[DMCForum] Re: bidding on eBay...

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greg,

That certain seller now is trying to sell them for more, even after 
he was informed that there are reproductions about to be made. And 
when he was listing drivers door torsion bars starting at $500 and 
nobody was bidding on them, he then raised it to $700 the next week 
saying they were selling too fast at $500. Hmmmm, smells like 
bullshit. And now he has stopped selling altogether saying he wants 
to wait for the prices to go up before selling any more parts.

Sad that he trashed his fathers good name here in Ohio just to make a 
buck. And for some reason he was selling simpleton items like the 
DeLorean hood badge for like $5.00 above what Houston sells them 
fore, and then he still has his shipping. Which to also pad his 
pockets, he has now made it a minimum of $15 to ship anything. He 
really tarnished the image his father had over the years. He always 
told me he would half to check with his "partner" before he would 
combine shipping or other miscellaneous things. Until I looked up 
contact info on him and found out his partner was really his dad, who 
isn't really in the know what his son is doing. 

He basically felt that his father wasn't selling items for enough 
money, so he took over with the eBay selling under the name 
snowmangolfer. Coupled with his shipping you would end up paying 15-
20% higher for any item that is easily available from a vendor.

And don't even think about asking for an item that is on the "rare" 
list of Delorean parts. When I started looking for an ASI radio for 
16634, I had contacted him before I finally found one. You can expect 
to pay upwards of close to $500 for a new ASI radio, if you can find 
one. Well his price was only slightly more, at $1.500.00!!!! And he 
wasn't ready to sell them yet because he said they are not of enough 
value yet.

I had also tried for years to get a perfect copy of Saainless Steel 
Illusion (hardcover) but never found one. I finally found one for 
$150, but about 4 days before the auction was about to end, Houston 
announced their reprints, so I couldn't bring myself to buy it.

eBay is absolutley buyer beware with Delorean parts, but most here on 
this list are sharp enough to pick out the bullshit, and avoid it. 
Just the other ignorant fools in this world are ripe targets.

It's like people buy from ebay because they feel they are always 
getting a deal, kinda like the walmartism mentality some people have 
when they are in Wal-Mart.

OK, I'm done venting now.


Joe









--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
> I probably should have qualified that a bit more.  I obviously bid 
against
> other people, but I won't bid against someone I respect, if I know 
their
> username.  Some are easy to figure out and other's aren't.  I also 
won't
> keep bidding on something that I know will be on again later, as 
your
> example with the photocopied story, because that only makes the 
next time it
> is listed have a higher starting bid or reserve.  Someone on this 
list
> pointed that out to me on one certain eBay seller who raises their 
prices
> like this.
> 
> In the past I had been trying to get the original Stainless Steel 
Illusion
> but never could.  I suddenly got three almost at once.  The story 
ends the
> same no matter which one I read so I have been pondering what to do 
with the
> other two.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lauren [mailto:LPLand@xxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:29 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [DMCForum] bidding on eBay...
> 
> 
> 
> 
> OK Guys -- I have to tell you that I sell on EBAY pretty much for a
> living.  At least it pays some bills and buys an occasional Delorean
> part ;)
> 
> So I see both sides of the proverbial coin.  One one hand, agreeing
> not to bid up an item is good for the bidders, certainly.  And OTOH,
> as a seller I know that the bad kharma from this is going to bite me
> in the ass someday.  The reason I don't have too much problem with
> this is that the book is a photocopy so who knows how many times
> the dude will copy and sell it.   It's not a finite item like a 
fender (oh
> no! not THAT fender) or binnacle.
> 
> Yes, EBAY can be a dog-eat-dog world but that's what drives
> Capitalism.  Greed.   I've been known to snipe my share of auctions,
> too.
> 
> But this book is calling to me.  And since it's a photocopy, I 
figure
> it's not really immoral to buy it and copy it among friends.  
Certainly
> beats bidding it up.
> 
> BTW, I'm **LP**Land on EBAY.  I sell mostly vintage clothes and
> boots.
> 
> I know I'm rambling.  Gotta get back to work after screwing around
> online all night last night.
> 
> ..........................LP
> 
> > You bring up a very interesting topic that bothers me as well.  I 
have
> > spoken with a few people on the list who bid on eBay and we 
agreed to
> > not bid against each other.

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