Author Topic: Your chance to get a BIG BARGAIN (Read 8691 times)

Yoshi · « **on:** September 20, 2003, 04:30:00 pm »

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3242564558

It's going to end in a few hours, so hurry! I think that bulb is worth $200+

I tried to win it for real cheap but I failed; Hope you want it more than I do.

-Yoshi

Tim · « **Reply #1 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:37:00 pm »

Nice price, right now, but you know eBay. This will probably shoot up in the end. When I was following eBay, these were averaging around $50-$75 for the argon versions like this.

FYI Aerolux also made a neon version, glows orange, and it's even harder to find.

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Tim
Kilokat's Antique Light Bulb Site
Mountain Dew Collectibles, Volume I

Yoshi · « **Reply #2 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:04:00 pm »

Hi Tim! What I've learned from eBay is that you never know what's going to happen. The usual assumption after seeing a very valuable lightbulb is, "it's sure going to sell for a lot, so I'm not interested". But that's a big mistake, because there are a few rare times in which few people see the auction due to a very poor listing title, and the item sells for a bargain price (especially when the starting bid is very low). I've seen those before.

Update: Well, it looks like it did sell for a bargain price ($40). I said that it was worth $200+ because the only auction for this type of bulb that I had seen before ended at $276:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2186915534

-Yoshi

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Alan Franzman · « **Reply #3 on:** September 21, 2003, 05:56:00 pm »

Darn it!

I had a higher bid ready but unfortunately my sniping software failed to bid. Oh well, better luck next time I guess.

Anyone have a victory bulb to sell, cheap?

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