Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-...cm dZViewItem

...yet it has gone for $7900, which is probably about ten times its original
price, if that. Now normally I'd say that the two zero-bidders were
shills, but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

And here's another one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/AIWA-3-HEAD-REEL...QQcmdZViewItem

(Although I note the apparent shills have been busy at work here too.)

Q: "WE'VE ALREADY BEEN OFFERED $3000,00. We will accept $6000,oo with free
shipping. The only other one of these just sold for 7900.00. Thanks bill."

Have they simply lost their hold on reality or are these machines valuable
in some mysterious way?

--
JP Morris - aka DOUG the Eagle (Dragon) -=UDIC=-
Anti-walkthroughs for Deus Ex, Thief and Ultima http://www.it-he.org
Reign of the Just - An Ultima clone http://rotj.it-he.org
The DMFA radio series project http://dmfa.it-he.org
d+++ e+ N+ T++ Om U1234!56!7'!S'!8!9!KAW u++ uC+++ uF+++ uG---- uLB----
uA--- nC+ nR---- nH+++ nP++ nI nPT nS nT wM- wC- y a(YEAR - 1976)

J. P. Morris wrote:
Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-...cm dZViewItem

..yet it has gone for $7900, which is probably about ten times its original
price, if that. Now normally I'd say that the two zero-bidders were
shills, but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

And here's another one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/AIWA-3-HEAD-REEL...QQcmdZViewItem

(Although I note the apparent shills have been busy at work here too.)

Q: "WE'VE ALREADY BEEN OFFERED $3000,00. We will accept $6000,oo with free
shipping. The only other one of these just sold for 7900.00. Thanks bill."

Have they simply lost their hold on reality or are these machines valuable
in some mysterious way?

--


Wow, I'll have to finish up fixing up my Viking 88 and get it up there
on Ebay... its even got fire bottles..
Mark

On 3/24/06 3:48 PM, in article
, "J. P. Morris"
wrote:


..but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

He's from Japan, so maybe he made a mistake on the exchange rate?!? The
seller made out like a bandit, regardless.


Have they simply lost their hold on reality or are these machines valuable
in some mysterious way?

I hope so! I've got an Otari 5050 just waiting for a new home, and I could
use an extra $8K!


Allen
--
Allen Corneau
Mastering Engineer
Essential Sound Mastering
www.esmastering.com

"Allen Corneau" wrote in message
...
On 3/24/06 3:48 PM, in article
, "J. P. Morris"
wrote:


..but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

He's from Japan, so maybe he made a mistake on the exchange rate?!?


How would you explain this?

http://tinyurl.com/f222f

http://tinyurl.com/hclku

Predrag

"Predrag Trpkov" wrote in message
...

"Allen Corneau" wrote in message
...
On 3/24/06 3:48 PM, in article
, "J. P. Morris"
wrote:


..but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

He's from Japan, so maybe he made a mistake on the exchange rate?!?


How would you explain this?

http://tinyurl.com/f222f

http://tinyurl.com/hclku

The first one's not unreasonable; you're getting an M7 capsule, reasonably
new, for about 300 US$. The second one is a bit over the line.

Peace,
Paul

"Paul Stamler" wrote in message
...
"Predrag Trpkov" wrote in message
...

"Allen Corneau" wrote in message
...
On 3/24/06 3:48 PM, in article
, "J. P. Morris"
wrote:


..but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

He's from Japan, so maybe he made a mistake on the exchange rate?!?


How would you explain this?

http://tinyurl.com/f222f

http://tinyurl.com/hclku

The first one's not unreasonable; you're getting an M7 capsule, reasonably
new, for about 300 US$. The second one is a bit over the line.


The same seller, the same item, description, pictures, everything, parallel
auctions, ending within 15 minutes from each other,

Funny.

Predrag

"Predrag Trpkov" wrote in message
...
The first one's not unreasonable; you're getting an M7 capsule,
reasonably
new, for about 300 US$. The second one is a bit over the line.

The same seller, the same item, description, pictures, everything,
parallel
auctions, ending within 15 minutes from each other,

Funny.

Some high-roller wanted one, so they bid it up. The high-roller didn't want
two, so didn't bid on the other auction.

Peace,
Paul

J. P. Morris wrote:
Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or 4-track.

..yet it has gone for $7900, which is probably about ten times its original
price, if that. Now normally I'd say that the two zero-bidders were
shills, but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

Must be either a Japanese collector or someone's pulling our leg.
There's no practical or technical reason for this to be worth any more
than $50. Notice that the auction ended early to sell to the current
high bidder. Even the first bid of $250 was outrageous.

I'll take a paltry $2500 for a TEAC 6100 that I have in a home made
portable case, and I'll even throw in the original teak side panels,
just in case someone was watching this auction and dropped out the
second day.

"J. P. Morris" wrote in message
...
Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:


http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-...cm dZViewItem

..yet it has gone for $7900, which is probably about ten times its
original
price, if that. Now normally I'd say that the two zero-bidders were
shills, but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

And here's another one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AIWA-3-HEAD-REEL...QQcmdZViewItem

(Although I note the apparent shills have been busy at work here too.)

Q: "WE'VE ALREADY BEEN OFFERED $3000,00. We will accept $6000,oo with free
shipping. The only other one of these just sold for 7900.00. Thanks bill."

Have they simply lost their hold on reality or are these machines valuable
in some mysterious way?

The only thing I can figure is that there are collectors out there who want
a complete set of Aiwa recorders, for reasons known but to themselves, and
this is the one that shows up the least often, so the collectors go berserk
when it appears. Like my friend whose best pal had the only Muddy Waters
record he didn't own.

Real collectors are NUTS.

Peace,
Paul

J. P. Morris wrote:
Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-...cm dZViewItem

..yet it has gone for $7900, which is probably about ten times its original
price, if that. Now normally I'd say that the two zero-bidders were
shills, but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

It's being used as part of a money-laundering scheme. I bet a dollar.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or
4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-REEL-TO-REEL-MDL-TP-1011_W0QQitem...

Interesting to note that all the higher bidders are first-timers. Maybe
the machine's filled with bags of heroin ("higher" bidders indeed!).
Either way, there must be an explanation for the price other than the
machine's actual value.

Ted Spencer, NYC
www.tedspencerrecording.com

wrote ...
Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic
2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-REEL-TO-REEL-MDL-TP-1011_W0QQitem...

Interesting to note that all the higher bidders are first-timers.

If I were going to set up some "shill" accounts, I could "buy"
thousands of items from myself worth millions of dollars I
never had. This is just insane.

P.T. Barnum is alive and well....

On Fri, 24 Mar 2006 21:48:31 +0000, J. P. Morris wrote:

Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-...cm dZViewItem

..yet it has gone for $7900, which is probably about ten times its original
price, if that. Now normally I'd say that the two zero-bidders were
shills, but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.


Wow!!

With all of the Tascam/Teac/Peavey/A.R.T and Alesis *collectable* gear I
have laying around, I am going to be a millionaire in a couple of weeks!!!


Have they simply lost their hold on reality or are these machines valuable
in some mysterious way?

Offshore/possibly onshore money laundering mill.
That's my guess.

flatfish+++

P.S. For those of you who missed the sarcasm, in this case *collectable*
means junk....
Not that most of it isn't useful,
but..........................................

'Cause the guy who bought it is crazy! ;-)


"J. P. Morris" wrote in message
...
Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:


http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-...0QQitemZ970019
9726QQcategoryZ15000QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

..yet it has gone for $7900, which is probably about ten times its
original
price, if that. Now normally I'd say that the two zero-bidders were
shills, but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

And here's another one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AIWA-3-HEAD-REEL...PE_W0QQitemZ97
03183995QQcategoryZ15000QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

(Although I note the apparent shills have been busy at work here too.)

Q: "WE'VE ALREADY BEEN OFFERED $3000,00. We will accept $6000,oo with free
shipping. The only other one of these just sold for 7900.00. Thanks bill."

Have they simply lost their hold on reality or are these machines valuable
in some mysterious way?

--
JP Morris - aka DOUG the Eagle (Dragon) -=UDIC=-
Anti-walkthroughs for Deus Ex, Thief and Ultima http://www.it-he.org
Reign of the Just - An Ultima clone http://rotj.it-he.org
The DMFA radio series project http://dmfa.it-he.org
d+++ e+ N+ T++ Om U1234!56!7'!S'!8!9!KAW u++ uC+++ uF+++ uG---- uLB----
uA--- nC+ nR---- nH+++ nP++ nI nPT nS nT wM- wC- y a(YEAR - 1976)

The secret of business success:

Every morning an idiot wakes up. You just have to find him....

br
GS


J. P. Morris schrieb:
Here's a question for the reel-to-reel gurus.
As far as I can see this AIWA TP1011 is an ordinary domestic 2 or 4-track.
It doesn't even appear to be valve-based:

http://cgi.ebay.com/VGC-AIWA-3-HEAD-...cm dZViewItem

..yet it has gone for $7900, which is probably about ten times its original
price, if that. Now normally I'd say that the two zero-bidders were
shills, but the guy who made the final purchase seems to have a good
history.

And here's another one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/AIWA-3-HEAD-REEL...QQcmdZViewItem

(Although I note the apparent shills have been busy at work here too.)

Q: "WE'VE ALREADY BEEN OFFERED $3000,00. We will accept $6000,oo with free
shipping. The only other one of these just sold for 7900.00. Thanks bill."

Have they simply lost their hold on reality or are these machines valuable
in some mysterious way?

GS wrote:
The secret of business success:

Every morning an idiot wakes up. You just have to find him....

I don't think good business is " find the idiot" good business is not
being the idiot.

In business , I ask my self when buying buildings or used gear "
am I the biggest idiot," if I feel even close that I may be, I pass on
the gear or the building.

Still. . I'm about to clean up some old gear.. . bad business can be
fun $$


Ed Bridge
www.bridgekaldromusic.com

[[email protected]]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...alID=EB AY-US

[Don Pearce[_3_]]

On Sun, 30 Aug 2015 12:36:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...alID=EB AY-US

I think a quick count of the number of bids will reveal the answer.

d

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 8/30/2015 3:36 PM, wrote:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...alID=EB AY-US

Some possible reasons:

1. The seller thinks that someone will pay that much. Did you keep
entering bids until you met the reserve? Is that where you got $8,000?

2. The Tape Project. I think I heard that they finally stopped making
tapes, but people were paying $8000 or more for hot-rodded rebuilt Revox
tape decks to play those tapes on.

3. The seller doesn't have a clue.


--
For a good time, visit http://mikeriversaudio.wordpress.com

[Scott Dorsey]

In article ,
wrote:
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...alID=EB AY-US

I don't think it is. You will notice there are no bids.

Consumer quarter-track machines are a dime a dozen and not really useful
for anything much.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."