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Interesting Sansui products on Yahoo-auction-japan

peterott said:
On the bay, and I have no clue is this is post-Sansui stuff from China... with a bit of research I found youtube links from Vietnam showing innards:
(looking at the thin steel sheets, compared to old 2mm Japanese steel, I am now sure that this is 2000-stuff just with the Sansui brand=
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Yeah, this is “badge engineering” rather than proper Sansui gear.
 
I've seen them for sale 2 times, that I can remember, in the last 25+ years on Yahoo Auction. Yes, costly to ship being rock.
Extremely RARE.

I remember once thinking " I'd really like to have that " but it was just a passing thought - never acted on it. Really didn't 'need' it.

Never seen one for sale on any eBay in any other country ever. (USA, Eng, Fr, Ger, Swe, Aust, & Argentina anyway.)
I'm just guessing but knowing how Japan 'does business' - probably only high volume 'designated' Sansui 'dealers' got them for a "presento" from Sansui for Promo advertising.

REALLY NICE, an outstanding Sansui 'collectable', and very functional if you need a rock-solid base - like for a TT!!
Very professionally looking and collector 'ARTY' too!!

I should have made an effort to purchase it back then. Gotta 'jump on it' when you see it!! No idea what they sold for.

[Passed on a couple other items too: Three pair of used, in great shape, 1980 High-Efficiency interconnects, sold for like $70 plus shipping - unreal cheap, and a MINTY PAIR of 1970 tall black wooden speaker stands too which were also SUPER RARE especially in MINTY shape. Seen only two other very beat-up pairs for sale only in 25+ yrs. Probably went cheap. Who wants minty 'old wood' rare tall black Sansui speaker stands?? ME!! :)
 
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I saw an interesting thing on Yahoo Auction Japan last night.

There was a SR-929 that was selling and bidding ended in 10 minutes, so I thought I'd just watch the end of the auction for fun. Long story short - every time the time went down to about 5 minutes, the time would go back up to 8-9 minutes. It did that 3 times. Then the time worked down to one minute and finished BUT... the full page showing all the equipment and the open actual page for the actual SR-929 that was selling were keeping different times to end of auction. Weird.

No big deal but just weird. I mean, it's an AUCTION! Be kind of HARD to wait until the last few seconds to put in a LARGE BID to win - because the 'time will change with increased time for more bids. Just thought I'd mention it. STRANGE. :dunno: Never seen that before, maybe it's just a 'one off'.

I really like Yahoo Auction Japan. Great source for Alphas and other rare Sansui gear.
 
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bluesky said:
I saw an interesting thing on Yahoo Auction Japan last night.

There was a SR-929 that was selling and bidding ended in 10 minutes, so I thought I'd just watch the end of the auction for fun. Long story short - every time the time went down to about 5 minutes, the time would go back up to 8-9 minutes. It did that 3 times. Then the time worked down to one minute and finished BUT... the full page showing all the equipment and the open actual page for the actual SR-929 that was selling were keeping different times to end of auction. Weird.

No big deal but just weird. I mean, it's an AUCTION! Be kind of HARD to wait until the last few seconds to put in a LARGE BID to win - because the 'time will change with increased time for more bids. Just thought I'd mention it. STRANGE. :dunno: Never seen that before, maybe it's just a 'one off'.

I really like Yahoo Auction Japan. Great source for Alphas and other rare Sansui gear.
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That's the way the auction website for government surplus items in my state works. If someone bids in the last 10 minutes, the auction end time is extended 10 more minutes. I think it's meant to be closer to a "live" auction where the auction doesn't end until there are no more bids. It's fairer to bidders and (in theory) results in higher sell prices.
 
KeithD said:
That's the way the auction website for government surplus items in my state works. If someone bids in the last 10 minutes, the auction end time is extended 10 more minutes. I think it's meant to be closer to a "live" auction where the auction doesn't end until there are no more bids. It's fairer to bidders and (in theory) results in higher sell prices.
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I see your point, but I like eBay better. In the last seconds put in the largest bid your willing to pay and win the item every time for usually not much more than the current price. But I see your point, yahoo japan is more like a 'real auction' that you would go to.
 
There's no doubt that an auction with a firm end time benefits buyers, while one that keeps bumping the end time back if a late bid is received within a certain time window prior to the stated end time, benefits the seller (or is at least intended to, by hopefully driving up the final bid).

I generally won't even bother with the latter type, as the psychological effect of deciding to bid "just a little bit more" (because I want the item too badly) and then getting suckered into a pattern of doing so repeatedly, is a good way to end up paying far more than one was actually willing to spend. And they know this is an easy trap to fall into, which is precisely why they exploit it. That format also leaves much more opportunity for shill bidders to run the price up on the sellers behalf, if they perceive they have a sucker on the hook.
 
Sansuiman said:
There's no doubt that an auction with a firm end time benefits buyers, while one that keeps bumping the end time back if a late bid is received within a certain time window prior to the stated end time, benefits the seller (or is at least intended to, by hopefully driving up the final bid).

I generally won't even bother with the latter type, as the psychological effect of deciding to bid "just a little bit more" (because I want the item too badly) and then getting suckered into a pattern of doing so repeatedly, is a good way to end up paying far more than one was actually willing to spend. And they know this is an easy trap to fall into, which is precisely why they exploit it. That format also leaves much more opportunity for shill bidders to run the price up on the sellers behalf, if they perceive they have a sucker on the hook.
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Exactly.
 
Sansuiman said:
That format also leaves much more opportunity for shill bidders to run the price up on the sellers behalf, if they perceive they have a sucker on the hook.
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Actually, it's rare for someone to bid in the last 10 minutes in the auctions I've followed. Seems most people put in their max price early and then leave it. What the process prevents is sniping, which many people looking for bargains love about e-bay.
 
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