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#70437 - 12/02/2002 18:59 Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay
eternalsun
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Registered: 09/09/1999
Posts: 1721
Loc: San Jose, CA
Ok, I've hit a budgetary crunch this month, my bank account has $2.24 in it due to several unexpected expenses. So my new and uninstalled and unopened empeg tuner originally slated for my Saab has to go. I don't believe in putting outrageous prices for "Buy it now" and reserves. So I put the tuner up for $1 and whatever it sells at, it sells at. I feel like a traitor for putting empeg related material on ebay. Egads.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1332615754

Calvin

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#70438 - 12/02/2002 19:52 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: eternalsun]
thrasher
enthusiast

Registered: 10/01/2002
Posts: 362
ill give you 300 for your tuner and your lock i live in turlock, CA and go to the san jose every day I could give you the money tommorow let me no.
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#70439 - 12/02/2002 20:54 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: eternalsun]
msaeger
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Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
you could put a reasonable price for buy it now :-)
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#70440 - 13/02/2002 00:54 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: eternalsun]
rockstar
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Registered: 24/11/2000
Posts: 316
well i put a bid up, but FWIW for a budgetary crunch, you sure have a long auction.

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#70441 - 13/02/2002 15:22 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: rockstar]
eternalsun
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 09/09/1999
Posts: 1721
Loc: San Jose, CA
7 day auctions are free. :-(

Calvin

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#70442 - 20/02/2002 03:01 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: eternalsun]
rockstar
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Registered: 24/11/2000
Posts: 316
OMFG< i CAN"T BELIEVE YOU GOT OVER $400 FOR THAT.

GOOD GOD

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#70443 - 20/02/2002 06:43 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: rockstar]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
Posts: 5916
Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK
It's clearly time to ebay my one tuner module, so that I can afford two new ones when we finally get a new batch made....



(and yes, I am kidding, I think)
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#70444 - 20/02/2002 14:12 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: eternalsun]
ninti
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Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 868
Loc: Los Angeles
Can some Ebay expert translate what happened for me, I don't understand the action at the end of this auction:

Started Feb-12-02 14:02:26 PST
Ends Feb-19-02 14:02:26 PST

oneeye73 (63) $406.00 Feb-17-02 23:40:56 PST - winner
3amsw (7) $401.00 Feb-19-02 14:02:04 PST
jpelzlaustin (21) $351.00 Feb-19-02 12:37:27 PST
oneeye73 (63) $333.33 Feb-17-02 23:40:15 PST

So oneeye placed a bid on the 17th for $333, then two other people placed bids after him (3amsw was trying to snipe 20 seconds before the end of the auction), but oneye wins with a bid placed 40 minutes after his first, which was two days ago. Huh? If oneye's max bid was above $406, wouldn't it show him beating jpelzlaustin as well in the meantime?
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#70445 - 20/02/2002 14:16 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: ninti]
dodgecowboy
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Registered: 31/01/2002
Posts: 214
Loc: Mississippi State University
That doesnt make much sense at all, especially considering it shows his bid to be 40 secs, not 40 minutes after his first.
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#70446 - 20/02/2002 14:23 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: ninti]
guardian__J
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Registered: 28/01/2002
Posts: 265
Loc: MI, USA
I think it's two bids, but the second bid only displayed once...one placed for 333.33 that won it, then another placed 40 seconds later for a different amount and this biid did beat jpelzlaustin, but the same bid also beat the sniper. So it only shows a bid once...it looks the same based on the stuff down below with jamville, too.
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#70447 - 20/02/2002 14:24 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: ninti]
robricc
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
This is what seems like happened...

oneeye73 placed a bid for $333.33 at 23:40:15. Then 40 seconds later decided to put in a proxy bid for a higher amount.

To my knowledge, eBay hides the progression of a proxy bid. So, what you're seeing is two different bids.
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#70448 - 20/02/2002 14:26 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: robricc]
guardian__J
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Registered: 28/01/2002
Posts: 265
Loc: MI, USA
yeah...that explains it clearer then I did :-)
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#70449 - 20/02/2002 14:44 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: robricc]
ninti
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Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 868
Loc: Los Angeles
> Then 40 seconds

Sorry about the time discrepency, I meant seconds...really!

> eBay hides the progression of a proxy bid.

Ok, that helps. So at no time was jpelzlaustin beating oneye, it just doesn't bother to show it.

Thanks everyone,
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#70450 - 20/02/2002 14:46 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: rockstar]
loren
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Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
Yeah, that's insanity. *musn't... let... greed... take.... hold... must not.... sell... tuner....*
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#70451 - 20/02/2002 14:56 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: loren]
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I dare someone to put one up and list the "reserve price" as "Your Soul" or "Your First-Born".
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#70452 - 20/02/2002 14:57 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Numeric entry field only. Too bad.
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#70453 - 20/02/2002 15:29 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
blitz
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Registered: 20/11/2001
Posts: 455
Loc: Texas
just wait until your first born gets older. not such a bad deal!

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#70454 - 20/02/2002 18:52 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: ninti]
tanstaafl.
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Registered: 08/07/1999
Posts: 5546
Loc: Ajijic, Mexico
I don't understand the action at the end of this auction:

My guess is that oneeye put in a first bid at $333.33, then got nervous when he found he was only $13 above the previous high bid. So then he put in a bid of probably $450--$500 and said, "OK, let's see somebody beat that bid!"

Had you followed the auction while it was in progress, you would have seen that oneeye was high bidder right up to the end -- nobody else's bid was enough to unseat him. The clue is that the second-highest bid is exactly the $5.00 minimum increment below the winning bid, so the winning bid was almost certainly placed by ebay's proxy bid service.

3amsw tried to snipe him, but his bid wasn't high enough, and he didn't have time (or inclination) to try a second snipe at a higher price. If I had to guess, I would bet that oneeye's max bid was $444.44.

tanstaafl.
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#70455 - 20/02/2002 21:50 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: eternalsun]
lothar
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Registered: 21/01/2002
Posts: 107
more than $400 for a tuner is f***ing loony.

are you able to sleep at night?

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#70456 - 21/02/2002 08:51 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: lothar]
Narkotic
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Registered: 20/02/2002
Posts: 158
Yea, damn for that kinda cash you can buy a nice CD Transport with RDS, tuner, everything built in (albeit it's another DIN) but ~$400+ for something that gives you FM radio is ludicris, That module couldn't cost more than $15 to make.

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#70457 - 21/02/2002 09:43 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: lothar]
f_devocht
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Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 159
Loc: Belgium
Well I know * I * would sleep very good when I just sold my tuner for over $400 .
It's a free market, he can do whatever he wants with it.
Mind you, I have a tuner but I would not sell it for $400. Hmm that makes me wonder, does this mean that for me it's worth more than $400 ??

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#70458 - 21/02/2002 12:14 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: f_devocht]
lothar
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Registered: 21/01/2002
Posts: 107
For a limited time only... just wait until Hugo gets the next batch of tuners rolling for $99.00.

Sell it while you can still make a profit!

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#70459 - 21/02/2002 12:38 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: lothar]
f_devocht
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Registered: 28/12/2001
Posts: 159
Loc: Belgium
Mmm, your right!
OK! Tuner for sale! First $400 gets it!

j/k of course

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#70460 - 21/02/2002 13:41 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: lothar]
rob
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
..and I don't expect to see a hint of a complaint from people who paid $400 for their tuners when that happens!

(I think they will be a bit more than $99 though - the factory are going to make us pay for low volume!)

Rob

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#70461 - 21/02/2002 13:52 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: rob]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
the factory are going to make us pay for low volume!

Sometimes you can infer a lot of things from a simple choice of phrasing.
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#70462 - 21/02/2002 13:57 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: tfabris]
rob
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
I know you like to micro-analyse everything I say, but not every post is a carefully thought out information leak!

Rob

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#70463 - 21/02/2002 14:04 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: rob]
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
So are you saying, carefully thought out or not, everything you say is an information link?
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#70464 - 21/02/2002 14:08 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
rob
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Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK

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#70465 - 21/02/2002 14:10 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: rob]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
ROFLMAO
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#70466 - 21/02/2002 14:24 Re: Selling a Tuner Module on Ebay [Re: rob]
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I was laughing my ass (like Tony I suppose ) before I even realized my typo! LOL
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