fleece77
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| 29 Dec 2013 09:31 PM |
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This Robsons removals sign just finished on ebay. It's quite a nice sign, but 9000 pounds??? It's not that nice !!
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dougs
Mad Keen Collector
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| 30 Dec 2013 12:14 AM |
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Leave it out! 9 grand!
Someone's avin a bubbly bath! |
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Mick G
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| 30 Dec 2013 03:52 AM |
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What was the item number Fleece? Crazy money..... |
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SteveTheTyke
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| 30 Dec 2013 09:27 AM |
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Something's very fishy when it jumps from £860 to £8,900 in one leap. Way above its market value in my opinion, but as we all know from the Canterbury sale, it just takes two!! Wonder if its off to Singapore? |
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fleece77
Guru Tat
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| 30 Dec 2013 12:22 PM |
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item no. 400629270495 |
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davidsigns (aust)
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| 30 Dec 2013 12:41 PM |
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hey Gordo that number is not working for me.
I know exactly how this jump in price happens as I have seen it often. It arises when 2 people are seriously watching the same sign.
In this case they see the sign almost finished at 860 and they really want the sign bad so they have their snipe bid set at 10000 They are expecting the last bid to finish at say 2000 in the last few seconds and know if their snipe bid is going of with 2 seconds left at 10000 they will win the sign at the next increment of say 2100 but the problem is that someone else had the same idea and had their snipe bid set at 8500 to try and do the exact same thing then the first snipe bid goes off with 6 seconds left and then the final snipe bid goes off with 4 seconds left and bang hits the 8500 bid and has to immediately jump to the next increment of 8900. He has won the sign but F##K me gets the surprise of his life--David |
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Lummox
The Tatfather
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| 30 Dec 2013 01:25 PM |
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or of course just shill bidding !! |
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madwon
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| 30 Dec 2013 01:45 PM |
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You must be an ace detective Lummo ! |
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banjo boy
The Tatfather
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| 30 Dec 2013 02:27 PM |
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I could of brought this sign off the bloke for £1.500.. |
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SteveTheTyke
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| 30 Dec 2013 03:00 PM |
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Both the big bids came in on Christmas Eve afternoon, so I don't think they were sniped with 5 days still to run. May be a couple of folk out there were desperate for a last sign pressie for Xmas !!! |
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SteveTheTyke
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| 30 Dec 2013 03:02 PM |
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That's interesting Banjo, he said to me he would let it run the auction. |
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banjo boy
The Tatfather
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| 30 Dec 2013 04:32 PM |
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I rang the geordie bloke 2hrs after the sign had gone on..He told me his mate had found it in an old shed that sameday and had asked his mate to bang it on Ebay..The bloke told me he knew bugger all about enamel signs but thought it just maybee worth summat..lol...Anyway he told me several people had asked him to do a buy it now and the v best offer was £600...Me been the honest chappy i am offered him £1500 to which he said "Yeah,,come an get it now its yours"..I came off the phone and the misses went ape shit to put it nicely about what my plans were 2 days before xmas..Im no millionare an i aint got that sort of doe to spunk on a sign to be honest and i also wanted to have a nice xmas with me misses so i had to pass on the deal..What a shitter when i saw the price of it boxing day..But there you go,,some you win some you loose..Im quite sure ill Find,,sorry i meant purchase summat good in the new year..By the way All the best lads for the new year... |
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ducati
Mad Keen Collector
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| 30 Dec 2013 06:07 PM |
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Will it be one of the Ebay specials where the buyer doesn't turn up or changes his mind once he gets a proper look? |
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sign-seeker
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| 30 Dec 2013 06:59 PM |
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10 of the buyers last 13 bids have been 'signs'! And the under-bidder also shows a fair proportion of signs in his bids, so this might suggest they were just two serious collectors with deep pockets, chasing it! |
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Ciggysigns
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| 30 Dec 2013 08:25 PM |
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Load of BS , will be for sale again soon .... |
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