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Old 10-28-2020, 09:32 AM   #1
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Default for sale listing of the day!

You guys have to see this.
Made me laugh my butt off....

eBay item number:174367881483
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Old 10-28-2020, 09:37 AM   #2
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Ebay # 184457436462 made me laugh yesterday and I see it's the same seller.

Just for fun look through all his listings.
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Old 10-28-2020, 09:54 AM   #3
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Just did!! Think he has items on C-list that are also way overpriced even if you move the decimal point.
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Old 10-28-2020, 10:04 AM   #4
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Obviously, a former "Corvette Hobbyist".
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Old 10-28-2020, 10:10 AM   #5
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You look at his completed auctions and prices aren't so crazy, everything sold.
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Old 10-28-2020, 10:38 AM   #6
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I looked at all his listings. WOW
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Old 10-28-2020, 10:45 AM   #7
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I came across this guy before, maybe he sells to the people who don’t know any better.
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Old 10-28-2020, 10:56 AM   #8
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to his defense... Ebay require TRS sellers to ship within on business day.. Some sellers when they are on vacation, they jack the prices to a extreme so nothing sells, but with the mindset that hey if it does sell, the profit was worth the penalty. Seeing he is TRS that is likely the reason for this.
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Old 10-28-2020, 10:59 AM   #9
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I sent the seller a message and told him to change it to $6.25.

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Old 10-28-2020, 11:15 AM   #10
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I’ve got a better one for only $500.00........
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Old 10-28-2020, 11:17 AM   #11
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Michael,


You're likely correct as nothing is going to sell at those prices.
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Old 10-28-2020, 11:47 AM   #12
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A lot of the ridiculously high priced stuff is to deter people from buying it through ebay but can be bought reasonably outside ebay.......free advertising and ebay trys everything to prevent it. Thats why they remove phone numbers and email address. I think the seller is on the fordbarn
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Old 10-28-2020, 12:03 PM   #13
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He's got another real bargain #184454409949
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Old 10-28-2020, 12:19 PM   #14
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Sometimes you can find some killer deals on ebay. I just bought the axe that George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree. It was completely restored with a new blade and handle. Five hundred bucks. How could I go wrong?
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Old 10-28-2020, 01:14 PM   #15
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On the generator, even with that price, I think he'd have to pay you after you charged him for rust removal and rebuilding it.

I've thrown lots better stuff than that away.
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Old 10-28-2020, 01:52 PM   #16
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Based on his location, I expect he's delirious from the rona meds. Let's hope he recovers.
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Old 10-28-2020, 02:18 PM   #17
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I just bought it and I'm going to relist it. I think there is plenty of room for some profit.
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Old 10-28-2020, 03:12 PM   #18
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The only item I saw that wasn't priced in outer space was a front seat for a '38, '39 or '40 Fordor. ($165).

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Old 10-28-2020, 04:11 PM   #19
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To all of you who don't know what the federal government has imposed on Paypal, if you sell more than 200 items and over $20K in sales, you will get a nastygram in the form of a 1099 from the IRS, so when the seller gets close to the limit for the year, the sellers sometimes add $500 to the price so IT DOES NOT SELL, and keeps the listing up. Rather than cancel the listing, and have to pay to list it again. You might want to re-think your comets.
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Old 10-28-2020, 04:25 PM   #20
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To all of you who don't know what the federal government has imposed on Paypal, if you sell more than 200 items and over $20K in sales, you will get a nastygram in the form of a 1099 from the IRS, so when the seller gets close to the limit for the year, the sellers sometimes add $500 to the price so IT DOES NOT SELL, and keeps the listing up. Rather than cancel the listing, and have to pay to list it again. You might want to re-think your comets.
So please explain why you would leave a ridiculous listing (by any sane calculation) up.
The only reason I have come to understand from your post is you are attempting to avoid a .35¢ fee?

If you don't want to exceed the $20k and 200 item thresholds, simply stop advertising. That's what I have been doing for a number of years. .
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Old 10-28-2020, 04:35 PM   #21
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" You might want to re-think your comets."


I don't think there are any comments here that need to be re-thunk.

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Old 10-28-2020, 04:39 PM   #22
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" You might want to re-think your comets."


I don't think there are any comments here that need to be re-thunk.

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I'm still thinking about any comets I may have laying around here...
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Old 10-28-2020, 07:16 PM   #23
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To all of you who don't know what the federal government has imposed on Paypal, if you sell more than 200 items and over $20K in sales, you will get a nastygram in the form of a 1099 from the IRS, so when the seller gets close to the limit for the year, the sellers sometimes add $500 to the price so IT DOES NOT SELL, and keeps the listing up. Rather than cancel the listing, and have to pay to list it again. You might want to re-think your comets.
FYI eBay charges you a new listing fee for buy it now listings each month if it doesn’t sell once you get above your free listing threshold (depending if you pay a store fee or not). So if you leave a listing up for two months it can cost you more in fees than if you ended and relisted. But we are taking $0.35 here.
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Old 10-29-2020, 10:50 AM   #24
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the doors & seat are a fair price
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Old 10-29-2020, 01:29 PM   #25
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The guy is crazy !
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Old 10-29-2020, 05:58 PM   #26
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When it's the last piece of the Ford puzzle and deep pockets get in the way of sound logic, it's shocking what one may do. Now get out there hold your nose, bid and buy! Then sober up in the morning and promise never to do something like that ever again? Now, who needs something I've got? My palms are burning and I smell your money.
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Old 10-29-2020, 06:55 PM   #27
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the doors & seat are a fair price

Mid-afternoon of the day this thread was started, the listing was totally changed/revised and thereafter has shown a pair of doors. Trying to get the last laugh I guess!!


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Old 10-29-2020, 08:01 PM   #28
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The guy is crazy !
I agree with you !
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Old 10-29-2020, 10:05 PM   #29
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to understand his pricing scheme, he starts at $600 and then adds what he wants for the part. it takes $600 to get him out of his chair.
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