"the item is no longer available...."

[oberonspacefruit]

my arse...... heard that one before..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-school-bmx-/111291591140?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&nma=true&si=UoAJVqIKKPKd1lDUf%252BjuOHZtIe0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[glenboy]

Is it a gen1 frame

[Picklez]

I was watching that, get so pee'd off, happens more and more these days  :ticked off:

Not sure if it's a legit gen 1, looks like it may be (but I wouldn't claim to be an expert on these matters), also looks like a few ok parts even if it wasn't - landing gears etc

oh well on we go 

[ED209]

thats the way ebay is now... if you really want it you have to go in fast with a good offer ... otherwise someone else will.

Not cricket but thats how it is  saves the fees and ebay haven't worked out how to stop it.

[Cleedubber]

Was watching that too... looked like a gen 1 with LG forks , wanted to see the other side

Sent a message asking for more pics... his reply   "what more do you need . it is a bike"   

No doubt one of the southern boys swooped in ... ED's right, you gotta get in early with an offer before you get beaten to it... not the way its supposed to be, but just how things are now   

[JimBowen]

thats the way ebay is now... if you really want it you have to go in fast with a good offer ... otherwise someone else will.

Not cricket but thats how it is  saves the fees and ebay haven't worked out how to stop it.

Totally agree 


Gotta get your bids or offers in early dudes or expect the item to go nowadays.
 

Too many people watching stuff and doing nothing. Wanting to play the waiting game and trying to grab a bargin but then are suprised when the item ends early because the seller's trying to avoid the crap ebay fees.


I used to get mad about this also but I dont blame the sellers anymore since ebay fee's have gone through the roof.


 

[bobbbbsy]

true .. watchers drool and bidders rule !

[Picklez]

... I dont blame the sellers anymore since ebay fee's have gone through the roof.


 

Too true, I'm not pee'd with any seller that does it, anything to stop thieving ebay grabbing their 20%. Just nice to monitor and see if you might net a good deal at the end of a poorly listed item listing sometimes. Mind you I usually find I'm buying items I never even went looking for when those ones do crop up these days, and they're very few and far between nowadays.

Oh the good ol days.  When 85 masters were nos at 135, raw streetbeats at 70, and aero reflex's all over the place for 35.

[WINI]

Yep, annoying but just the way it is these days.  If you really want the item, you'll hit em with a good offer quickly I guess.

See quite a lot of "Item is listed elsewhere, so I reserve the right to end the auction early" too.  As far as I'm aware, just because you write this in the ad doesn't make it override eBay rules?  Maybe I'm wrong, can't be ar5ed looking through the rules...

[oberonspacefruit]

i agree that ebay fees are high, but what we forget is that ebay provides a market that you would never reach in your wildest dreams, if you were to advertise on gumtree etc. imo thats worth paying for. its like arguing about buying aticket to the moon, if you cant get that item anywhere else, the price is the price, due to a unique service that ebay has the monopoly on to provide, through being an effective site.
ive made offers in the past, but ive had five items dissapear from my watchlist this week alone....white haro tyres, a 91 master, genuine cw bars its getting like theres no point bidding on these items.

[glenboy]

Spot on and let's face it in most cases if they are plenty of people watching it's always going to for more in the auction  than if someone offers off ebay  so most sellers are cutting there own throats by selling it before it ends

[oberonspacefruit]

anyway, before it went, i got some more pix, including serial, so when the buyer comes on here touting his loveley look at my new haro thread, ill know who it is!
it will be like a mafia kingpin, with the  REAL version of the mona lisa hung in his front room, that he cant show to anyone through fear of reprisal...

[NORTY40]

anyway, before it went, i got some more pix, including serial, so when the buyer comes on here touting his loveley look at my new haro thread, ill know who it is!
it will be like a mafia kingpin, with the  REAL version of the mona lisa hung in his front room, that he cant show to anyone through fear of reprisal...

 

He'll probably get it re chromed , never show the serial and you will be none the wiser 


maybe a 'wanted' for a set of Haro forks may appear though 


Good luck to them ..... if you want something you move on it , that's how it rolls these days .

[eamonn]

anyway, before it went, i got some more pix, including serial, so when the buyer comes on here touting his loveley look at my new haro thread, ill know who it is!
it will be like a mafia kingpin, with the  REAL version of the mona lisa hung in his front room, that he cant show to anyone through fear of reprisal...

was it a genuine gen1