Aww. It's Not Getting Very Good Bids

[Lakesailor]

...yet. Fishing Boat

Look at the size of those ribs. Is it an Ice-breaker?

 

[john_morris_uk]

The travesty is that he is covering the thing in GRP and the quality of the work he has done is (from the pictures) absolutely dire! Its a shame as its a pretty little boat.

If the hull is ok, it needs proper restoration - which might include undoing a lot of his 'work'.

 

[electrosys]

I must say that his warning that he'll cancel any bids with < 25 +ve f/backs is a bit rich --- wonder what Ebay rules are about this ?

 

[chanelyacht]

The travesty is that he is covering the thing in GRP and the quality of the work he has done is (from the pictures) absolutely dire! Its a shame as its a pretty little boat.

If the hull is ok, it needs proper restoration - which might include undoing a lot of his 'work'.

That's really sad, it could be a lovely little boat, in a Tom Cunliffe "Boatyard" kind of a way.

But he's put in an awful lot of **** to strip out first - especially the B&Q value laminate flooring.

 

[exfinnsailor]

Its another project thats going to cost £1000's to put right. I would think buying it is the easy bit, that is if you have more than 25 ebay responses. After that

Hate to think what he has painted the decks with ..

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[northwind]

16 tons!

It's less than 30 ft long... Thats some serious ballast. Might be worth a fortune for scrap.

 

[chinita]

Lovely name though.

'Weeps a bit' - not as much as the next owner I'll wager.

 

[KenMcCulloch]

The travesty is that he is covering the thing in GRP and the quality of the work he has done is (from the pictures) absolutely dire! Its a shame as its a pretty little boat.

A wooden boat sheathed in GRP is a 'double classic' - osmosis and rot in one handy package. What a shame.

 

[sailorman]

A wooden boat sheathed in GRP is a 'double classic' - osmosis and rot in one handy package. What a shame.

does she have concrete ballast too

 

[Lakesailor]

A ripping weekend would get all his laminate out and thankfully he's only glassed "the top of the hull".
There's a bloke in the US called "Dephrin", or something, who would do a nice restoration of it.

 

[RichardS]

eBay are totally incompetent with regard to seller protection so removing bids from bidders with a pre-determined level of feedback is the least a seller can do to protect themselves, provided they act quickly before the auction finishes.

I advertised a car a few weeks ago in an auction and included a Buy-it-Now price. This was the first, and the last, time I have included a BIN on a motor auction. An hour after going online the car was bought using the BIN. The auction then ceases and all bidding stops.

After 24 hours and several emails and several "number unobtainable" phone calls, I could not contact the buyer so I check his address and postcode on Google maps. Guess what, all the address information is fake and the number is disconnected. I phone and email eBay who agree to refund my £40 final value fee but not the £10 placement fee!

I tell eBay that this member is using a fake ID and that he is just bidding on cars as a joke to ruin the sale. eBay say thay will investigate and then decide what to do (it took me 5 minutes to investigate!).

It is now a month later and the fake guy is still registered and it still killing auctions by bidding. I just checked his 100% negative feedback!

I'm afraid that when the fishing boat seller says he will prosecute time-wasters he is living in cloud cuckoo land!

Richard

 

[electrosys]

eBay are totally incompetent with regard to seller protection so removing bids from bidders with a pre-determined level of feedback is the least a seller can do to protect themselves, provided they act quickly before the auction finishes.

So what about those folk with just a handful of positives - perhaps gained over a year or more ? (not everybody is addicted to Ebay ...)

I would have thought "If you have 10 feedback or less, email me first" would have been a more constructive approach.

 

[RichardS]

So what about those folk with just a handful of positives - perhaps gained over a year or more ? (not everybody is addicted to Ebay ...)

I would have thought "If you have 10 feedback or less, email me first" would have been a more constructive approach.

I do agree - this is the approach I take as you do need to strike a sensible balance between real buyers and fake buyers.

However, I do have sympathy with sellers who have perhaps had many auctions ruined by time-wasters and who have resorted to somewhat desperate measures to try and avoid wasting their time and money.

Either way, eBay are laughing all the way to the bank as they will keep your insertion fee even if someone they have allowed to register is a complete fake!

I suggested to their customer service people that they set up a program which checks against the electoral register when anyone registers since this would immediately hghlight anyone who was potentially giving a suspect name and address which could then be double-checked. I'm sure that this is possible but I don't think they were interested!

Richard

 

[photodog]

I see he has found two soft planks on deck..... Good job as he's gonna need at least one to get a sale.....

 

[prv]

I suggested to their customer service people that they set up a program which checks against the electoral register when anyone registers since this would immediately hghlight anyone who was potentially giving a suspect name and address which could then be double-checked.

It would flag me up then, because they'd only be able to check against the Edited Register. This is also allowed and available to be used for junk mail purposes, and hence I (and no doubt many or even most others) have always ticked the box on the form to be excluded from it. The Full Register can only be viewed in person at the Council offices, so couldn't be tied into an automated system.

The credit/debit card system is probably the best way to verify addresses online, but since it's not in eBay's interests to put any hurdles in the way of buyers, and sellers don't have much of an alternative so their interests needn't be looked after too carefully, I don't see it happening any time soon.

Pete

 

[CreakyDecks]

They should have two classes of buyer, those with a PayPal account and those without. Then, if you chose to, you could limit your sale (or at the very least "Buy it now" sales) to people who do at least have a bank account and are in some way identifiable as real people. THAT is something that I think Ebay should be interested in, since they now own PayPal.

 

[sailorman]

She wasnt @ Jutland apparently

 

[Boathook]

I see he has found two soft planks on deck..... Good job as he's gonna need at least one to get a sale.....

Many years ago my Dad considered and looked at an 60ft MFV. A cousin of his checked it over and recommended a don't touch due to 'soft' planks. A few months later it sunk on its mooring!