Something fishy with 6 Day on ebay

[gooddirt]

I don't think the price is to much, based on that there is not that many pentons to go around for everyone .I get calls once a month for me to find folks a penton ,and  they wonder where one would  find these bikes as well.  Make sure when you bid to ckeck the other bidders history , to see if he has a vintage background of buying  and selling as well.
And dont bid with some who has just sigined up, or has a zero feed back.Most likely they might be a ringer.I do not worry to much when the item is less than  fifty bucks or so. .I once saw a penton sell for $4560. 00 and there was a zero feed back in the mix and had never bought anything on the BAY. Just do your home work. GD;)

[firstturn]

Ebay is no different than big auctions that have shill bidders.  Don't think for a moment that these big auctions for cars don't have shills in the crowd.  I have noticed shills bidding on pentons and other vintage bikes and sometimes I just don't bid...  Other times I get beat by a shill and I get a second chance as I did with a racing engine last week.  I gracefully declined.
  On the Penton that went for $4560.00 it was for real which surprised me since I was the second highest bidder at I believe $4525.00.  But I agree with gooddirt it did look fishy.  
  I think that as long as there is auctions there will be games played, but on the good side ebay has brought out parts that I had looked for for years and never found, or found the part just to be told it wasn't for sale.  Just my take.

Ron Carbaugh