[W&B] vanished camera on eBay?

[Bob Kulinski]

Hi Dave - the seller of the Murray & Heath camera was clicklovely. He had a number of items listed along with the camera, but he/she is no longer a registered user after 6 years and 2600 transactions, with only 7 negatives. I wish I had copied his M&H page because he listed his phone number. Is eBay turning into a police state? Not only can't we see who is bidding on  an item, but now when you go into "sellers other auctions" you very often can't get back to the main menu list you were starting from. Oh well, I probably could not have afforded $7500 for that camera anyway.

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From: woodandbrass-bounces at kjsl.com on behalf of David Silver
Sent: Sat 2/10/2007 6:55 PM
To: Collectors of 19th Century Cameras &Photographica
Subject: RE: [W&B] vanished camera on eBay?



Hi Bob,

The only way an eBay auction could have "completely disappeared" is if
eBay security took it down.  Then all records of the auction would vanish.
Darn, I wish I could have seen that one!  Life keeps getting in the way,
and I never have enough time for eBay surfing.  Anyway, Bob, do you have
a recollection of the seller?  Maybe we can backtrack to see if something
happened to him.  You know, with all of eBay's ridiculous new "security"
measures (like the totally irresponsible "bidder #1, bidder #2, etc."
crap they're pulling now, so it's nearly IMPOSSIBLE for us, the bidders,
to spot the really malicious shillers anymore!), I'm hearing of more and
more honest-to-gosh good sellers getting suspended due to some sort of
automated analysis of "suspicious" bidding and listing patterns.  And
with eBay, you are friggin' guilty as hell until proven innocent, and good
luck actually having any communication with the swines to clear up any
such mess!  Maybe the seller got axed.

Best wishes,

David Silver--President
International Photographic Historical Organization
E-mail: silver at well.com  Telephone: (415) 681-4356
Webpage location: http://www.well.com/user/silver/


On Sat, 10 Feb 2007, Bob Kulinski wrote:

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> Dave - this morning I saw a Murray and Heath sliding box camera on eBay - supposedly one of only  two M&H cameras known. Bidding was at $4200 - only 2 bidders - #1 and #2. This afternoon it has completely disappeared - not even a notice of being withdrawn - as if it never existed. Any ideas?
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