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VisPacem
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 Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 10:23 pm Post subject: When it's too good to be true ... |
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You weasels in Colorado look at this one.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wolfsburg-Carat-Van...666wt_1165
Starting price 99 cents, now at $2.15. 9 days 20 some hours to go
I do realize that even the cleverest shyster wont be able to get it at this price however it's amazing still ... or is it true ?
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thewump
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Location: Denver
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Auto. Ugh!
Still. Thanks for the heads up. Will keep an eye on it to see where it goes. If it's going for a stupid amount I might even bid.
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The Salt
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| As my daughter gets closer to getting her drivers license, it makes me a bit nervous to have a vehicle with a bed in the back. You know what I’m sayin’. |
Hahaha
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djaydubya
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Location: Durango Tucson Bisbee
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| I’d not have any problem driving from Denver to Anchorage to Buenos Aires and back today. |
Guy's got a sense of humor. Any bets on what it sells for? I'm sayin' $4850.
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turbotransporter
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Location: Bainbridge Island WA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:12 am Post subject: |
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| As my daughter gets closer to getting her drivers license, it makes me a bit nervous to have a vehicle with a bed in the back. You know what I’m sayin’. |
Hahaha |
Oh yeah, blame "it" on the Vanagon   |
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firepilot
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Joined: February 10, 2009
Posts: 273
Location: Boise
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 8:31 am Post subject: Re: When it's too good to be true ... |
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| VisPacem wrote: |
You weasels in Colorado look at this one.....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Wolfsburg-Carat-Van...666wt_1165
Starting price 99 cents, now at $2.15. 9 days 20 some hours to go
I do realize that even the cleverest shyster wont be able to get it at this price however it's amazing still ... or is it true ? |
Well just because it has a low starting price, that really has no bearing on what the final price is. The person is taking a bit of a chance having no reserve, however whether he starts the bidding at 1 penny or 1000 dollars, the final price will end up the same.
When I have put things for bid, I have often started bidding out at a penny, just to hopefully get as many people interested early on it and putting bids in.
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tozovr
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My day job is for the second biggest TV Wholesaler in the US. We sell just on ebay and start every TV at 99 cents. Let the buyers decide the final price. We do very well 
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VisPacem
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Joined: July 15, 2007
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Location: Las Vegas
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| Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 11:18 am Post subject: Duuuuuhhhhhhhhh |
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""I do realize that even the cleverest shyster wont be able to get it at this price."" 
""Well just because it has a low starting price, that really has no bearing on what the final price is.""
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Perhaps a few of us, them educated fancy pants boys of the suburbs had some kind of a hint about this
""Let the buyers decide the final price.""
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914 mike
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Are 90-91 the only years of the Tornado Red Carats? Were they limited in numbers compared to the other colors?
Rare to see them but when I do, I think they might be my favorite of all the non-westy vanagons....
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Zero419
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| My day job is for the second biggest TV Wholesaler in the US. We sell just on ebay and start every TV at 99 cents. Let the buyers decide the final price. We do very well |
Any way to get a Samba TV disount?
 
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jarad
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I see people paying more than retail on ebay all the time. i just don't get it..
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tozovr
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| I see people paying more than retail on ebay all the time. i just don't get it.. |
We rarely see stuff go for over retail but we also have a lot of product listed at the same time. because of that we are, at times, our own worst enemy LOL
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Williamtaylor33
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| I see people paying more than retail on ebay all the time. i just don't get it.. |
Its easy to get caught up in the moment. I dont need another vanagon but saw one on ebay a few days ago that i really liked. And thought it would be fun to take a road trip to go get it. So i put in my max bid and let it roll.
10 minutes later i get an email "You have just been outbid!"
Dang...
So i think...Well i can pay another 500 dollars...That wont hurt...
"Outbid again"
another bid.......
Outbid again"
CRAP!!!
I go to bid again and the auction is over...
Outbid by 100 dollars.
I have had that happen several times. To get the car you want you have to bid with balls. I think thats why you see people paying top dollar sometimes.
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tozovr
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| jarad wrote: |
| I see people paying more than retail on ebay all the time. i just don't get it.. |
Its easy to get caught up in the moment. I dont need another vanagon but saw one on ebay a few days ago that i really liked. And thought it would be fun to take a road trip to go get it. So i put in my max bid and let it roll.
10 minutes later i get an email "You have just been outbid!"
Dang...
So i think...Well i can pay another 500 dollars...That wont hurt...
"Outbid again"
another bid.......
Outbid again"
CRAP!!!
I go to bid again and the auction is over...
Outbid by 100 dollars.
I have had that happen several times. To get the car you want you have to bid with balls. I think thats why you see people paying top dollar sometimes. |
www.auctionsniper.com
I use it ALLLLLLL the time. (for the last 8 years or so....)
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Williamtaylor33
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Awesome!
Is there a samba version?
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syncrodoka
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| Bye Bye retirement money. |
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GeorgeL
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| jarad wrote: |
| I see people paying more than retail on ebay all the time. i just don't get it.. |
Its easy to get caught up in the moment. I dont need another vanagon but saw one on ebay a few days ago that i really liked. And thought it would be fun to take a road trip to go get it. So i put in my max bid and let it roll.
10 minutes later i get an email "You have just been outbid!"
Dang...
So i think...Well i can pay another 500 dollars...That wont hurt...
"Outbid again"
another bid.......
Outbid again"
CRAP!!!
I go to bid again and the auction is over...
Outbid by 100 dollars. |
What you and the other bidder did was force the price several hundred dollars higher than if one of you wasn't there!
That's how auctions work. They rely on the frenzy.
| Williamtaylor33 wrote: |
| To get the car you want you have to bid with balls. |
Such a nice way to say "set common sense aside"... |
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Ahwahnee
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Snipe services are great for not missing out yet having a disciplined approach (and perhaps not getting the bid run up by others). The one I use:
http://www.snipeswipe.com/
'Safe and Effective' |
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presslab
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And the DIY open-source solution I use:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bom/
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Wildthings
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If you set a reserve price on that Carat at $7500 he might be one or two bidders. By having no reserve he might have dozens of people following it closely and then like sharks after a kill they will kill themselves at the last minute to win the bid. He may well make an extra grand or two by starting the bidding at a buck.
I use a bidding service or just bid at the last minute. Either I get it or I don't, no auction fever here. |
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