Good deal in Fla

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:07 pm

dgale wrote:Something seems a little fishy about this auction - you can't simply bid up an item and be the high bidder and then just not respond and pay...at least not if you value your E-Bay account. I'm not sure what recourse E-Bay has in these situations but I'd suspect they would be fairly agressive in trying to control that sort of thing...I created my E-Bay account way back in the early days of E-Bay when things were really loose but I"m guessing it's a much tighter ship now and I'd think they'd have some level of control over multiple accounts, dead beat bidders etc. - do they require a credit card or PayPal account or something like that now to create an account?

If I were you Bill, I'd make an offer to the seller of what you are willing to pay and not necessarily what your highest bid was - having been outbid, what you previously bid is no longer pertinent. I'd offer $700 (or whatever amount you want to pay) and tell them you'll be over promptly to get it off their hands - if they really just want to be done with the sale and with E-Bay in general, you'd think they would jump on it rather than roll the dice on relisting to see what happens.

Thanks. That is what I planned to do but not getting my hopes up and will just see what falls out over time. Yes, if I get it, I will glad to put together a 520 upgrade package if anyone is interested. I would want to wait several weeks to see what is offered before comfirming any offers. Best for me. There is too much missing to sell as a complete 520 package. What is shown is what he has.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:57 pm

I am really not understanding all that went on here. Even after reading and rereading all of this thread and the ebay statement, I do not understand. The bid history, subsequent to Bill's bid, is really confusing.

What I do know is that when I find something that I want to bid on, I won't be announcing that here on the forum or anywhere else. I don't need to draw a crowd.

Sorry this did not work out for you Bill. I can see that it might have been a good deal for you. Be aware, however, that if it had been just up the road, I would have been one of the contenders.

Ed in Tampa · Post by **Ed in Tampa** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:31 pm

dusty wrote:I am really not understanding all that went on here. Even after reading and rereading all of this thread and the ebay statement, I do not understand. The bid history, subsequent to Bill's bid, is really confusing.

What I do know is that when I find something that I want to bid on, I won't be announcing that here on the forum or anywhere else. I don't need to draw a crowd.

Sorry this did not work out for you Bill. I can see that it might have been a good deal for you. Be aware, however, that if it had been just up the road, I would have been one of the contenders.

I think the bid history is confusing if you don't have "show the automatic bid" switched on. Then you see the automatic bidding that was taking place and it makes more sense.

billmayo · Post by **billmayo** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 5:54 pm

dusty wrote:Sorry this did not work out for you Bill. I can see that it might have been a good deal for you. Be aware, however, that if it had been just up the road, I would have been one of the contenders.

I really do not need another 520. Just over an hour away is the only reason I bid. I find one of these really cheap Shopsmiths about every 2 or 3 years. The nice looking 500 (cleanest I have seen) for $76 on Ebay this spring was another good buy fo me. I always hope someone else locally would buy these Shopsmiths as I mostly only want to sell services, SPTs and parts to them. I send each Ebay and Craig's List Shopsmith seller a brief description of what I have to offer and ask them to pass it along to the buyer. This has worked out well for me as I end up buying about 5% of Shopsmiths from the messages I send and get some later sales from them.