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																Man those prices remind me of a certain pair of Unidoor 250s....    
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																Considering the very low starting bid, I would imagine that these are a mess inside...no ballasts and full of rat stuff.    
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																Also , since this seller has 0 feedback , I'd guess he/she has NO idea how to work eBay . Years ago , I bought a case of 400w MV lamps from another 0 feedback seller for $3.40 ! he didn't ship them and wouldn't respond to either me or eBay !   https://feedback.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/enla_39 
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																I agree, they probably don't know how bidding vs buy it now works on eBay.  Sometimes you might get a good deal on buying something from a new eBay seller. I bought some RAM for my computer a month ago from a new eBay user and it worked find and it was cheaper than everyone else. Oddly though they deleted their account a week after. It passed my barrage of tests so it looks to be legit. RE the Detroit Crimefighters,  Here's a Streetview of one. It's gone now though.  
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																I definitely see it now !!     OOPS ! I was paying more attention to the one on the wooden pole . I didn't even notice the one right next to the church !     
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																It took me a while and a lot of looking around before I spotted it too. The Holophanes on the wooden poles was a red herring.    
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									| 							 I assumed the one on the wooden pole was the one everyone was talking about ! 
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																Don't worry wide-lite 1000, it happens.    Detroit had a few weird refit jobs done to those old decorative black painted poles, with crimefighters, M-400s, and those pesky RSLs and 125s.  
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									| 							 Well, it ended with only one bid at 99c. Whoever got these got them at a great price.  
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									| 							 Hopefully it wasn't a scrapper or worse , an up cycler !!!  
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									| 							 Maybe they'll become "eBay refurbished" and sell for hundreds...hopefully not. 
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																@wide-lite 1000 - I don't mind some upcycled things but hopefully it'll be at least somewhat original.  @BT25 - Hmm maybe we'll see them for sale in a couple weeks for hundreds each.    Hopefully a collector got them though, I know there's a few that are active in the Detroit, MI area.   
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