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lol yes i do Kent :). i thought about that when i wrote my last email and almost mentioned that myself. of course; lets not forget that you were using another name so i didn't know it was you:). larry
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"What is embarrassing is sniping something and beating out your buddy on an item." Larry Larry do you remember the NOS Hurst DualGate Shifter from eBay, that you "beat me" out by $5.00 ?! :) Kent '68 Malibu ZZ502/502
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Donnie: I just started using Ebay. However, I have a suspicion that some sellers assume an identity as a buyer and bid against their own item thus attempting to raise the price. Anyone else here have that thought or am I just paranoid ? Ken McD... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ebay is a good place to find hard to find items and you can get some really good deals. Know how much one cost and what you are willing to pay. Just dont get caught up in the bidding process and if the price gets to be too much... let it go and move on. Good Luck Donnie __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Ken, I believe that there are some that bid their stuff up(by having a friend do it). The key is to know how much the item is worth and how much you are willing to spend. I picked up another set of LS-5 heads and Intake for my 70 Chevelle for $125.00..another thing to remember is shipping.. it cost $100.00 to get those parts to me. Buyer beware..there is lots of junk for sale. Be sure to ask all necessary questions before bidding. A nice piece to one person is scrap to another. The pictures don't always tell the story. Walt = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Donnie: I just started using Ebay. However, I have a suspicion that some sellers assume an identity as a buyer and bid against their own item thus attempting to raise the price. Anyone else here have that thought or am I just paranoid ? Ken McD... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ebay is a good place to find hard to find items and you can get some really good deals. Know how much one cost and what you are willing to pay. Just dont get caught up in the bidding process and if the price gets to be too much... let it go and move on. Good Luck Donnie __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Walter Bainey Network Engineer Network Services Kent State University - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List eBay frowns very heavily on people bidding on their own items or using a shill to increase the price. I've had it happen to me and have reported them to eBay's Safe Harbor. They used to have a feature that let you see what a bidder/winner has bid on in the past. They also used to keep bid items on file for 30 days so you could go back at least that far. Don't know if they still do and I'm sure the practice continues. I would imagine that quite often they either bid themselves out of a sale or their wares are worth more to them than the general public at a given time. Unfortunately, you run into jerks everywhere and eBay is big enough now to have more than their share. All-in-all, I've had good experiences both buying and selling. As others will tell you, bid what you're willing to pay and ask lots of questions. If you don't get what you want today, it'll probably come up again. Dale McIntosh ACES #1709/TC #92 Gold 67 SS/67 Elky http://www.dalesplace.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken's Email Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 6:45 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Ebay question Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Donnie: I just started using Ebay. However, I have a suspicion that some sellers assume an identity as a buyer and bid against their own item thus attempting to raise the price. Anyone else here have that thought or am I just paranoid ? Ken McD... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ebay is a good place to find hard to find items and you can get some really good deals. Know how much one cost and what you are willing to pay. Just dont get caught up in the bidding process and if the price gets to be too much... let it go and move on. Good Luck Donnie __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List It happens all the time, especially on the more popular items. The sellers bid against themselves to see how high they can raise the price. Then if nobody outbids them, they contact the highest real bidder privately with some story about how the buyer backed out, and they offer it to that person at their last bid. This is a very effective way to jack up the final selling price. -Original Message- I just started using Ebay. However, I have a suspicion that some sellers assume an identity as a buyer and bid against their own item thus attempting to raise the price. Anyone else here have that thought or am I just paranoid ? - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Anyone else here have that thought or am I just paranoid ? It wouldn't be that hard to do. I'd be wary of any situation where I thought that was happening. Skip that item and go to favorites in my ebay. There you can have searches sent to your inbox on whatever you're looking for. They'll send three different ones to you per day.great feature. Kelly C. Hanna www.hannawoodworks.com - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Ebay has a strict policy against this. Could it still happen... YES. Does it happen... I would say in most cases... NO. I have purchased many items off of Ebay. Do your homework. When I Bid, I usually know what an item is worth... but what is more important... is what I am willing to pay for it... even if it is MORE than it is worth. Some items you just cant get... and you have to pay the price ... if AND only if you really want that item. If the bid gets too high... just move on. IF you do suspect a seller bidding up his/her item, check out the previous bids (by clicking on the link). You wont see the price increments, but you will see their name. If you see a bidder in there over and over and suspect that its the seller... I just simply would not bid on the item anymore. I still believe that most people out there are honest. knock on wood, so far I have not been ripped off, the item(s) were delivered as promised and in the shape advertised. Now this is not to say I wont get ripped off in the future (there are probably hundreds of horror stories), but I am willing to take my chances. That's my .02 Donnie - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List But it could just be somebody who really wants the item and doesn't realize that the only bid that matters is the last one. I know a lot of people frown on sniper bidding but it's the only way I buy anything on ebay. I wait until a minute before the auction closes and if it's still at a price I'm willing to pay, I put in a bid. I don't use any special software and I am on a dialup connection. I have received nastygrams from people b*tching about how they watched the item for a week and then I took it out from under them. I simply inform them that I watched it for a week too, and just didn't bid early because the last bid is the only one that counts, and early bids just drive up prices. -Original Message- If you see a bidder in there over and over and suspect that its the seller... - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List I have received nastygrams from people b*tching about how they watched the item for a week and then I took it out from under them. I simply inform them that I watched it for a week too, and just didn't bid early because the last bid is the only one that counts, and early bids just drive up prices. I got a few nastygrams on that too. I asked eBay about that some time back and they actually suggested sniping as a legal way to bid...as long as you didn't use any software to do the bidding for you. I keep two copies of my browser open - one with the item and one with a potential bid. Keep refreshing the item screen to see any last minute bids and be ready to place a bid in the other screen. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. As long as they have bidding that ENDS at a specific time, bidding at any time is fair game. Dale - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Thanks. Agreed. Ken --- wbainey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Ken, I believe that there are some that bid their stuff up(by having a friend do it). The key is to know how much the item is worth and how much you are willing to spend. I picked up another set of LS-5 heads and Intake for my 70 Chevelle for $125.00..another thing to remember is shipping.. it cost $100.00 to get those parts to me. Buyer beware..there is lots of junk for sale. Be sure to ask all necessary questions before bidding. A nice piece to one person is scrap to another. The pictures don't always tell the story. Walt = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Donnie: I just started using Ebay. However, I have a suspicion that some sellers assume an identity as a buyer and bid against their own item thus attempting to raise the price. Anyone else here have that thought or am I just paranoid ? Ken McD... --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ebay is a good place to find hard to find items and you can get some really good deals. Know how much one cost and what you are willing to pay. Just dont get caught up in the bidding process and if the price gets to be too much... let it go and move on. Good Luck Donnie __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Walter Bainey Network Engineer Network Services Kent State University - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.yahoo.com - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List A follow up to my previous submission. I am honest and generally accept that others are as well. I learned a life lesson on Ebay Unfortunately I got screwed on a deal. I was not the high bidder on an auction for a set of heads. After the auction the seller and I decided on a price for him to set me up with heads ported and ready to go just as in the auction. I sent a money order for $960.00 to cover the heads and shipping. It has been a year and a half and you know the rest of the story..No heads.. No money Returned. According to South Carolina BBB the company James Williams Racing Engines doesn't even exist. I got screwed..what am I going to do take him to small claims and spend $2000 doing it? I live in Ohio. What I am saying is do it through Ebay or at least use Paypal or a payment type that will allow you (customer) some options if things go bad. Sorry for the rant Walt = Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List Ebay has a strict policy against this. Could it still happen... YES. Does it happen... I would say in most cases... NO. I have purchased many items off of Ebay. Do your homework. When I Bid, I usually know what an item is worth... but what is more important... is what I am willing to pay for it... even if it is MORE than it is worth. Some items you just cant get... and you have to pay the price ... if AND only if you really want that item. If the bid gets too high... just move on. IF you do suspect a seller bidding up his/her item, check out the previous bids (by clicking on the link). You wont see the price increments, but you will see their name. If you see a bidder in there over and over and suspect that its the seller... I just simply would not bid on the item anymore. I still believe that most people out there are honest. knock on wood, so far I have not been ripped off, the item(s) were delivered as promised and in the shape advertised. Now this is not to say I wont get ripped off in the future (there are probably hundreds of horror stories), but I am willing to take my chances. That's my .02 Donnie - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Walt: if this happened on ebay you could of filed a claim they do have insurance for this. also you can file a claim (small claims court) in your own state against some that lives somewhere else. also if you sent him money and he didn't send you the parts you may have postal fraud. i wouldn't give up. larry
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Ken: ebay has strict rules against doing that. You can type in a bidders name and see what he has bid on or type in what a seller has sold and see who has bid. Larry
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it doesn't even have to be a postal money order. its mail fraud. larry
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oh i forgot something. you and they seller did a transaction without ebay didn't you? this is a no no for any ebay seller. when a buyer does this beware. i have done it and came out OK but you never know do you? larry
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Replies to this message are sent to The Chevelle Mailing List I know a lot of people frown on sniper bidding but it's the only way I buy anything on ebay. I wait until a minute before the auction closes and if it's still at a price I'm willing to pay, I put in a bid. I don't use any special software and I am on a dialup connection. I have received nastygrams from people b*tching about how they watched the item for a week and then I took it out from under them. I simply inform them that I watched it for a week too, and just didn't bid early because the last bid is the only one that counts, and early bids just drive up prices. Amen to thatdeath to the whiners!! It is the best way top get any item, I've quit bidding until I'm sure I'll get the itemtoo many of everything on ebay now to waste money on bidding it up. Kelly C. Hanna www.hannawoodworks.com - To Unsubscribe please visit www.chevelles.net/list.html To start a new topic, send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I put up my first Item on Ebay but didn't get the pictures to work in time. Does any one have any tips for this. I also put a reserve price on them because they are mint parts and don't want to give them away. Could use advice on PICTURES http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=598740514 DaveIngersoll,OntarioMy web site: http://members.tripod.com/benj30/ - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-List] Ebay question Walt: if this happened on ebay you could of filed a claim they do have insurance for this. also you can file a claim (small claims court) in your own state against some that lives somewhere else. also if you sent him money and he didn't send you the parts you may have postal fraud. i wouldn't give up. larry
