QUOTE: Originally posted by cnwfan11 Just a word of "CAUTION" . My fiancee purchase a whole bunch of Suydam kits from Ebay member "JTEN1". DO NOT,I repeat DO NOT purchase a thing from this guy!!!!! The kits that my fiancee purchased totaled over $100.00,and the most expensive one was for the Day and Night Water Heater Company. This clown (JTEN1),stated in his "ad" for this item that ALL pieces were in the kit. BULL[censored]!!!!! I am missing ALL four sides of this kit,the roof tops,as well as the angle pieces to build it. The kit is now worthless,and i am not able to build it.To top it off,this guy forced Ebay to close my fiancee's account,due to that I had a scuffle with this jerk before on some kits that were not full kits. So,what is happening,we are giving this guy till this Wednesday to answer the email we sent(never did respond to others we sent him).If no response has been made,then we are going to call him and find out what is going on. If this guy refuses,then there will be a contact to the District Attorney in his city and state. I dont want to scare the rest of those that buy stuff on Ebay,I am just letting you all know, NOT to buy from this guy,as you may have the same problem we are having.
QUOTE: Originally posted by Koorstag I just started ebaying and won all three items i bid on.....I think I better not bid on anything else for a while =). and no, I didn't overpay on any of them. got a Kato Mikado for $65, and 2 Atlas FA1s for $12 and $19.25. I am pretty happy =) Martin
QUOTE: Originally posted by MAbruce QUOTE: That has nothing to do with it. Huh??? Sounds like you have too much gas in your turbine...
QUOTE: That has nothing to do with it.
QUOTE: Originally posted by MAbruce QUOTE: Originally posted by 1shado1 QUOTE: Originally posted by MAbruce QUOTE: Originally posted by chewie8han I'm not really sure why everyone has so much of a problem. If you put in a bid of $10.00, and someone bids $10.50 with 5 seconds or 1 second left, they beat you. THEY BID MORE. It's not when you bid. It's how much you bid. If you're willing to go as high as $20 in a last second bid, why not just put that in earlier? That's what I do all the time, and that's how I've gotten 80% of my stuff. Yes, I've lost some auctions, but they all went over the amount that I was willing to bid. So true! Sniping is for those who want to pay too much for things. They might get the thrill of winning, but if often comes at a cost that is higher than what I was willing to pay. Patience and self control is the key to winning auctions at a reasonable price. WRONG! Sniping is the only intelligent way of bidding on Ebay. It makes far more sense to bid $10 for an item in the last few seconds than it does bidding $10 for the item 3 days before the end of an auction. Sniping is more likely to get you an item at a lower cost. Jeff [(-D]Jeff - you crack me up. Thanks for the good laugh.[(-D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by 1shado1 QUOTE: Originally posted by MAbruce QUOTE: Originally posted by chewie8han I'm not really sure why everyone has so much of a problem. If you put in a bid of $10.00, and someone bids $10.50 with 5 seconds or 1 second left, they beat you. THEY BID MORE. It's not when you bid. It's how much you bid. If you're willing to go as high as $20 in a last second bid, why not just put that in earlier? That's what I do all the time, and that's how I've gotten 80% of my stuff. Yes, I've lost some auctions, but they all went over the amount that I was willing to bid. So true! Sniping is for those who want to pay too much for things. They might get the thrill of winning, but if often comes at a cost that is higher than what I was willing to pay. Patience and self control is the key to winning auctions at a reasonable price. WRONG! Sniping is the only intelligent way of bidding on Ebay. It makes far more sense to bid $10 for an item in the last few seconds than it does bidding $10 for the item 3 days before the end of an auction. Sniping is more likely to get you an item at a lower cost. Jeff
QUOTE: Originally posted by MAbruce QUOTE: Originally posted by chewie8han I'm not really sure why everyone has so much of a problem. If you put in a bid of $10.00, and someone bids $10.50 with 5 seconds or 1 second left, they beat you. THEY BID MORE. It's not when you bid. It's how much you bid. If you're willing to go as high as $20 in a last second bid, why not just put that in earlier? That's what I do all the time, and that's how I've gotten 80% of my stuff. Yes, I've lost some auctions, but they all went over the amount that I was willing to bid. So true! Sniping is for those who want to pay too much for things. They might get the thrill of winning, but if often comes at a cost that is higher than what I was willing to pay. Patience and self control is the key to winning auctions at a reasonable price.
QUOTE: Originally posted by chewie8han I'm not really sure why everyone has so much of a problem. If you put in a bid of $10.00, and someone bids $10.50 with 5 seconds or 1 second left, they beat you. THEY BID MORE. It's not when you bid. It's how much you bid. If you're willing to go as high as $20 in a last second bid, why not just put that in earlier? That's what I do all the time, and that's how I've gotten 80% of my stuff. Yes, I've lost some auctions, but they all went over the amount that I was willing to bid.
QUOTE: Originally posted by dgwinup Children, children, children! Am I going to have to separate you boys? Don't make me come down there!!! Darrell, President of the Anti-Flamamation League (and only member, so far. Annual dues are only $1,000. Send it to my PayPal account. I'll send you a subscription to our bi-annual flyer.) [}:)][:D][}:)] 1shado1, RIGHT ON! I tried to say that earlier, but you said it more clearly than I. Folks, all early bidding does is drive up the price for everyone! Remember, just because YOU think something is worth $10, doesn't mean EVERYBODY thinks it's worth $10. Bid your $10 early, and somebody will outbid you almost every time. Follow Jeff's lead and you will win more auctions. Or sign up for some sniping software. End of story. Darrell, presidentially quiet...for now
QUOTE: Originally posted by 8500HPGASTURBINE So in other words a sniper will pay more for things or more then you are willing to pay at the local hobbie shop?? Why would someone pay more on Ebay then what they could get it for at the local hobbie shop? DUH!!
QUOTE: Patience and self control is the way you will get left behind. It's the cut throat kill attitude that gets most very wanted items. It sounds stupid but it's either kill or be killed on most things on Ebay. If I took the Lora Ingles attitude my shelves would be empty.
QUOTE: Huh??? Sounds like you have too much gas in your turbine... I got your Turbine right here [:(!]
QUOTE: Originally posted by 1shado1 It might be funny if you knew what you were talking about. Unfortunately, you don't. Let's suppose that an item has a current high bid of $8.00, with 3 days left until closing. Let's say the max that I'm willing to pay for the item is $10.00. If I bid my $10.00 with 3 days left, and am shown as high bidder at that $10.00 amount with 3 days left,...
QUOTE: Originally posted by cnwfan11 For some who have read my first reply I thank you,though I disagree with what some say.A feedback to me doesnt mean a thing.Maybe there are other buyers who have bought items from this guy, got jipped,contacted the seller,and yet they have gotten NO response from him.These kits were bought freely by my fiancee out of her own free will,for my upcoming B-Day and Christmas,well so much for this happening.Though when you are forking out $51.00 for a kit,you ARE expecting that ALL the pieces are to be in it.I do NOT like being lied to when someone is saying that the items will be shipped out on the 6th of September,and instead are sent out on the 14th,via Priority Mail.(Somethings wrong here folks,why the long wait?)When the package arrived I checked ALL the kits to see if the pieces were there for the 6 that were bought,and the Day and Night Water Heater kit was the ONLY one that had missing pieces..........why?If someone says it was the cost of the kit...B.S.!!!! This seller made a false advertising statement about this kit,and yet he is "suppossedly" getting away with it, think again.Yes I will contact the legal people who handle mail-fraud and the like. I have already talked to my future father in law whom is a police officer,and I have a few contacts.We have contacted Ebay,and still there is no response from them regarding this matter.We were told by a on-line rep of Ebay that they are"under staffed and over worked due to alot of complaints and congestion from buyers." GEE I WONDER WHY?!!!! Myself,I am done with Ebay.I am stupid to be buying MR stuff on Ebay,when I could AND should be dealing with sellers at train shows,as well as my local hobbyshops, that ARE MORE HONEST and TRUSTWORTHY than this loser I dealt with.I attend 3 train shows here in Wisconsin.Trainfest in Milwaukee,The SCWD/NMRA Train Show in Madison,and the Titletown Train Show in Green Bay.With these vendors I get a better deal,as I know these vendors,yet when you want a certain item that is discontinued and hard to find,yes i'm sure Ebay and other auctions are handy ,though its the price and cost as well as wondering "if its all there"for the item.My only question is to the people reading this post,how would you feel if you had this same situation,and what would you do?Do you feel that this person should get away with "robbing" you of good money and parts of a kit that is worthless,and useless? Would any of you like me to sell you a MR item that doesn't work,or is missing pieces,and rob you of good hard worked for money?,or would you like to deal with someone who is going to tell you ALL that is wrong or missing from the item?The point of this is getting a good product for the price you pay for it.You wouldn't buy a new car and then find out alot of things dont work or are missing would you?
QUOTE: Originally posted by modlerbob ....... I see sniping as good only for preventing a bidding war on a popular item that several bidders are trying to get at a bargain. Bob DeWoody
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QUOTE: Originally posted by tcwright973 Hi Trainboy, I prefer to deal with my LHS, but sometimes they are limited in what they can do.
QUOTE: Originally posted by 8500HPGASTURBINE MAbruce, I hope you knew I was joking. I still love ya fellow MRR. I love topics like this. man I'll bet JSHRADE never saw all this comming [:D]
QUOTE: Originally posted by MAbruce QUOTE: Originally posted by 1shado1 It might be funny if you knew what you were talking about. Unfortunately, you don't. Let's suppose that an item has a current high bid of $8.00, with 3 days left until closing. Let's say the max that I'm willing to pay for the item is $10.00. If I bid my $10.00 with 3 days left, and am shown as high bidder at that $10.00 amount with 3 days left,... I think you just went wrong on your example. At this point you might be shown as the high bidder at the next bid increment (maybe $8.50 if the other bidder didn't set their MAX bid higher - or didn't set it above $10 to begin with). If you are the highest bidder at the next increment, then your MAX bid is still hidden and ebay will proxy bid for you up to $10. If you don't want to pay over $10 for that item, and you lose the auction, then the winner paid more than you wanted to. To me the point is not only to win the auction, but to win it and not pay more than you wanted to.