Ebay stock.

[tenOC]

Interesting features.
Nice Rockola I - Cut sling STOCK M1 Carbine RMC Original WWII US part No RSRV ! | eBay

[mpd1978]

I like the comment about finding a Rockola in a junk stock at the next gun show, i think putting a carbine wearing junk stock into this junk stock would be a lateral move.

[tenOC]

Can those bids be real?

[Bruce McAskill]

What a wonderful nice stamp on such an old stock. Why it's even fresher looking then the rest of the stock. Wonder what that means. lol

[jimb16]

That stamp is so fake, I can smell it from here! The x-cannon and RMC in a box were all part of a single stamp, not separate stamps. That is fake fake fake....

[ChipS]

Can those bids be real?

Obviously they're real. Are they from legitimate competitive bidders, unknown to the seller? I doubt it. Currently everything real on ebay appears to be on the upswing price-wise. Maybe the professional sellers have decided to join forces and drive the market unnaturally. I'm no expert, but I believe it costs very, very little (relatively) in auction fees to shill a item price to 3 or 4 times it's fair market value, and you only need a few neophyte, deep pocket suckers to make it pay back bigtime. There are a lot of CMP mixmaster carbines out there. Sooner or later the inflated prices may become legitimate market prices to a portion of the newby collectors and then it's game-on. Who knows, maybe the market can be cornered and the inflated prices become legitimate. This seems like a real good topic for some interesting in-depth discussion. As for me, I look at the "bidding/selling" price relative to the past few years and mostly just pass with no regrets when I sense the apparent inflation rate has just been too high to be real. As for the stock in question, it appears to be a real Rock-Ola stock and at least the cartouche humper used the right CC ordinance stamp. JMHO

[USGI]

One of the bidders on this auction (o***i) has a 29% bidding history with this seller. The history with this seller for the rest of the bidders is 8% or less. This same seller had another carbine stock listed last week (not as desirable-maybe) that o***i did not bid on. http://www.ebay.com/itm/M1-Carbine-S...p2047675.l2557 Maybe there's something going on with the bidding - maybe not? - Bob

[JimF4M1s]

Ebay is putting short cuts to bidders names. I'm guessing to hide bidders real names. I know I bid on something a while back and they put letters and a number and removed my normal name. Does anyone know if the same shortened name is always used for the same person? Otherwise why change them in the first place?

[tenOC]

It's always the same modification to the username.

[USGI]

I know I bid on something a while back and they put letters and a number and removed my normal name.

You will see the abbreviation until you sign-in, then you'll see your full username. - Bob