ebay listing help

[Guest]

hi guys

check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=015&item=250036847213&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

it looks a steal at the moment but as me and a friend where looking at it he noticed there are some parts in it that dont belong to the kit (they dark grey ones above the book on the left) they look more like either tamiya or airfix plastic not hasegawa.



let me know what you thing guys.

thanks

Richard

[wonwinglo]

OK if you can get it cheaply,but do not go overboard,place a watch onto it RJ and make a decision right at the end if the price looks right.

[Guest]

yea thats what im doing barry. hopefully wont go up much!

[wonwinglo]

Best way with any auction,set yourself an upper limit,wait a bit to see how things go,if you think that there is a chance then catch it within a few hours,sometimes it works,other times it goes through the roof,but dont be tempted with auction fever,rest assured there will be lots more of this stuff in the future.

We have all done it,paid well over the top,bid to a fair price,let the ones with more money than sense carry on.

yea thats what im doing barry. hopefully wont go up much!

[Guest]

Its all about entering you bid in the last ten seconds. You have two windows open, one with the sumbit bid button on, the other whatching the auction, the second it hits 10 then submit :-) (if your a pro its the last 5 seconds!)

[Guest]

RJ be careful that its all on sale

[Guest]

I used to do the sniping bit and won a couple of items in the last two seconds but I eventually thought "Why?" What is the point in bidding in the last few seconds?

Now I decide how much I am preparred to pay, put the bid on with a couple of days to go and ignore the auction until it's finished. If I win great and if I don't then I wasn't preparred to pay enough, what could be simpler?

A prime example of a complete idiot was a few weeks ago when I saw an antique yacht I really fancied. I reckoned it was worth about 80-90 pounds so I put 130.00 on to ensure I won it without paying anything silly.

In the last few minutes this clown put twelve seperate bids on in an attempt to out bid me which he eventually did. Fair enough if he's stupid enough to pay well over the odds. Low and behold a few weeks later it is on again as this guy had decided that he didn't like it (It didn't go fast enough?!!!!) so he put it on with a reserve of 130.00!!

So yes, you've guessed it, I bid for it and won it so ended up paying the 130.00 for a boat that was worth 80-90 pounds, just because this guy has more money than sense.

There really are some prize idiots out there.

[wonwinglo]

I agree with Bunker,there are now so many items available that it is as created a dramatic fall in prices in many items,for example Dinky Toy's,I placed a few hundred surplus vehicle items which came in lots that all I wanted were the aeroplane content,for what I received from the E-bay sales it covered them,but now the prices have slumped way below even the current listed book prices,the reason for this is that everyone ios digging out Dinkies thinking that they will make a fast buck,not so as the marketplace is well and truly flooded.

It is the same picture with many other items there,just do a few price comparisons and see the situation,eventually it will burn off the chaff and settle down.

The problem is that people get well and truly carried away,I learned my lesson the hard way many years ago at physical high street auction houses,the secret is to view the goods,and then set a max price for which you are prepared to go to,stop at that price and let the ones with more money than sense carry on,otherwise you will have paid well above the odds and rest assured you will never get your money back by re-selling on the auction.

Beware also of the people who get the price bumped up for them,yes it does happen we all know how it works,there is nearly always a catch,if the price rises dramatically then suspicions are aroused and you can usually spot that something is not right.

Always remember that there is another day to make another bid,and many of the items re-surface again.

Let common sense prevail when bidding at any auction house.