I use the same name on Ebay. There have been a couple of times I've bid against fellow FTE'ers. Lately it has been the same guy on the same part (speaker grille). His truck is more complete than mine so I emailed him and told him to go for it. The part comes up quite a bit and he will only go so high on it. He told me if I wanted to, to go ahead and outbit him. My limit is about the same as his though so it might awhile before either of us actually buys one of these.

I usually don't bid until the very end also

Good luck to you all
Bobby

 

I have seen the Bidder1, Bidder2, etc. thing and am not thrilled about it either.

For the most part, I bid at the last moment as well; one bid with my maximum. Then let the chips fall. I see no reason to run up a price over three or four days. Mostly what I look for is parts that I know I will need in the future and can get now while I don't need them for a cheap price, especially if I am the only bidder. Otherwise, when the time comes, I know everyone else will be needing them at the same time as well.

I have seen quite a few of your names though as I run through my searches.

 

Mine is the same as here, some of us are not smart enought to remember more than one!

 

Now I know who all the negative feedback went to....

 

I also use that same name as here...Greatnorthwoods. Bobby and I have been trying to buy one of those 48-50 chrome speaker grills for some time. We're both tightwads so it doesn't look like either of us will ever get one. I use no type of snipe program and just put in the highest bid I'm willing to go at the outset and if I'm outbid so be it.

 

Vern,

I think we're out of luck. The last two that have been listed have started at $18

Someday
Bobby

 

On EBay I'm 55FORDTOWN. I would probably let a fellow FTE member win the bid if he needed it more than me. I hate to see the prices run up. I remember a few years ago, somebody on the site took pity on me and let me have the bid without running it up. So, I pay it forward and if anybody asks, I'll prob back off. Jag

 

On ebay I'm Rustynut145

Rustynut due to my hair colour

145, If you play the blues you'll probably know what that's about

Steve

 

I use Athensmod. I buy and sell a fair amount of mid-century modern furniture and such.

 

That's the whole issue, tho. How do you determine who "really" needs it? I guess if one guy was just looking for a spare, that's one thing, but otherwise it's purely a matter of opinion. I've seen guys pick up stuff and try to sell it in the classifieds section of the forum (not this one) for 2X a week later! Is that a "need" or ???

 

Personally, I'm burned out on ebay. I watch items of interest, but if its a decent item or a rare item, everybody and their mother bids on it and it goes for higher than normal prices. Ebay is good for sellers now, but not for buyers. The shipping is a joke also. If the price is decent, the shipping cost is triple. I get my deals at automotive swap meets now. That way I don't have to wait 3 weeks to get my item in the mail either.

 

Same as here...B17Fan

 

The way it worked for me was that I merely asked if the other FTE member would let me have the item. It was done as a favor. He said no prob. I have even had several members on this site just send me items with no fee once they found out I was looking for them. Mike, George and Daryl come to mind. (Sorry if I forgot somebody) So I pay it forward.

Just by asking, I would not be surprised if a fellow member would back off of the auction.

Just an odd note: I've had several things over the years that I was giving away for free. No one wanted them. Then, when I put $50 on the item, people snatched them up. Jag

 

Jag, that's how we get rid of dogs around here. "Mutts, $25 each, make good hunting dogs". Be surprised how fast people jump at them.
Jeff

 

A good friend of mine was remodelig a bathroom not too long ago at about this time of year. He had 4 boxes of old tiles, he wrapped the boxes up in Christmas paper and left them in the open trunk of his car for the afternoon....

........sure enough it only took a couple of hours for someone to steel them

mwah hah hahaha!!!!

Bobby