Lost, but won anyway

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Lost, but won anyway

October 22, 2004, 09:03:06 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6240&item=2494998142&rd=1

My only decent chance at a parts car, since I'm pretty much broke right now. Oh well, hopefully this person is a fan of the cars and not just buying it to beat it up or give it to their kid or something.

Sorry, just needed to vent.

I suppose this should've been titled "my first auction loss". I've done plenty of selling, and a little bit of buy-it-now buying.

Re: Losin' my first auction

Reply #1 – October 22, 2004, 09:47:59 PM

OK, who was the one wanting to tow it to Iowa? Ugh. *raises an eyebrow at Amooset*

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Reply #2 – October 22, 2004, 09:58:55 PM

Hope this "allmysurplus" guy turns out to be a deadbeat bidder.

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Reply #3 – October 23, 2004, 02:33:57 AM

Well, 5 beers into this and I'm still ready for blood.. lol.

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Reply #4 – October 23, 2004, 03:00:02 AM

So what happend? You run out of money or the guy snake you right at the end of the action? (pretty much my style) When ever I want something and its still cheap I'll wait till the last 30 seconds and bid like $500 or $1000. Just hope like hell no one bids very high in those last 30 seconds.

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Reply #5 – October 23, 2004, 03:07:01 AM

Yeah, they jumped in in the last few seconds and bid more than I could manage. I had given up at $120, but in talking to the seller in Email he had told me that he wanted me to get the car, since we'd been talking about it all week and he knew how badly I could use all the parts for my project.. so I bid up another $10. Then a third person came in at the last minute and put it beyond reach.

$150 (the final selling price) doesn't sound like much, but right now I'm unemployed and only have about $31 to my name. Had to ask for a loan from a family member just to be able to offer $120-130, not to mention the cost of transporting it 180 miles to where I live. I'd been trying to whip up some more money with some sales of my own, like the C6 tranny I posted about.. (I was promised half the money from that, by the friend who owns it) but nothing came quick enough.

I doubt I'll find another good source of parts like that, at that price, anytime soon.

I think what annoys me most is that I watched that like a hawk all week.. (I'd say a good 200+ of those page views are mine) traded about a dozen Emails with the guy about the car, about my project, and about how to get it here from Fort Lauderdale.. but still lost it in a heartbeat. I'm not used to this long drawn-out auction .. if I've ever bought anything on there, it's been a buy-it-now. I'm really hoping this buyer turns out to be a deadbeat.. the seller said he'd let me know if the buyer bails.

I tried to be a gracious loser and let both other bidders know about coolcats, if they're fans of the body style.. but I still needed to vent somewhere.

Re: Losin' my first auction

Reply #6 – October 23, 2004, 04:19:14 AM

That sucks, I hate losing auctions and usually end up paying twice as much as I should because of it ($32 USD for illuminated door locks

)

We could all email the guy death threats to make him back out of the deal

Ebay is evil anyway, it makes you spend money you dont have on stuff you usually dont need

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Reply #7 – October 23, 2004, 12:38:04 PM

you know what i cant stand...it makes sense to me to hold off untill the last min. people that bid out their high bid or they get in a g match with someone 5 days before the end of tha auction. do these people actually win anything? all they accomplish is forcing the price up.

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Reply #8 – October 23, 2004, 07:55:05 PM

The story *might* not be over yet.. details as I get 'em..

If this last email is just false hope, I'm gonna need more than six beers tonight.. heh.

Re: Losin' my first auction

Reply #9 – October 24, 2004, 01:34:44 AM

Get the address of the guy from the seller and steel the car once he gets payed for it! :D

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We could all email the guy death threats to make him back out of the deal

I got into a bidding war over a set of lowering springs for my stang. I bid $200 on them and at the very last posible second some outbid me! and got them for $201! Whats funny, later on I saw those same springs from Summit for $198+ Summit ships for free. That guy ended up spending $231 all together for his set of Used springs! Hahahaha! So I sent him a link to Summit just to piss him off! (of course I ended up paying ed near $300 for my Eibach Prokit springs. But they was new and Eiback makes good stuff.

Re: Losin' my first auction

Reply #10 – October 24, 2004, 02:39:16 AM

Before you take the joke any further, keep in mind that I sent both other bidders a message that said they could get T-bird and Cougar info from CoolCats.. so they very well could find their way in here. :p

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Reply #11 – October 24, 2004, 02:50:21 AM

Quote from: shame302

you know what i cant stand...it makes sense to me to hold off untill the last min. people that bid out their high bid or they get in a g match with someone 5 days before the end of tha auction. do these people actually win anything? all they accomplish is forcing the price up.

I agree completely.... If I want something and it ain't over my max bid, the sniper will blast em in the last few seconds...

Re: Losin' my first auction

Reply #12 – October 24, 2004, 03:08:40 PM

Well, it sounds like the car is mine if I can get it here. The winning bidder decided he didn't want to go through the same trouble I'll be going through to get it out of Fort Lauderdale. (I live 180 miles away) Now to figure out how would be best to move it.. can't really afford towing, and I'm not comfortable pulling anything with my own car. The other car runs, just not well. The seller thinks it needs engine work or something.. I think it just might be a load of bad gas and a dirty fuel filter. (he's let it sit for quite awhile) I think I could drive it back, but then there's the problem of a tag.

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Reply #13 – October 24, 2004, 10:01:50 PM

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I agree completely.... If I want something and it ain't over my max bid, the sniper will blast em in the last few seconds...

Best way I've found, have the bid all ready to go in another window so all you have to do is comfirm it at the last posible second.

Re: Losin' my first auction

Reply #14 – October 24, 2004, 10:54:35 PM

great...lol, now were all gonna be snaking each other for tbird sh@ on ebay...