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A saying that you hear a lot on radio reference.. "there's a sucker born every minute".

Probably due to the Charms manufacturer and their fleet of Oompa Loompas...

Many people falsely claim it was P. T. Barnum that coin the phrase. It was not.

As to radios and eBay. Yeah, it's ridiculous. Especially ham gear. Even at Goodwill's website for god sakes! Your best bet is to use a service that monitors eBay using the eBay API and when an item pops up you get first word of it and can snatch it right away if the price is right. One such service is called Item Alert. You could roll your own... I also highly recommend the Gixen sniper service.

 

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Probably due to the Charms manufacturer and their fleet of Oompa Loompas...

Many people falsely claim it was P. T. Barnum that coin the phrase. It was not.

As to radios and eBay. Yeah, it's ridiculous. Especially ham gear. Even at Goodwill's website for god sakes! Your best bet is to use a service that monitors eBay using the eBay API and when an item pops up you get first word of it and can snatch it right away if the price is right. One such service is called Item Alert. You could roll your own... I also highly recommend the Gixen sniper service.

Goodwill's the worst. No joy in those kind of stores near me.
I've used Esnipe for years for ebay but I have to want something really bad.