chaypup Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120726563787#ht_500wt_951"]Fender Bass rig [/url]weirdness. The seller states [quote]Please note that this has been for sale TWICE on here recently but the auction was ended because it didnt get anywhere near what its worth. I wont be giving it away hence the buy it now of £900 i wont take any less and im sure you'll agree its worth more[/quote] What??? So it didn't get the price he wanted so he refused to sell???? SET A RESERVE THEN NUMPTY! Also he [u]hasn't[/u] put a BIN price on it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 (edited) He probably did have a BIN but once the first bid goes in the option is removed. I hope he didn't "end" the auction after it finished... his wording makes it sound like he did. Edited May 21, 2011 by Ou7shined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I've just looked at one of the auctions he's cancelled, and he's canceling all the bids before ending the auction early. He doesn't seem to know the auctions all about the last few minutes. Having said that, I thought you couldn't cancel an auction in the last 12 hours. If he's thinking about canceling this one he's in for a rude surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaypup Posted May 21, 2011 Author Share Posted May 21, 2011 He messaged me and said he missed the 12hour deadline so he's planning on refunding the winning bid and accepting the negative feedback. Silly boy sent me it as an Ebay message.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apa Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Shall I bid £899.99 and see if hes a man of his word?? A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 [quote name='apa' post='1239699' date='May 21 2011, 08:57 PM']Shall I bid £899.99 and see if hes a man of his word?? A[/quote] Hey what could go wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Basically he is saying "I'm putting my goods up for auction but I don't want to auction them." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Got beaten at the last second, was looking forward to dealing with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 He'll definitely make his price once he has a bad feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoying Twit Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I was tempted to message him to ask whether it was still for sale, but thought that might interfere with the outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 This same seller sold one of our own BCers a bass recently and he's pulled the sale of this rig several times that I'm aware of. As has been said, he wants to avoid putting a reserve fee which will bump his costs but he's leaving himself wide open to a major warning off ebay and at least a neg strike for not selling. Oddly enough despite it being a piece of expensive quality kit I genuinely don't believe that last minute bids would have bumped that price up even if he didn't have that warning of not selling it for less than £900! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Doesn't it cost about 6p to put a reserve on? People like that are the ones that gives us Scots a bad name for being tight with money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 [quote name='Delberthot' post='1240978' date='May 22 2011, 10:42 PM']Doesn't it cost about 6p to put a reserve on? People like that are the ones that gives us Scots a bad name for being tight with money[/quote] The reserve premium is dependent upon the reserve price so the higher the reserve the higher the cost to the seller... saying nowt about tight Scots as I'm not that far South of the border and I'm as tight as a gnat's chuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_guitar Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 [quote name='waynepunkdude' post='1239796' date='May 21 2011, 11:21 PM']Got beaten at the last second, was looking forward to dealing with him.[/quote] I don't think I'd have taken the risk of dealing with that guy. In case you're still after something similar, I've put this up in our marketplace... [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=113606"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=113606[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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