snownh2o2 Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Smarthome-Signa ... 3a73eece97 I have seen this on ebay for awhile. Though it was a posting mistake; should be $9.99. It now says he sold 5 of them???
LeeG Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 The RF SignaLinc (with black external antenna) is the first RF coupler Smarthome released many years ago. It works on an RF frequency different from all other RF devices so it is of no use for interfacing to anything but another RF SignaLinc for phase coupling. It also does not process Extended commands so it is really of no use as a phase coupler either. There are always people who will buy anything if it is cheap enough, no matter how useless it is. Makes a nice paper weight or a contribution to a museum of old outdated Insteon equipment.
snownh2o2 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 The price is $999.99! And it says he now sold 5 to 5 unique users. Unless I am still missing something.... Normally when buying something for a thousand bucks people do at least a little research. I seem to recall Smarthome recalling all of these and sending out free APs.
LeeG Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Even better. Not only are they idiots, they are wealthy idiots. I've got 4 RF SignaLincs with lots of dust on the boxes. Now I know where to dispose of my junk.
snownh2o2 Posted June 20, 2012 Author Posted June 20, 2012 Maybe if you gold plate them they would go for $9,999.99 to match all of the mansions running insteon. In reality, I would suggest others take note of the ebay seller and maybe the 5 buyers. Seems like someone is pulling some ebay shenanigans with multiple IDs. Since they are selling the products (insteon) we all enjoy, we all are at a minimal risk when bidding. Though selling expired products and rediculous prices may keep us from the hoax. Isn't it better to scam by selling good products and low prices? The more I think of the thought process of the scam, or the reality of 5 thousand dollar signalincs sold, the more my brain hurts. Good night. Sleep well pondering your potential profits, Matt
Xathros Posted June 20, 2012 Posted June 20, 2012 Matt- I don't think its a scam though it does look rather strange. If you look at the 5 sold, 4 of them went for $14.95 ea and the fifth for $20.xx The seller simply made the "Buy-it-now" price so high that the buyers would rather compete amongst themselves driving the auction price as high as possible. This strategy sorta makes sense if you are selling items of some value which there obviously aren't. I suspect it somewhat worked out as at least one of them sold for a higher price. The buy-it-now price is likely only there to make these seem more valuable. Most sellers that want to force an auction just don't include a buy-it-now price. The scam here is that he is selling useless obsolete hardware without disclosing that its useless and obsolete. Welcome to eBay. -Xathros
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