How not to sell a scope !!!!!!!!!

[Essex Stargazer]

Does this seller think he will sell this scope

Read the discription and enjoy the photo

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3a77454d38

Strange ???

[Daniel-K]

looks like a 6" lol i will give him 6p on collection

[Beulah]

Might be a disgruntled wife selling it hence the lack of vital information...

[Si W]

It's one of them new cloud penetrating Dob's, they go up for mile's, you cant get the whole tube in the frame unless your 15 kilometre's away on a rather large hill .

[John]

I bought a 10" Skywatcher dob advertised like that on e.bay a few years back. I took a chance and made a bid - got it for £100 and it was in mint condition

I agree that it's a poor listing but it will put other potential bidders off as well and you can ask some questions before committing.

[JamesF]

It's one of them new cloud penetrating Dob's, they go up for mile's, you cant get the whole tube in the frame unless your 15 kilometre's away on a rather large hill .

And even then you'd not be able to see it for the cloud

James

[Black Knight]

And even then you'd not be able to see it for the cloud

James

Definitely, the way the weather is at the moment!

[Naemeth]

Hmm.... this is in Cambridge, a direct train away that takes about an hour...would be great if I could actually afford it

[paul schofield]

Ha great sell, bless probably selling it for somebody. There is more information on the laser eye surgery advert at the bottom of page. Definitely looks like a 150p. Might be worth a punt depending on its condition.

[Radar2312]

could well be worth the £1.04 next bid!

[Naemeth]

It's not a 12" or bigger, so it's either 10", 8" or 6".

[Beulah]

I'm 99% certain it's the 150p.

[Freddie]

It will now cost you all of £1.24 !!!!!

[Naemeth]

For some reason, someone decided to escalate the bid from £0.99 to £5.00, why?

[JamesF]

Perhaps they intend to win it at any cost?

James

[Cjg]

If it's a 6" Skywatcher in reasonable condition, the new price from FLO is what £200? Is not featured on the new adverts for Dobs from Skywatcher, so may have been discontinued? Is worth taking a punt on?

Maybe someone has put in a max bid of say £50 and so ebay has upped it by the amount needed to outbid the earlier highest bidder.

[michaelmorris]

At least the advert is not overly wordy!

[Cjg]

Ha, it's rapidly risen to £40, so someone thinks it's worth a punt.

[paul schofield]

At the very least, there is no incorrect information on it.

[seigfriedwilson]

I think it's great selling. It's generated a lot of interest here and the price is riding rapidly!

A bold move that could have gone wrong!

Seigfried

[Ant]

I would suspect that there is only one interested person and the other person bidding is fake to increase the price. Got to be worth punt at £50

[dav1d]

I'd pay £50 for it

[Cjg]

I would suspect that there is only one interested person and the other person bidding is fake to increase the price. Got to be worth punt at £50

Not sure, I bid £50 for it, but will let it go now as it would be my winter scope (less prone to dewing up than the 5SE) and there'll be more. I asked the seller what aperture it was and what state the mirrors were in and his rely was "hi there yea 6inch tube d=150mm f=1200mm yea mirrors are in good condition"...

Chris

[ChrisThePuma]

the same spec as my 150PL

[cantab]

Rubbish photo, minimal description, "cash on collection please" despite the eBay system listing Paypal, one of the major bidders having zero feedback? Surely I can't be the only person who finds this smells like stolen.