721 on Ebay! HAHA

[SParker]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1363862329

2 more+ days to go and its up to $610! OUCH. I'll wait my 2-3 weeks and get it for $489 with trade ins!

[minnow]

That's the great thing about EBAY, buy stuff from questionable sources at a higher price than you can from a traditional brick and mortar store that'll stand behind the product.
Ebay is a real threat to the ole garage sale. Why sell it for 50 cents when idiots on the computer will buy it for $20.00 !

[Steve Mehs]

Ebay has some great deals, but this aint one of them, I'm surprised theres no buy it now for $650-$700

[kck]

Could it be the unit given away on the tech chat ?

[Steve Mehs]

The unit from the tech chat was one by Mike Z from DBSForums, he later sold it in their classifieds section, but I dont know to who. It appears this sellers is an E* retailer looking to cach in on the the rule of supply and demand.

[Jacob S]

Maybe it is because it is in limited supply at retailers and the fact that not all retailers can purchase them yet (my distributor dont even have them yet).

[John Corn]

:eek: I just noticed the buyer has to pay an additional $24.00 for shipping and insurance......right now the buyer pays $634.00.

[Jacob S]

Its a wonder that Dish and Direct dont try to sell direct from the company to customers on the auction sites, better not give them any ideas. They would probably give the customers one heck of a deal that they could not pass up having no commissions paid to the dealers.

[John Corn]

22 hrs. left, I thought I would bump the post up because I want to see what the final price will be tomorrow.:)

[John Corn]

Auction is over, the $610.00 price tag ended up being the highest bid.

[Scott Greczkowski]

Thats really not that bad of a price for someone who really wants it. It is worth it :D

Scott

[LarryH]

Originally posted by John Corn
Auction is over, the $610.00 price tag ended up being the highest bid.

The same guy is selling another 721 on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1365575975

Current price is at $550 with about 1 day left

[Swampthing]

Odd... the eBay listing description states the 721 has a 100GB hard drive. I could have sworn it's 120GB...

[SParker]

geesh the bid is now $560 and reserve is still not met. Swampthing, I think the guy just messed up on the GB size.

[STXJim]

Something is definitely not right with this guy selling his second (and who knows how many more) 721's on ebay.
Charlie should have some of his goons check into this. :shrug:

[LarryH]

Originally posted by SParker
geesh the bid is now $560 and reserve is still not met. Swampthing, I think the guy just messed up on the GB size.

The bid is now up to $580 and the reserve is now met. He probably had the reserve set at $575.

[LarryH]

The 721's must be rolling in. A 3rd and 4th 721 just showed up on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1363862329
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1365575975
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1365998557
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1366052176

[LarryH]

Look's like $610 is the going price for a 721 on ebay. The first two auctions ended at exactly $610 and the other two auctions have the "buy it now" option set to $610 and $630.

[motjes2]

Don't buy them; you can get them at lower price. Read this

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5524&pagenumber=2

[LarryH]

Originally posted by motjes2
Don't buy them; you can get them at lower price. Read this

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5524&pagenumber=2

I agree! The 721's are now starting to ship in larger quantities. Don't over pay for this unit. You should now be able to get it through "normal" channels for the $549 price (or even less)