Author Topic: Burner out the Bag (Read 8116 times)

StellaAtoiz · « **on:** March 31, 2011, 08:25 AM »

I am not sure what the answer is to this hence why I thought I would throw it out there for a general opinion

The cat is already out the bag so I am not breaking any news or spoling anyone's chances of bagging a bargain

.....but, if your BMX of choice was say Diamond Back and you spotted a Harry Leary Turbo poorly listed on Ebay and you already owned one......would you bring it to the public's attention or keep quiet?...........or go for it yourself and own 2

My experience of ebay is that if the seller had no idea of what he had listed.....he soon will have after being bombarded within the first couple of hours with Buy It Now offers or of course there are good holy folk out there who will tell sellers who ain't got a clue what they are selling

As can be seen from the bidding already...people are onto it......now this could have course be as a result of the cat being let out the bag....or of course people could have found it anyway by doing a simple search themselves;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150584754431&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1156

So....would you shout from the roof tops or keep stum

pickle · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:29 AM »

personally i'd keep mum on it and let someone bag a bargain if they're lucky enough.

you can normally be sure that most stuff has people on here watching it, but i could see how people get miffed if someone tells the world about it.

JT71 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:33 AM »

there's a load of peeps out there searching "bmx" "old bmx" "old school" "raleigh bmx" etc etc every day.
also they use these sites that search for loads of variations on what you type in to look for spalling errurs.

generally if it's on ebay, more than one person in the know will be on to it.

Think the best bargains are the "collection only" ones, which a lot of people won't bid on, I think Eamonn on here picks up lots o f good deals like that cos he'll collect pretty much anywhere!

Ocassionally I guess someone might hit on something listed cheaply and buy it now if they happen upon it as soon as it's listed.

My personal view is though is it's pretty damn annoying if you think you might've stumbled upon a nice little badly listed bike, you are lining up a sneaky bid then next thing it's all over rad on a thread "hey look at this" .

pickle · « **Reply #3 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:35 AM »

agree Joe, you can pick up some bargains on the pick up only stuff

PK.RIPPER · « **Reply #4 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:35 AM »

Thanks alot Stella from me and the others that where watching this auction

WHY WHY WHY $:-\$ IT WASNT CLEVER OF YOU WAS IT....

Mattdub · « **Reply #5 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:36 AM »

I keep quiet about it , or may pm a fellow member if I think they were perhaps looking for what ever it is

.

PK.RIPPER · « **Reply #6 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:37 AM »

MATT PLEASE DELEAT THIS THREAD

StellaAtoiz · « **Reply #7 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:40 AM »

Quote from: OLD SCHOOL RULES on March 31, 2011, 08:35 AM

Thanks alot Stella from me and the others that where watching this auction WHY WHY WHY $:-\$ IT WASNT CLEVER OF YOU WAS IT....

It was already public knowledge - listed on Burnerworld yesterday - read the content of my first post before blowing a fuse

.....or do you have caps lock on by mistake

PK.RIPPER · « **Reply #8 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:43 AM »

why would those guys be interested in a harry when its not a burner,thats why dave went public about it as its just tat to them guys.

StellaAtoiz · « **Reply #9 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:43 AM »

Quote from: JT71 on March 31, 2011, 08:33 AM

there's a load of peeps out there searching "bmx" "old bmx" "old school" "raleigh bmx" etc etc every day.
also they use these sites that search for loads of variations on what you type in to look for spalling errurs.

generally if it's on ebay, more than one person in the know will be on to it.

Think the best bargains are the "collection only" ones, which a lot of people won't bid on, I think Eamonn on here picks up lots o f good deals like that cos he'll collect pretty much anywhere!

Ocassionally I guess someone might hit on something listed cheaply and buy it now if they happen upon it as soon as it's listed.

My personal view is though is it's pretty damn annoying if you think you might've stumbled upon a nice little badly listed bike, you are lining up a sneaky bid then next thing it's all over rad on a thread "hey look at this" .

I agree, the collection only are always good to grab a bargain.....or of course the BIN if you spot it quick enough.

I was lucky to spot this BIN TAP last month in Plymouth for £300

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270707894511#ht_500wt_1156

StellaAtoiz · « **Reply #10 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:45 AM »

Quote from: OLD SCHOOL RULES on March 31, 2011, 08:43 AM

why would those guys be interested in a harry when its not a burner,thats why dave went public about it as its just tat to them guys.

I was using a Harry Leary as an example

Jaymz · « **Reply #11 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:57 AM »

I was watching out of interest, I have different keyword searches set up that send me emails every morning listing what was newley listed since last time

StellaAtoiz · « **Reply #12 on:** March 31, 2011, 08:59 AM »

The fact that it had bids up to £370.00 within 12 hours of listing leads me to believe you were not the only person watching this OldSchoolRule

JT71 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:05 AM »

Quote from: OLD SCHOOL RULES on March 31, 2011, 08:37 AM

MATT PLEASE DELEAT THIS THREAD

calm down, it;s just a commercial.

I guarantee you any Burner fanatics are ALL over this auction already.

PK.RIPPER · « **Reply #14 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:07 AM »

Quote from: JT71 on March 31, 2011, 09:05 AM

Quote from: OLD SCHOOL RULES on March 31, 2011, 08:37 AM
MATT PLEASE DELEAT THIS THREAD

calm down, it;s just a commercial.

I guarantee you any Burner fanatics are ALL over this auction already.

they will throw the harry in a skip

StellaAtoiz · « **Reply #15 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:08 AM »

Quote from: JT71 on March 31, 2011, 09:05 AM

Quote from: OLD SCHOOL RULES on March 31, 2011, 08:37 AM
MATT PLEASE DELEAT THIS THREAD

calm down, it;s just a commercial.

I guarantee you any Burner fanatics are ALL over this auction already.

9 bids within the last 12 hours (when most folk are asleep) would lead me to suspect that this is the case

...and the fact that I Bummerworld member listed it up on the Bummerworld forum yesterday.......those boys will be setting up camp down Cornwall way as we speak

PK.RIPPER · « **Reply #16 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:15 AM »

They are all wasting their time as Biagio will out bid them all

,get the chrome on the harry frame set sorted then relist it on a Buy-It-Now for £10,000 easy money

StellaAtoiz · « **Reply #17 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:18 AM »

Quote from: OLD SCHOOL RULES on March 31, 2011, 09:15 AM

They are all wasting their time as Biagio will out bid them all ,get the chrome on the harry frame set sorted then relist it on a Buy-It-Now for £10,000 easy money

If thats the case.......why are you having a hissy fit

Dannywhac · « **Reply #18 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:24 AM »

Tell the world I reckon - if you think that a mis-worded item is gonna stop collectors you're deluding yourself. Having collected video games since the start of eBay, the only bargains you get are the one's that are mis-worded with a BIN.

Also, if it is someone's grail it's other peoples as well, and sharing is just generally nice

QUADROPHENIA · « **Reply #19 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:35 AM »

i bid £800 on it, just so it can be run over at MK

pickle · « **Reply #20 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:42 AM »

SaMAlex · « **Reply #21 on:** March 31, 2011, 09:49 AM »

The only Burner that was somewhere close to being any good ?

beard1973 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 31, 2011, 10:09 AM »

To the Burner Slaggers...

...

RADBMX BOTY 2005 - Raleigh Pro Burner

RADBMX BOTY 2010 - Raleigh Team Aero Pro Burner

And several BOTM winners as well over the past few years...

You know you love em'.....

@Stella Artois... Its Burnerworld, not Bummerworld... if it were Bummerworld then you'd still be welcome

JT71 · « **Reply #23 on:** March 31, 2011, 10:17 AM »

Beard didn't you run over a bmx in your massive truck at Milton Keynes?

Burner's rule!

pickle · « **Reply #24 on:** March 31, 2011, 10:24 AM »

you know we love em really Dave

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