Ebay's a Queer Carry On

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2Diesels

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My brand new, lovely, mint, perfect, still in factory green primer Bedford CF door did £26.00 :cry: & some grotty old mirrors did £70.00 :shock: You just can't weigh it up :?
 
2Diesels said:
& some grotty old mirrors did £70.00 :shock: You just can't weigh it up :?
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ONLY £70???
They are very rare items,and I thought they would have done better!
But as you say Ebay is a weird place!!
Its a big gambling game! A funny old game at times!! :LOL: :roll:
The knack is trying to win more than you loose!! :wink:
Ive just bought a Triumph 2000/2500 6 cyl 'A' type overdrive manual gearbox for £56!
Normally the 'A' type boxes go for £2-300 for rebuilding,more if its a genuine TR6 one!
This one was said to be in good working condition when removed to fit an autobox! At that price,its very well worth it for the 'A' overdrive and main box internals alone!
 
Offer it to the winner of the other ones for £50 inc p/p :wink:
You never know he may have considered himself lucky to win the others for only £70! :wink:
Gotta be worth a go!!
 
The Rovering Member said:
I take it the grotty mirrors are the P6 Winguards. I got a NOS boxed one a while back in a box of P6 bits for not a lot.
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I got a Winguard to match the drivers one for £22.50 t'other day. 8)
 
The Rovering Member said:
I take it the grotty mirrors are the P6 Winguards. I got a NOS boxed one a while back in a box of P6 bits for not a lot.
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No they were Desmo clip mounted ball action mirrors (an old universal accessory) can't access the pics to show you

Regards Colin
 
Your better off getting some new old style mirrors for £39 and they look better, saying that i got a nos front light for £64 and a rear nos for £72 and the one that sold a day later went for £125 how strange is that when you can buy them for £100 from rover supplier
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marcus
 
Ah yes, quite nice. That reminds me, some time ago on fleabay I also got a pair of Wingards with double-angled mirrors, again boxed NOS. No-one else bid & I got them cheap. I'd forgotten I had them actually, I'll have to hunt them out.
 
im getting into the hunting out nos items and hiding them away for that just in case day its all good fun and my baby in the garage needs her new bits
regards
marcus
 
Ebay depends a lot on how you advertise your goodies.

I got a complete set of front and rear light clusters, never been fitted, for £50.00.

The seller had not bothered to put 'P6' or '3500' in the description, but just called them 'Rover 2000 lucas lights'

If you know this and have some time to surf around, you can get some bargains.

I have noticed that Ian at Rover Classics puts some items on from time to time for auction, and they sometimes go for more than he charges on his website! Ok I know his web prices are subject to vat, but I am sure he gets more even taking this into account.

Its that old ebay fever. :?
 
quattro said:
Its that old ebay fever. :?
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It's a terrible condition & it's caught me out before, Caution :!: Never Mix Ebay & Alcohol, Now where am I going to put my electric fence warning sign? :roll: (Oh shut up it was only a fiver)
 
2Diesels said:
quattro said:
Its that old ebay fever. :?
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It's a terrible condition & it's caught me out before, Caution :!: Never Mix Ebay & Alcohol, Now where am I going to put my electric fence warning sign? :roll: (Oh shut up it was only a fiver)
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I find it's worst when you get to the end of the auction, a few seconds left, you're on the edge of your seat (the one you got from ebay for £50) and someone outbids you with a sum just over the figure that you assured yourself and your dear wife that you would NOT exceed.

You have half a second to make up your mind :shock:

You hit the button, 'Are you sure?'., 'click click click click'

And there you are, the proud owner of a set of heater control ends for a mere £50.00. :shock: :shock: :shock:
 
Arrrrgh No! You've done it again :roll:
I know how you feel though I was bidding on some new bits for the "crab" & was winning comfortably at £18.00 with my max set at £32.00 & as you say I was telling myself "I'm not going above that I'm not going above that" & at the last minute I was starting to get pushed up towards the danger level "He's not getting them" :twisted: so I doubled my max to £64.00 :roll: fortunately I got them for my original £32.00 but sometimes you get caught up in it all but I think all the 99p bargains make up for it

Regards Colin
 
Ever put on a bid that's just above the current top figure just to stop the last bidder getting it, not because you really want it and been relieved when someone else wins it ?
 
The problem is you dont know what the current high bidders top figure is! he could be winning an item for £24.50p,that is worth maybe £50-60!!But places a bid of £100,you will have to keep placing bids until his top bid is passed to be the highest,and if he has put his big bid on in order to try to guarantee winning it,what happens when you are the winning bidder and dont want it??
Also the bidder could be a mate of the seller,and is hoping somewone will place a stupidly high bid to knock his mate out,only to snare a genuine buyer at an artificially high price!!
As we now cannot see the identity of the bidders,we cannot see any patterns in the bidding,or who our competition is! It could be your mate from down the road you are bidding against!! You cannot see the ID!!!
Only bid on items you want,and only bid the price you are prepared to pay!! And dont get auction fever!! You will probably regret it!
I bought some solid sterling silver rover heads,that are dinner place card setting holders for the corporate events for the Rover cars company made in the 80's!
"will bung a pic up when I find it"
I really wanted them!!
After some difficult research!! I valued them at about £150 for the pair!!
They were at £21.50p,and with 40 seconds to go,I placed a £205.09p bid to hopefully guarantee getting them!
I had to be prepared to pay that price!!
I would have been dissapointed if I had lost them,but I set my price and I would of stuck to it!!!
I got to be the highest bidder at £25.50p and with 10 secs to go,I prayed nobody else had seen them and wanted them as much as I did,so creating a last minute bidding war!
When I opened my eyes,I had wom them for £25.50p! PHEW!!!
I had them appraised and they were valued at £200 for the pair!!
That was 4 yrs ago,so a nice little investment!!Or a good earner if I ever sell them!
Nope!!! :wink: I dont want to sell,and I have never seen any others on Ebay since!!
Dave
 
I just recieved my complete set (all 4) light clusters including gaskets, bulbs and lenses for £50.00.

I have inspected them and they look as though they have never been fitted to a car and are like new.

Ebay truly is a queer carry on :roll:
 
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