Looks like Hermes 3000s keep getting pushed up to $1000, with just about every auction. 
Phil Forrest

Yesterday 2 early-mid QDLs that ended 2 months ago, including the drab run of the mill one that sold for nearly 200 bucks, were auctioned off again. One of them has been listed 3 times now. Both by the same location.

Both sold for 45-50 this time, but the winner of one has a user name only two asterisks different than the one who didn't pay on the overpriced one. I bet we'll see at least one of them listed again.



 

I knew a guy who won a good will auction, paid for it, and it didn't show up.  When he contacted goodwill about it, they told him they put the machine up again and sold it to someone else for a higher price, then issued him a refund.  Goodwill has gone the way of the...well, it isn't good.  They're more concerned about profits and milking money lately.

Lucas Dul wrote:

I knew a guy who won a good will auction, paid for it, and it didn't show up. When he contacted goodwill about it, they told him they put the machine up again and sold it to someone else for a higher price, then issued him a refund. Goodwill has gone the way of the...well, it isn't good. They're more concerned about profits and milking money lately.

That's the truth.
Not too long ago, I alerted Goodwill of MN to the fact they were selling a Nazi typewriter. It was an Erika 5 that had two keys with runic lightning bolts on them. I understand those can be valuable to collectors and museums, but I personally felt it was icky for a charity to be making money off of that sale. It went for almost $400.

Phil Forrest

Good thinking, Goodwill auctions are best left alone.