EBAY AGAIN

[maltaboy]

Sorry to go on about this subject but I was watching a rutland 500 (old model) and it has just sold for the price of £240 plus £10 for postage, the 503 (new model) is £239.95 at yachtbits and maybe even cheaper else where, what gives?

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[m1taylor]

auctions have a wierd effect on human psychology. There's a compelling instinct that some people feel that what they are bidding on is a one-off and therefore they can't afford to miss it. That's why ebay is so successful. The more sane individual will say that almost nothing is a one-off, and you only bid what you would pay for it in the cold light of day - if your bid loses, there will always be another one.....

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[silvertop]

There are a lot of time wasters on Ebay that just keep on bidding irrispective of value, then when the auction is over the seller never hears from them again. I know because it happened to me as a seller. they tend to be zero rated as they keep changing there names. and the goods never get sold, or have to be relisted.

Safe bidding


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[Colin_S]

Likewise, daughter wants new PS2 game - Grand Theft Auto, San Andreas. Had a look on ebay where there's literally hundreds of copies for sale and they all seem to be selling at £30 - £34 plus usually £2.50 p&p. Seems a bargain as the RRP is about £40 until you realise Amazon are selling the game at £29.99 with free postage

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[JonJon]

Daughter wahts Grand theft Auto? Are you sure?

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[snowleopard]

yeah - right! seems like a game for total morons. strange that son-in-law PhD is addicted to it!

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[scottb34300]

Just so you know; there are pleanty of good-buys on Ebay. I just bought a Nasa Clipper Wind for £140! New! Retail? Around £230. Not a bad deal.



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[Colin_S]

Absolutely. Search 'San Andreas' <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.amazon.co.uk>here.</A>

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Oops, thought you were questioning price - yep daughter. I might give it the odd try though.<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Colin_S on 06/11/2004 21:18 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[pvb]

It\'s American...

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[snowleopard]

Only in...

says it all.

does anyone remember a posting a few months back with a series of pictures headed 'only in...' ?

one was 'only in america' with a picture of people going up an escalator to a gym.

i can't find it again and i keep wanting to refer to it.

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[maltaboy]

RE clipper wind for £140, its no bargain when you can buy it new from allgadgets.co.uk with 12 month warranty and nmea output for £180.

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[scottb34300]

The unit i have bought does come with 12 month warrenty and nmea output. And i've saved £40. Nothing to grumble at.

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[ShipsWoofy]

that's a good price,

I usually use game.com but they are more expensive this time. Keep them in mind for the future though, always had good service.

Play online a lot, about 12 of us have got together and hire a server and shoot each other to bits. Maybe we should find a multiplayer sail racing game, actually no, we would die of boredom or rigamortis first!

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[macd]

From the experience of no less than three of us in the same sailing club, it's not a bargain at any price. All three have thrown wobblers in their first season. Mine needs F8 to indicate 14kn of wind, and the other two are no better.

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[kliever]

My experience :-
Last year bought all the worlds charts on one CD, still hav'nt been able to make them run on my laptop.
Yesterday put in a bid for an icom725 tranceiver, at bid closing time mine appeared as the higher at £255 (I had entered up to £300). Sat down this morning to write out a cheque but my e-mails informed that I had been outbid,
I was sure that it was mine at bid closing time. Looking at e-bay this morning is a strangely similar looking tranceiver i.e only the backdrop has changed.
John.R

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[oldharry]

More cash than brains.... thats why Ebay works so well - as long as you are the seller!

But there are bargains to be had: I recently saw a £3,500 professional Video Camera go for just £56.

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[pvb]

Split-second timing...

Seasoned eBay users reckon the secret is to decide the absolute maximum you're prepared to pay for something you really want, and then place your bid for it literally within seconds of the close of the auction. An Icom 725 (presumably the one you were after) was bid to £310 just 12 seconds before the auction closed yesterday. You can see the bid history, including the time of each bid, by clicking on the "XX bids" link alongside "History" in the heading of the auction.

An easy way to be successful with split-second timing is to have 2 browser windows open simultaneously. In one, you monitor the time countdown as the auction nears an end - you have to keep refreshing the page to check this. In the other, your maximum bid is set up and ready to send. Allow a few seconds leeway for your bid to go through after you send it.


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[pvb]

Dead right!

It's astonishing what people will pay for some things. Last winter, I was openly buying items from the US on eBay and immediately reselling them on UK eBay. Including shipping and insurance, the items from the States cost me around £4 each. UK buyers were happily paying me up to £30 for the same items! Bonkers!

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[Jinks]

Re: Split-second timing...

Absolutely agree. Decide what it is worth to you - submit the bid - walk away. Chasing items is stupid in the extreme. And yes, there are real bargains to be had, SWMBO recently bought a dinner service which would have cost over £2k new for £50 plus £20 postage. It's immaculate.

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[snowleopard]

Re: Split-second timing...

thinking of selling my rubber duck so i thought i'd watch a few to see if i'd get a good price. once i'd sorted out the real ones from the beach toys i was surprised to find them going quite cheaply (under £150 for a new 3m boat). decided i didn't want to risk mine going for a song.

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