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Nealcrenshaw

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Merkava_4 said:
I'll start out with this one. It's an old used F731 with a starting bid of $39.99 ... and if that's not enough, they want $12.00 for the shipping. :wtf:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SNAP...020QQitemZ300253079751QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
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I would pay $40 for this.Just because $40 is the starting bid doesn't mean you have to enter a much higher bid.
if the starting bid is $40 and you only want to pay $40 for it, then enter $40 as your max bid. If an item doesn't receive any bids at closing, seeing that the starting bid might be to high,then the seller could relist it at a lower price or starting bid, which then might draw a bid.:thumbup:
 
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The starting bids may be high but they are not over priced for what the items would normally sell for.I watched a snap on flexhead in worse shape sell for 65 dollars last week.
 
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I'm still gonna leave this thread wide open for people who need a venue to complain about excessively high starting bids. ;)
 
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I love high starting bids. Half the time, it's still quite reasonable for the item, and nobody bids because they "start high". Then I throw a bid in, and win it for a great price, because nobody else would start the bidding.
 
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Nealcrenshaw said:
I would pay $40 for this.Just because $40 is the starting bid doesn't mean you have to enter a much higher bid.
if the starting bid is $40 and you only want to pay $40 for it, then enter $40 as your max bid. If an item doesn't receive any bids at closing, seeing that the starting bid might be to high,then the seller could relist it at a lower price or starting bid, which then might draw a bid.:thumbup:
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You have to account for the shipping to!! $52.00 for a ratchet that would sell for around $30.00 at a fleamarket is a little crazy:thumbup:
 
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But if you live in an area where you can never find snap on gear at a flea market and has only one pawn shop,which is over priced,$52 is cheap compared to buying new!Everything is relative.
 
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I wish I had the pawn shops that you guys do. The ONLY time I hear about bargains from any around here, they are trying to get rid of the evidence (and I will leave it at that)..

Regular pawns shops around here, ask for 90% of retail (and I have seen a LOT more).

Once in a great while, I will come across a good, garage sale, but for me (and this is a pretty good size metro area), between my hours, and lack of good places, Ebay currently IS the bargain place that I have a chance with. CL can be a mixed bag, as I have contacted on stuff before, only to find they "don't know how to delete it" (You know that FREAKING EMAIL they sent you that said KEEP THIS).

Normally I try for the smaller stuff (and we have discussed this part before), but sometimes, no one else is bidding, these can still be a bargain for us that don't have other spots.
 
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I still hate the $0.99 starting bids with 9.99 shupping. On a FM10 socket that sells for around $11.50 on Snap On's site,

erkeva's favorite garrettsdrygoods is notorious for this.
 
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wantedabiggergarage said:
I wish I had the pawn shops that you guys do. The ONLY time I hear about bargains from any around here, they are trying to get rid of the evidence (and I will leave it at that)..

Regular pawns shops around here, ask for 90% of retail (and I have seen a LOT more).
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Only 90%?? The few I've wasted time in around here seem to want 120%+ of suggested list, not retail - and that's for stuff that looks like it was rescued off the Interstate median. If I'd actually owned any of that junk and it was stolen, I'da been HAPPY to see it go and collect the insurance...
 
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Moose-LandTran said:
Some Snap-on torx plus sets list over $300 i think.
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$281 according to Snappy's site:
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item...group_ID=14538&store=snapon-store&dir=catalog

Assuming that's the correct set - the 0 feedback seller doesn't include a pic, or Snappy's set #, or even the drive size - just the torx size range. Yup, I'm gonna jump right on there and place a sky-high starting bid on a low/no feedback seller with an absolutely minimal description and no pics.:wtf:

The rest of his auctions look to be the same - sky-high start, very short descript, no pic. Minimal effort gets minimal results.:headscrat

And here's one that just sold:
http://cgi.ebay.com/11-PIECE-SNAP-O...ryZ20773QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Think that $200 start will attract a bid?!?
 
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This is where knowing your tools comes in handy.You have know the price they should sell for.I think alot of sellers "go fishing" to see if they can catch someone who might really need that tool or someone who is bidding emotionally or for nostalgia and may be willing to fork over the extra money. They must be pretty succesful at doing it. I'll admit i have bidded on an item that was financially stupid but had other motives for my bidding process.
 
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Nealcrenshaw said:
This is where knowing your tools comes in handy.You have know the price they should sell for.I think alot of sellers "go fishing" to see if they can catch someone who might really need that tool or someone who is bidding emotionally or for nostalgia and may be willing to fork over the extra money. They must be pretty succesful at doing it. I'll admit i have bidded on an item that was economically stupid but had some other motive for my bidding process.
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Over the years, I have been DRIVEN to many a buy it now auction, for something that bid crazed buyers, have been bidding OVER the BUY it now price, for a long time.

Ebay, seems to be like a World of WarCrack! You get all kinds of whack jobs. Makes me wonder how many of them bid, going "I'll just put it on the CC and pay it later" and build their debt.
 
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