Check out the most expensive flex track I’ve seen. [banghead][banghead]Someone got thier head bumbed![banghead][banghead]!
http://cgi.ebay.com/HO-SCALE-TRAINS-10-PCS-N-S-MODEL-TRAIN-FLEX-TRACK-30-FT_W0QQitemZ6011949166QQcategoryZ19142QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I got a deal a while back on this one a few weeks ago,[8D]
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6006242421&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1
There’s one born every minute! [:p]
Darn, and there were only 40 seconds left when I looked at it so I missed my big chance to get gypped. Some people really have a lot of gall asking that much, and those who actually bid on it are really getting shafted.
So that’s what… $4.31 per strip, call it $5.00 each by the time you do shipping, etc.
Oddly enough, it’s ourtrageous, but not as bad as I expected… only double what you can get it for new from an online discounter. I feared far worse.
I’ll have to keep an eye out for these “deals” myself. It’s amusing if nothing else.
all the bidders less 1 had a zero feedback rating hmmmmmmmm
they don’t ship to canada but they ship to other countries ? what did we do to this guy ???
[:p]
Shill bidding, big time!!!
That thing about most of the bidders having 0 feedback is a little suspicious. It could be he had some friends raise the price so he would get more in the end.
Big time suspicious to me.
I don’t think, however, the seller was involved in this as in checking several of his last feedbacks seems to show that stuff sells at what appears to be reasonable prices.
I’m sure we’ll never get the scoop on this one.
Of course it is much more fun and easy to call the “buyer” a fool and the seller a “rip off” guy.
Cacale,
Before you call the seller somewhat dishonest by saying you missed the chance to get gypped and he has gall to ask that much, his starting price was $2.00 a piece.
Definately shill bidding. The user IDs with the “0” feedbacks were established the same day. And the times, amount and number of bids make no sense.
I just recognized this seller. I’ve bought a couple of things from him before without a problem. I perhaps wondering if someone is just messing with 'em. Kinda like when we get a troll here.
It could be someone playing games too! I just got done a minute ago watching some used older Athearn trucks on ebay go for$19.55? No worm gears, no top clip, no detail parts! Plus $5.00 for shipping! Boy this guy got a deal. Noticed some sellers are selling P2K GP7’s, 9’s, 20’s and other GP’s for about $40.00 with $12.00 to $14.00 for shipping and there selling? Go figure I guess!
Makes my LHS look even better! LOL Hey, it must be a good deal, everything is cheaper on e-bay…!
A bit off topic, but “it must be a good deal, everything is cheaper on E-bay” used to be largely true… I’m talking from when I first started using it in the late 90’s to maybe 2002-3. I’d love to dig into how it changed from a market that heavily favored the buyer to one that heavily favored the seller, just from a business interest perspective.
For the record, this ain’t the place for that and this is strictly a rhetorical question.
I’ll raise a pint to that!!!
WHAT question??[:D]
Jeff
What is interesting is the “best offer” format. I’ve been tracking a couple of BLI’s on it and it seems that the “accepted” price is lower than the prices I’ve seen on similar items under regular bidding. It is kind of a flip. Does the seller accept an offer and perhaps lose out on a better one? Or does the seller turn down the offer and then not get any more. Interesting twist on the bidding war model.
Kinda makes me glad that I don’t ‘ebay’…[2c]
As somebody who was a buyer earlier this summer and is now a seller of my Dad’s collection, may I offer my 2 cents?
As a buyer, I’ve been mostly interested in out of production HO/HOn3 kits made in the’70s and later. I routinely was sniped, about half the time for only a dollar more than my high bid. That’s OK, I wasn’t prepared to be in front of my computer in the last minute run-up. I was finally able to get much of what I wanted at a price I was willing to pay. In many cases, after extensive calling, I had found hobby shops that had an item I wanted still in stock. Because of this, I had a top price figure going in. Too many times, I saw the auction price go 30-50% over the hobby shop price. Some weeks prices go ridiculous, some weeks are great bargains. I haven’t discovered a pattern yet.
The same has happened to me as a seller. I can speak personally because the money is going to my Dad, not me. I was selling lightly used or unused locomotives that dealers were offering new for a Buy It Now price. So I kind of figured the dealer’s Buy It Now was the logical ceiling for my items, and that I should reasonably expect $10-$20 less than that. The first week, prices were $20-$30 less than the dealer’s Buy It Now. The buyers got great deals. But I still received more than I would have gotten trying to privately sell the items through ads or consignment. This week I got over the Buy It Now price. Go figure. It’s true - unless there is fraud (I consider shilling to be fraud), or you price an item too high to begin with, the buyers set the price, not the seller. If the seller prices too high with the opening bid or reserve, it doesn’t sell. I’ve bought items on 2nd chance because I didn’t bid over my price, which didn’t cover the seller’s reserve. The seller came to the conclusion he wasn’t going to get what he wanted, and offered the item to me at my bid price.
I have heard horrible stories about EBay and PayPal but have not experienced any myself. I do beli
I dunno! He advertises that he ships to USA, Europe and all, then he gets in a real snit when someone in oh, EUROPE buys! He is a most unpleasant person. I bid on some stuff a little while back when I was in the UK, (I move backwards and forwards with work). So I never even look at his listings now.
As for the track, well, you can buy that stuff any day for $2.09 - but a lot of poeple get caught up in ebay bidding. I got a note fomr a seller to day saying he was sorry I had missed out on a mail car as it really was part of the set with the passenger coaches I bought. But somebody bid it up to $US 31, and I can buy the thing new for $CDN 32.97!
Ebay truly requires the doctrine of caveat emptor, it is far too easy to bid things to unrealistic prices.
John