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**417 - Alnico** · December 8th, 2011, 08:38 PM

McIntosh Marantz JBL Altec Western Electric Equipment | eBay

**Altec Best** · December 8th, 2011, 08:48 PM

They had that listed before for $500,000 and didn't sell.So they raise it a $100 G's That should make it sell.

**bowtie427ss** · December 9th, 2011, 10:19 AM

Sometimes, that strategy actually works., however probably not in this case.

Several years ago my wife(ex) and i were eyeing a lamp in an antique store that we regularly frequented. We both felt the price was a bit high, and there was no negotiating with this fella. probably a year or more went by, and the lamp remained in the same spot in his shop. One afternoon my wife tapped me on the shoulder "look, there's a new price tag on it". So, with lots of hope and anticipation on board i strolled over and flipped the tag around where i could see it. He'd raised the price by 225 bucks, we just tee hee'd among ourselves.

Well, wouldn't you know that on our very next visit to his shop our beloved lamp was gone!

I had to ask, and thus began a very interesting and friendly conversation. He explained that "sometimes if you don't price it high enough, customers get suspicious that something is amiss". He further explained "by raising my price significantly, to some people it suggests real value on a higher level and that's all the incentive they need, who am i to tell them different?"

**Altec Best** · December 9th, 2011, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by bowtie427ss

Sometimes, that strategy actually works., however probably not in this case.

He'd raised the price by 225 bucks, we just tee hee'd among ourselves.

Yes I seen that happen before. But $225 and $100,000 aren't even in the same Solar System !

**417 - Alnico** · December 9th, 2011, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by Altec Best

Yes I seen that happen before. But $225 and $100,000 aren't even in the same Solar System !

Yeah, but...This guy has a lot of lamps.

**Audio_by_Goodwill** · December 9th, 2011, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by bowtie427ss

............He explained that "sometimes if you don't price it high enough, customers get suspicious that something is amiss". He further explained "by raising my price significantly, to some people it suggests real value on a higher level and that's all the incentive they need, who am i to tell them different?"

I've heard something similar before. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to make it work for me yet :-)