I'm with you William, the ebaY can be rough on the emotions. I subscribe to the put your top bid in and hope it's enough. BUT, that still leaves me wondering if I am just slightly outbid. I ponder the question of perhaps the other bidder was willing to only pay a couple of bucks more than I bid?
I know the seller and he has some very nice bicycles and one of the greatest people I know to boot! I know that he really likes the Rambouillet, this is his second. I don't think it would be too much if I out him a little and say that he was never really wild about the orange on the first one, thought he would try a little something different on the second. The bicycle looks really sharp in person, particularly when built up with silver components. The single color really looks sharp. The powder is a bit thicker so the shorelines of the lugs aren't quite as crisp as what you get with wet paint. But, you do gain the durability of the finish and Spectrum does probably the best job with powder in the business. I think if it were not for a really unique opportunity to pick something else up, he would likely hang on to the bike. I am certain that the winning bidder will ultimately be very pleased with the bike. Don't worry, there are still a couple of Rivendells in the collection. In fact, I think it was the Blériot that warmed his heart to the whole 650b world. Good luck with your bidding William, just over a day until we'll know if you are the winner! On Aug 9, 6:36 pm, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Scott and Steve > > You are both right. The stress is really based on wanting the thing > and wanting it for the price I want it for. Sure, if somebody wanted > that Rambu so badly that they bid $4000 for it, I would on one level > be fine with that, but on another, you're still bummed you couldn't > have it at your price. I'll make sure my real max is in there when it > needs to be in there. Thanks > > On Aug 9, 3:54 pm, "S.Cutshall" <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Redundant question, Steve... > > > that's what I am saying [only exception being: known fact that most > > bidding on high-end/desirable goods on The Bay happen in the last 20 > > seconds... so again, know your Max-Bid, program it in for the > > recommended 6 second protocol, walk away, enjoy life, and then check > > it after the fact]. > > > Re: the last 20 seconds... > > > Recently sold a very high-end 18" bass drum on The Bay. It was a 0.99 > > cent auction [let the market decide and all that... but very risky on > > my behalf as a seller], 7 day auction, bass drum was stalled at > > $199.99 for 6 of those days [not good on my end]... final day, 30 > > seconds to go, each time I hit Refresh on my browser to watch my day > > get better [or much, much, worse], the bidding popped from 3 bids > > @199.99 to 17 bids and a final of $1034.00. > > > -Scott > > > On Aug 9, 2:59 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2010-08-09 at 14:51 -0700, S.Cutshall wrote: > > > > Hope you win, but let me add please... > > > > > I can never quite understand the eBay "Refresh-n-Stress" method of > > > > bidding. Recently I've won a coupla things on The Bay, and even more > > > > recently I've sold [and am selling] a metric poop-ton of high end > > > > drums & cymbals... and it seems to me that it's logical to approach > > > > these sorts of things with two thoughts: > > > > > 1. Know your limit, your budget, what you are willing to go to... and > > > > then that's that. > > > > > And then... > > > > > 2. Just use something like 'Snipe It' [which is a legal eBay bidding > > > > device]. > > > > > And really, that's it. > > > > > PS-> You can read more about 'Snipe It' here [and download it too, if > > > > interested]... > > > > >https://www.myibay.com/ > > > > How would this be an improvement over simply bidding as much as you are > > > actually willing to pay in the first place? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
