I had to finally register here and respond. I am Crystalphonic... I'm Kevin McNoldy, one of the owners of the studio, and the guy who put the place together. We are located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and yes--we have a lot of auctions up right now.
First off: the reason I always do private auctions... I started with Ebay a couple years ago, and within my first few auctions, I found that scammers would steal the ID's of bidders from my auctions, and contact them during and after the sale. They would use lines like "I can sell it to you now and stop the auction, but I need the money quickly because I'm leaving the country" or "The winner didn't follow through, so I can sell the item to you." This increased more and more, until I researched and started using the private auction--which is EXACTLY the same as regular auctions, with one exception: no one can see the ID's of anyone bidding. Therefore, no one can "break in" and commit fraud against anybody bidding on my stuff.
Also within the first few months of my Ebay experience, someone stole my identity, locked me out of my own account, and re-ran several auctions I had already finished. I finally got Ebay to reset everything, and swore at that point that I would never do any auctions that opened me or the bidders up to the outside world in a way that could harm anyone.
I can assure you that everything is legit in our auctions... and regarding the ATC 100's that were mentioned, we've always owned them as well as our 300's. We just never really found a room to fit them in, as A and D already had bigger monitors installed.
Now, regarding feedback and private auctions: you give and receive feedback as normal with any auctions on Ebay. Private auctions are NOT shielded from feedback in any way. I have a a perfect feedback score because I treat people right and I'm honest about what I sell. If there's a problem, I take care of it. So, Albert, if you are being led on by a private auctioneer, then the guy is just a s*$thead on his own, it has nothing to do with hiding behind Ebay in any way.
If anyone wants to verify anything I'm saying, call me anytime. The studio phone number is on our website.
We're moving a lot of stuff right now, but it's only a portion of what we own--we're preparing for a D Control to replace the SSL in the A Room. That's a whole different discussion right there, so I'll just leave it at that.
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Kevin McNoldy
Crystalphonic Recording Studio
www.crystalphonic.com