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_Craig_
Quarter Horse
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 Posted - 24/08/2009 : 1:23:04 PM
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OK, so heres a couple to keep an eye on as potentail idiots,
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FORD-XA-XB-COUPE-1974_W0QQitemZ140341604944QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Cars?hash=item20ad02f250&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Firstly, a reasonable Coupe...oh look, its been relisted and I quote RELISTED - Winner decided at last moment they did not want vehicle so it has been re-listed. unquote
Now, this kind of thing does happen, trouble is on Ebay, it happens a lot!!! So, somewhere out there in Ebay land is a bloke who pulled out on this deal and left the seller high and dry....first thing youd do as the seller would be to negative feedback his arZe yeah?, nope, a quick check of his feedback left for others reveals no negative feedback?? But why, surely you would want to let everyone know who the buyer was that shafted you??....Unless your mates bid was the one that won the car as you tried to inflate the selling price.
Be careful bidding on this one.
Scenario Two.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/xb-coupe-hard-top_W0QQitemZ250486764244QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Cars?hash=item3a522cb2d4&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
A perfect example of ascertaing a cars Reserve price. A careful look at the bids, there have been three, reveal they all come from the same bidder, bidding $15K, $18K and $20K. The buyer, has fished out the cars reserve price ($20K). So what will happen now? A number of things possibly. The buyer, knowing that the seller wants $20K minimum, will retract his bid of $20K as late as possible and offer him something near it, like $15-$17K (still too much I reckon for this car but what do I know) or, more than likely, the bids will go up (the seller doing this himself because he now thinks that the rest of the Ebay crowd thinks his car is worth $20K minimum), of course because he will end up winning his own car, hell offer it to the current bidder as a second chance which of course hell reject and well see the car back here in a fortnight with and I quote RELISTED - Winner decided at last moment they did not want vehicle so it has been re-listed
Be careful out there!
"My comments here must not be taken seriously as I dont own a panel shop and dont have a picture of my car in the members section" |
Edited by - _Craig_ on 24/08/2009 1:25:28 PM |
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Jim5.0
Forum Engineer
Australia
2610 Posts |
Posted - 24/08/2009 : 1:54:51 PM
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Ebay could stop that practice in one go and make more money for themselves out of it by reimbursing the sellers fees (which they do already) and then chasing the non paying bidder for those fees.
Give the none paying bidder say 10 negative feedbacks until they pay up. Face it if you list something and someone bids wit 10 negs in a row for non payment chances are your going to cancel their bid.
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_Craig_
Quarter Horse
308 Posts |
Posted - 31/08/2009 : 07:43:55 AM
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The second coupe, the one with the $20K Reserve, has had those initial three bids pulled and now sits at just under $12K.
Ebay should charge a fee for bid retractions. Ive got over 700 feedback from over a thousand transactions and have never made a bid retraction, so you cant say the fee charge would impact on Ebayers who do the right thing.
Its a haven, and breeding ground, for the corupt.
Repent all ye sinners! =-)
"My comments here must not be taken seriously as I dont own a panel shop and dont have a picture of my car in the members section" |
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_Craig_
Quarter Horse
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davequey74
Vintage Veteran
Australia
1478 Posts |
Posted - 02/09/2009 : 7:26:44 PM
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yes there nice armrests
but he hasnt showen the rest of the car :-O |
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davequey74
Vintage Veteran
Australia
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78XC
Quarter Horse
Australia
105 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2009 : 5:30:20 PM
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Jim5.0
Forum Engineer
Australia
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davequey74
Vintage Veteran
Australia
1478 Posts |
Posted - 11/09/2009 : 7:12:37 PM
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| that p1sses me off, says in listing MUST SELL, well hes sold it twice to the same person (probely a mate), so he cant be in to much of a hurry |
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_Craig_
Quarter Horse
308 Posts |
Posted - 14/09/2009 : 09:30:19 AM
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Simple, report the item to Ebay!
Lodge it under a listing violation, not the related to Ebay motors or vehicle related heading.
It is shill bidding, i.e inflating the price by utilising other accounts. If enough people lodge a complaint they will ban his ar.se.
"My comments here must not be taken seriously as I dont own a panel shop and dont have a picture of my car in the members section" |
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Jim5.0
Forum Engineer
Australia
2610 Posts |
Posted - 14/09/2009 : 12:19:25 PM
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Tried that but there is insufficient evidence of shill bidding they say.
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_Craig_
Quarter Horse
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_Craig_
Quarter Horse
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we wreck 81837s only
Vintage Veteran
Italy
2214 Posts |
Posted - 27/09/2009 : 09:15:58 AM
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VVANKER ALERT!!!!!!!!!!
i resemble that remark...but no offence taken..
"We wreck = KNOWLEDGE" lolololol |
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Paul351xb
Forum Engineer
Australia
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Posted - 29/09/2009 : 8:25:04 PM
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Doesnt know his XAs from his XBs. Oh well.
"Life, a series of events, woven into a tapestry which becomes our destiny" |
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_Craig_
Quarter Horse
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302Superbird
Quarter Horse
Australia
115 Posts |
Posted - 22/10/2009 : 11:12:17 PM
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| I know it is not Ford, But it makes it funnier. I dont really like to laugh about it, cause someone has spent a lot of time to make this Sandman the way they wanted it. There is a 1977 Red Sandman on E-bay now that has had the full 80s treatment. words can not describe. It even looks like it has "fluffy material" on the firewall, heater hoses etc. Can someone post a link to it from here? |
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Paul351xb
Forum Engineer
Australia
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_Craig_
Quarter Horse
308 Posts |
Posted - 23/10/2009 : 08:52:27 AM
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Theres red velour on the firewall!!!!!!!!!!!
Jeez thats hardcore.
Deceased estate, so I wont speak ill of the dead but perhaps cause of death may have been realisation of just what hed done?
"My comments here must not be taken seriously as I dont own a panel shop and dont have a picture of my car in the members section" |
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Paul351xb
Forum Engineer
Australia
1487 Posts |
Posted - 23/10/2009 : 6:02:31 PM
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Yeah, does anyone else see the potential rusted mess under that stuff? Fur on a firewall, keeping moisture AWAY from those places is the priority. But to invite it??????
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Craigs Ebay clown of the week!