it so many times. Call me cynical but it looks to me like someone trying to manipulate the price.
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It's been on sale since at least 14 Oct with no bids.

Some people have unusual bidding patterns. On an unrelated auction, a bidder had placed four incremental bids, which were then exceeded by a bid of mine. The bidder came back and placed another three bids, even though the first was enough to beat me.

Might it be a strategy to discourage new bidders, as an item with multiple bids would typically have seen interest from multiple bidders already?

 

[SpacePhoenix]

Whenever I bid for something on eBay I wait until the last 30 seconds, to cut down the chance on getting outbid. I once outbid someone on an eBay auction with less then a second to go!

It's pointless anyone bidding early unless they know they won't be online when a listing ends

 

[Busaholic]

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/CENTRAL-199...%3A3bdb6ead1580a35883392e3cfff69f08%7Ciid%3A4


Are you having a laugh!?!

£45!!! And 8 bids!! You can get it on video125.tv for MUCH less, and it's titled 'DVD' but I'm certain that is actually a VHS tape, not sure it was ever out on DVD (only later released in digital download format)

I've had that before where someone put Down Fishguard as a DVD and ended up with a VHS tape, got refunded though.

If thats some collectable item now though, I regret throwing my Central VHS tape away now!

I've got several unplayed VHS tapes in this series that I bought in to sell in my bookshop and remained unsold. Frankly, if I could get £6 or £7 each for them I'd be well pleased, though I haven't tried EBay to sell them.

 

[SpacePhoenix]

For Video125's videos they've still got the offer in place where you send them the sleeve (not the case or the tape itself) and you can then buy the DVD version for half price

 

[Haydn1971]

DVD released in 1992 ? Hmmm... really


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[Ash Bridge]

DVD released in 1992 ? Hmmm... really


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Yes, thats about 5 or six years or so before the format was even released surely?

 

[DaleCooper]

DVD released in 1992 ? Hmmm... really


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Yes, thats about 5 or six years or so before the format was even released surely?

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...ndon-426176079

It doesn't say the DVD was released in 1992 just that it was filmed in 1992 and purchased in the mid 1990s.

This DVD runs for 90 minutes. Narrated by Rob Curling Picture Format 4:3. Rating - Exempt from certification. Audio Dolby Digital Sound. Studio - Video 125 ISBN number = 5027671100131

This is the info on back of DVD case: A Drivers eye view of London Underground's Central Line. This traditional tube line was filmed from the driver's cab in 1992 just before total modernisation. Running through the very heart of London the Central Line boasts the busiest section on the whole underground network, between Liverpool Street and Stratford. By contrast the Ongar branch was the least busiest. filmed in its last years of LUL operations. In 1992, all the trains were still operated

 

[Ash Bridge]

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedi...ndon-426176079

It doesn't say the DVD was released in 1992 just that it was filmed in 1992 and purchased in the mid 1990s.

Ah Right, my apologies! Should have read it properly

 

[Paul180]

£67 two bidders really

 

[heart-of-wessex]

Gosh up again!!

SpacePhoenix - really? Was unaware of that, might trade a couple of tapes I still have then for half price DVD offer

 

[DaleCooper]

You can download the video from this deleted DVD for £10.

http://www.video125.tv/central/

Recently replaced by the new Central Line Driver’s eye view (filmed in high definition), the original CENTRAL was withdrawn from sale when DVD stocks ran out. However, due to popular demand, for those who didn’t manage to obtain a copy of the original on DVD, Video 125 is pleased to be able to offer the title as a digital download.

 

[krus_aragon]

Some people have unusual bidding patterns. On an unrelated auction, a bidder had placed four incremental bids, which were then exceeded by a bid of mine. The bidder came back and placed another three bids, even though the first was enough to beat me.

The lead bidder on this auction seems to be pursuing a similar approach. This first bidder made eight bids without reply. Then, after the second bidder made four bids, trying but failing to become the highest bidder, the first bidder decided to make a further three bids without reply. :/

 

[DaleCooper]

Now up to £99! Same two bidders.

 

[heart-of-wessex]

Bidded ended at £99!! Gosh if that was me selling it, I'd be over the moon that someone spent £99!

Would like to know who won so I can send them an e-mail and give them the link to the Video 125 site where they could, as mentioned above, have spent £10 instead

 

[krus_aragon]

I'm still scratching my head over the winner's (1***n's) bidding system. When he was the only bidder, he placed bids of £49, £50, £60 and £70 in the space of 1 minute 37 seconds. Two hours later, he came back and placed bids of £80 and £90, 41 seconds apart. He then added another bid of at least £99 the next day, and yet another the day after. All when he was the only bidder!

Earlier I posted the suggestion that he wanted to artificially inflate the number of bids on the item to give the impression that there was already a bidding war going on, and discourage other potential bidders. But having had some of those bids revealed, I'm not so sure. Why use big £10 increments, when you could go with £1 increments and crank the bid count even higher?

Does anyone have an alternative interpretation of what's going on?

 

[DaleCooper]

Does anyone have an alternative interpretation of what's going on?

A possible explanation that the bidder is fairly new to eBay and doesn't understand the bidding process. The only other times I've seen multiple bids like that is when an inexperienced bidder is chasing an automatic bid, which doesn't apply in this case.

Perhaps the bidder was just drunk or high.

You do see some strange things on eBay, e.g. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/geronimotomas/m.html?_trksid=p3692

I've been watching this seller for some time and he hasn't sold anything for ages but keeps on listing the same stuff again and again at ludicrous prices, often much higher than shown here, sometimes over £100k! I'm sure there's a scam going on but I can't work out what it is.

 

[krus_aragon]

You do see some strange things on eBay, e.g. http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/geronimotomas/m.html?_trksid=p3692

I've been watching this seller for some time and he hasn't sold anything for ages but keeps on listing the same stuff again and again at ludicrous prices, often much higher than shown here, sometimes over £100k! I'm sure there's a scam going on but I can't work out what it is.

That's a style of listing more used to seeing with old technology items: here's a seller who'll sell you an external USB floppy drive for £200, an ancient PC interface card for £320, or a power supply for a 20-year old server for £1,600! This is a business that seems to specialise in listing old IT equipment at exorbitant prices, waiting for a company that just *has* to have a drop-in replacement to keep an old, unsupported system going.

The listings for the seller you've seen are a bit unusual, but it's probably fuelled by the fact that eBay offers ~100 free listings per month, at least in the UK. The cost of listing is therefore minimal or non-existent. If you can get one person placing a bid (or plumping for a Buy-it-Now option where relevant) over the course of a year, then you're laughing all the way to the bank!

 

[Busaholic]

I'm sure there's a scam going on but I can't work out what it is.

I think I can but it could be considered libellous, so I shan't elucidate.

 

[SpacePhoenix]

£200 for a USB floppy drive?

You can get one for less then a tenner on Amazon!