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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 2:14 am |
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Question:
If I am aware of a steel that is mis-categorized on E-bay and therefore flying way beneath the radar (i,e, no bids with one day left and the starting price--no reserve--is at most half the value of the instrument), is it kosher to alert all of you? I know I picked up my Dekley for below market value this way, and don't want to spoil it for any forumites who are licking their chops and waiting to bid at the last moment. On the other hand, I'd hate to see the forum community miss out on a great deal on this.
Thoughts?
Dan
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Dan Beller-McKenna
Big Red[br]
Blue Train[br]
Durham, NH
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 3:01 am
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Uh... yeah... tell us...
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Mikey D...
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 3:46 am
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No. Just send me an email.  |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 3:58 am
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forget those other guys, only tell me...
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Curt Langston
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 6:35 am
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Well,here's one!
It may not be the one in question, but it looks decent.
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Daniel J. Cormier
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Lake Charles, LA, USA
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 7:04 am
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But, you can never tell what an item will sell for until the last few seconds of the auction. Most regular buyers are using "sniping" programs now that do not place a bid until the last few seconds of the auction. I sold a Tele yesterday that was around $600 until about 15 seconds before auction ended, then sold for $865.
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Darvin Willhoite
Riva Ridge Recording
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Alan Kirk
From:
Scotia, CA, USA
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 7:54 am
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I've heard that some people actually make a living by finding miscategorized, misspelled items on eBay, then buying them and reselling them. Just a rumor.
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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 9:17 am
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Curt Nailed it: and I see that the price has started to climb. This one was listed under musical instruments, but not under pedal steel. I find that many more pedal steels come up if you search the name brands. My Dekley was listed as a "lap steel" and never got much action.
Dan
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Dan Beller-McKenna
Big Red[br]
Blue Train[br]
Durham, NH
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Curt Langston
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 9:32 am
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For instance, this only comes up under Fender steel. Not lap steel, or non pedal steel. Just Fender Steel.
Notice that it has been somewhat jacked with. |
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Lynn Oliver
From:
Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 9:36 am
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| Most regular buyers are using "sniping" programs now that do not place a bid until the last few seconds of the auction. |
This is a new one to me as I wasn't aware of the sniping programs.
I found an estimate that around 15% of auctions are won via last-second bids, assumed to be placed by these programs. I don't know if that equates to the volume of business done by regular buyers or not.
Still, it seems to me that sniping only works if people do not enter their max bid in the proxy bidding system...
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Wayne D. Clark
From:
Montello Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 9:51 am
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Curt, That Fender Looks just like the one I purchased when I was in the navy in 54. Sold it about 20 years ago for the price I paid for it. It's called Nestalga. It's worth more than the Bid, I'd be interested in knowing the reserve on that insterment.
I had mine set up on an E7th front and A back with a Fender Amp and a volume and tone pedal. All history now.
Desert Rose 3/5
Goodrich 120
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 17 Oct 2006 6:18 pm
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Ok, c'mon... there's 3,322 pages of "Musical Instruments." How about a clue as to the actual link? I swear, I won't bid... I just wanna see that dang thing!
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Mikey D...
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Charles Dempsey
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Shongaloo, LA
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Posted 18 Oct 2006 6:32 am
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I used to search by category, but don't do it much these days. If searching for PSG stuff I only limit the search to the "musical instruments" category.
I used to buy a lot of auto shop manuals on eBay, and found that a lot of people couldn't spell "manual". The most common spelling error was "manaul". The way to get around that is to use wild cards in the search such as;
@1 olds* man*
That will pull up all auctions for Oldsmobile manuals even if the guy uses "olds" instead of "oldsmobile" and mis-spells manual too.
@2 197* olds* man* will pull up all '70s olds manuals unless the joker uses an abbreviation like '72 instead of 1972. So if you're selling don't do that.
Another trick is to use a 2 of 3 terms search like;
@1 tele* nash* bend*
That will pull up all auctions for;
bender telecaster
nashville bender
nashville tele
etc, etc, etc.
If you find you're getting too many hits for the wrong thing use the - sign to delete auctions with those words. If you were searching for HK parts you'd want to use the -paint* and -air* terms to get rid of paintball and airsoft stuff.
YMMV,
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Michael Douchette
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Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 18 Oct 2006 6:43 pm
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HK parts, eh? I'm a 1911 and CZ guy, myself...
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Mikey D...
[This message was edited by Michael Douchette on 18 October 2006 at 09:44 PM.] |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 18 Oct 2006 6:46 pm
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Bob Smith
From:
Allentown, New Jersey, USA
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Posted 20 Oct 2006 9:05 am
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Thats what Lawrence Welk used to say ,as he started his band off. a 1 and a 2!! maybe thats what it means? peace bob  |
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Charles Dempsey
From:
Shongaloo, LA
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 1:12 pm
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Michael, I'm a CZ guy too.
Jim, the default eBay behavior is to match all search terms. The @ numbers allow you to match 1, 2, 3 (etc) terms in a list. This @ number is called the intersection between search terms:
@0 (no intersection) means match any term in the list
@1 (one intersection) means two terms from the list must match
@2 (two intersections) three terms from the list must match.
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Jim Sliff
From:
Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 25 Oct 2006 3:56 pm
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"Most regular buyers are using "sniping" programs now that do not place a bid until the last few seconds of the auction."
I don't think that's true at all. Most of my "gang" are regular eBayers, and we all bid normnally except in rare circumstances where we might try eSnipe.
I've used eSnipe 6 times and won once. Even with a sniping program, you STILL have to be willing to pay more than someone else is going to bid - and prices still almost always climb in the last 30 minutes. |
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