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Undertoad · 08-19-2016, 08:45 AM

Oh yeah and there is never any awkwardness, because the screens are set up in such a way that the customer can't see them. You can say "I'm looking it up" and they won't know that means "on eBay".

More of the tale came out last night. When the camera came in, Steve was dealing with it, and another of the guys came over and dismissed it as "too old", thinking it was a film setup as it didn't look like any of the cams he was used to.

The customer knew exactly what it was, how much it was worth, and what the lowball price for it was likely to be. He knew the whole deal. Which is very rare. And he knew he was not going to give an ID; and he knew he could convince some random lady in the shop to give HER ID and signature for, get this, $15.

On a $500 buy-in, on a camera they will sell out for probably $6000.

08-19-2016, 08:45 AM	#1317
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Oh yeah and there is never any awkwardness, because the screens are set up in such a way that the customer can't see them. You can say "I'm looking it up" and they won't know that means "on eBay". More of the tale came out last night. When the camera came in, Steve was dealing with it, and another of the guys came over and dismissed it as "too old", thinking it was a film setup as it didn't look like any of the cams he was used to. The customer knew exactly what it was, how much it was worth, and what the lowball price for it was likely to be. He knew the whole deal. Which is very rare. And he knew he was not going to give an ID; and he knew he could convince some random lady in the shop to give HER ID and signature for, get this, $15. On a $500 buy-in, on a camera they will sell out for probably $6000.