Auction until? / on? May 11

[mke]

Kill your piggy-banks - you will need the money:

https://www.napenauctions.com/

on the 11th of May

[pen lady]

But don't forget, prices are in Canadian dollars.  A bargain if you're used to seeing things priced in US dollars.  

[deuter]

It says auction authorization required. 
I cannot seem to register and bid.

 

[XYZZY]

21 hours ago, deuter said:

It says auction authorization required. 
I cannot seem to register and bid.

 

First you have to create an account with their website.  The typical email/password thing you set up for any website.

 

Once that is done then you must register for the auction.  That requires a credit card, billing address, shipping address, etc.  It's what you would provide to a retailer upon checkout, only this is an auction house requiring that you show you're "good for it" before they let you bid.  Or in this case, before they even let you see the lots.

 

If you aren't used to this kind of thing, there is a "buyer's premium" that is added onto the final bid price.  That's very different from eBay and other where what you bid is what you pay.  In other words, on eBay the seller pays the house, whereas here the buyer pays the house.

 

I have no experience with napenauctions.com, not having even heard of them until this post.  

[deuter]

I did all of that, may be the auction is not yet open to bid on.

[XYZZY]

7 minutes ago, deuter said:

I did all of that, may be the auction is not yet open to bid on.

 

I can confirm that bids are being placed.

 

Perhaps check your email to see what status/error messages you have received?

[Theroc]

Apparently you need to wait for registration confirmation.

[Theroc]

Did you bid? Did you win? Care to share?

[mke]

4 hours ago, Theroc said:

Did you bid? Did you win? Care to share?

If you mean me, than no. I sold nice pens and I am still selling some. In that auction where lots of nice-looking pens. So,  I didn't even have a second look at the pens. Just to make sure that I don't get weak. 😁

Actually, I have a problem that I don't like broad nibs like F, M or worse. The pens which I sold had F or M nibs. I expect that most pens from that auction also have such nibs. Useless for me, as I prefer EF or XXF. 

 

Anyway, I hope some people got their dream pens.

 

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In the make: list of shops and private sales: http://mkengel.de/pensales/pensforsale.html (Sorry, it will take a long time. So many other things to do.)

[Theroc]

I won a few pens. It became a bitter-sweet experience when I got the invoice.

There is a 24% buyer's premium, which, to be fair, was disclosed. However, ~$80 for shipping from Canada to the US is excessive considering the package is not likely to exceed 1lb.