Why Is This Waterman Repair Lot So Expensive?

[gr8stufff]

I found this lot on Ebay and it had a few things I could use, so made a bid.

 

Within two hours it was up to $180??? What am I not seeing here??

 

or am I just cheap? HA!

 

Thanks...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-Waterman-Ideal-Fountain-Pen-Lot-For-Parts-or-Repair-AS-IS-14K-Art-Deco-40s-/112222481926?hash=item1a20fb2e06:g:ohsAAOSwj85YQD64

[Chrissy]

It's now even higher. Obviously everyone wants it. (Apart from me that is.)

 

Oh and welcome to FPN.

[Inky.Fingers]

7 nibs with parts to spare. Lots of 2 and 5 nib. It's priced correctly. For the spare nib. Parts...!?

[Left FPN]

With eBay there are always those who want to be leading the bids. Little do they know all that does is increase the price. Never bid early, always bid a few seconds before closure.

[Xof72000]

Are you advertising your own Ebay auction, gr8stufff ? ...

[inkstainedruth]

With eBay there are always those who want to be leading the bids. Little do they know all that does is increase the price. Never bid early, always bid a few seconds before closure.

 

Sometimes that works. Sometimes just having a set maximum bid (which is hidden till some other bidder triggers it) works.

I remember some listing that Teri of Peyton Street Pens posted about a couple of years ago. Two bidders (different parts of the globe from the US -- or each other, for that matter) got into a bidding war, and the pen in question went for way more than even SHE (as seller) thought it was deserving....

Ruth Morrisson aka instainedruth

[Left FPN]

 

Sometimes that works. Sometimes just having a set maximum bid (which is hidden till some other bidder triggers it) works.

I remember some listing that Teri of Peyton Street Pens posted about a couple of years ago. Two bidders (different parts of the globe from the US -- or each other, for that matter) got into a bidding war, and the pen in question went for way more than even SHE (as seller) thought it was deserving....

Ruth Morrisson aka instainedruth

I use snipe software which can be set to check bidding at a set time before auction end. If the user feels they need to up the set bid then they have time to amend it. I tend to use it in a way where my top bid is placed with 5 seconds remaining and then not look at it again. Otherwise I may have the urge to increase or overpay for what I considered the going rate for that item.

[tamiya]

It's much more FUN to bid personally and MUCH more satisfying to win with the highest bid placed as close as you'd dare to the closing.

 

Why let a snipe app take the fun away, so easy these days with 24/7 connectivity.

 

It was much riskier in the early days with dialup modem... you'd need to account for the ping lag, getting within 10s was pretty good.

 

These days with superfast networking 3-5s is mundane, 1s ain't rare

[amk]

Just occasionally I will set a snipe really early, and then forget about it, particularly with longer auctions (9 days for instance). I've had some nice 'presents' that way!

 

But if I can be sitting at my computer waiting for the end, I still do. Gets my circulation up nicely!

[praxim]

Apart from the other rational reasons for setting a prior snipe and leaving it alone, I have another consideration. For some quite unfathomable reason UK and US sellers take malicious glee in wilfully setting their auctions to end around 0200-0600 here in the world's only sensible time zone.

[Sasha Royale]

The winning bid was $327 ! Simply, the winning bidder wanted it more than the $326 bidder.

One should not assume that $327 is a lot of money to everyone.

[Left FPN]

I am of the opinion Xof72k may have been correct.