gitaneusa.com Forum Index » Vintage Gitane » TdF eBay France...loan me a $1.27 please Goto page 1, 2  Next    View previous topic :: View next topic  TdF eBay France...loan me a $1.27 please   Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:21 am greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA Humm...$1.27 TdF's Item # 250320998630 Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:25 pm Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK Jay, $1.27 will not be enough, you'll have to go to $1.28 to be in with a chance at this moment in time. I like the chainset. Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle   Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 2:34 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA Damn these exchancge rates!!! Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:57 pm Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK Jay, $1.28 and you're in. Perhaps a trader sneezed or something. Another nice spot though. Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle   Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:07 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA Tim, Do you think 1 GBP will cover it for tonite? Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:12 pm Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK LOL Jay, that would easily cover it but then all could change tomorrow. Exchange rates are funny things. Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle I'll take a chance...   Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 4:18 pm greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA ...maybe it will be $1.25 tomorrow. Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:10 am Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK Mmmm, there's hoping Jay. Unfortunately the price has held overnight. Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle Going, going, gone...   Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:14 am greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA ...sold to the man in the back for $28.26. Is that you Tim? Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:28 am Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK Jay, Now, that was an amazing buy. Unfortunately it wasn't me as the bike was only going to be delivered to a French address. $28.26 is a fine price. The good news is that the bargains are still out there. Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle   Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:44 am greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA Tim, Ya never know...I saw a desirable item the other night, advertized as USA ONLY, and it sold to Japan. Who knows what can be worked out. I've gotten UK sellers to ship to me in the past. My only concern on the Gitane is that it was the sellers first sale. Jay _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:27 am Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK Jay, I guess one could always ask to send outside the specified destination, I agree. No reason why not at all. I would not be too fussed by a seller's first sale as everyone has to start somewhere. You have a knack of finding these great opportunities and I'm looking forward to the next. Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle   Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:49 am greyhundguy Joined: 09 Apr 2008 Posts: 678 Location: South-Central VIRGINIA Tim, At least 50% of the time I've been able to get a Seller outside of the USA to let me Bid or "Buy It Now". I've gotten things from the UK, Belgium, France and Germany by asking. No problems to date and some GREAT buys. The sellers that have agreed have been very friendly and accommodating. Jay...sniping in your backyard _________________ Dance like nobody is watching.   Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:32 am Gtane Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Posts: 681 Location: UK Jay, I would guess that in virtually all cases the seller would prefer to sell than not, so would be open to buyer options outside those stipulated. It makes sense. Anyway, well done. I've found that people have quite often pipped me to the post within the last 30 seconds or less. Oh well, on to the next... Tim _________________ Everything has a cycle Snipe programs on eBay   Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:10 pm verktyg Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Posts: 2814 Location: SF Bay Area Gtane wrote: I've found that people have quite often pipped me to the post within the last 30 seconds or less. Oh well, on to the next... Most likely the buyers are using "snipe" programs that automatically place a bid in the last few seconds of the auction. Somehow the programs can detect the amount of the highest bid and go over it without placing multiple bids. This indicates some complicity on the part of eBay. For example say the current bid is showing $80 and I place a maximum bid of $100. The bid amount may go up to $90 because that's the maximum from the previous bidder. How does the program know to exceed my $100 maximum bid by $.01? I've lost auctions by as little as $.01 for items that I've watched for a week. This type of bidding discourages a lot of buyers from dealing with eBay. On that topic, all the changes that they are making to the format is changing eBay into the Shopping Channel! When I do a search I don't want to see eBay's idea of the best choice for me! It's usually all wrong! Chas. 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