dibs - fuel level sender

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

This was up the other day, guess the buyer didnt pay...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/fuel-sender-unit-for-renault-19-1-8-16v-k-reg_W0QQitemZ150037673559QQihZ005QQcategoryZ10410QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

'nuff said

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

ahem, i was bidding on that last time, by rights i should get automatic dibs if its relisted Razz

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

eh? if you had dibsed it before then you would have automatic dibs now Razz

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

last time i was employing 'neal stealth tactics' Razz

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

by placing a bid on the item several days early? I think you'll find I never ever do that Razz

the no-dibs stealth tactic only has a point for items that other people probably aren't going to find on their own anyway, such as the poorly titled megane JC5 gearbox I just picked up Wink

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

that was claiming my stake Wink

i modified the no dibs stealth tatic by not claiming dibs on the forum thereby notifiying others of its existence thereby increasing my chances of winning said item but having said that, any member of this forum should be by now quite familiar with my ebay id so therefore would do the decent thing if they discovered said item and think 'ahh good old neo wants this, he is my mentor on RR so i will do the honourable thing and let him win this as cheap as possible'

I think a classic quote is needed now

'You've been living in a dream world, Neo'

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

well why do you think I didn't bid on it last time?

Afterwards you told me you don't need it, you only bid cos it was cheap so what the hell.

anything with '19 16v' in the title, everyone is going to have seen. dibs is prudent.

anything poorly listed that others might not have seen, you keep quiet about Wink

that's the way I see it anyway, feel free to invoke the bastard rule! Laughing

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

ahhh see my stake claiming worked lol

I won't be invoking the bastard rule due to the following reasons

Your tank is off, as you have a new pump might as well stick the sender in as well thereby saving you a future job (see how kind i am being Razz

) and yep, i don't really need it lol

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

think it was a set up the last time it was on ebay, it was re-listed within an extremely short time after it was sold, if i remember rightly

FCS Event Manager Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 3680

aye, seller prolly saw the one bid (Â£5 which was mine) and got his mate to up the bidding on it (quite a common practice) shame his mate put a higher bid on than i was prepared to pay heh

I'm not one to keep bidding and bidding thou, i look at an item, set a max price in my mind and i won't go over it and i usually bid at the last minute with my max figure (to cover any other bids that are over the figure shown, as you know u can put a max bid on way before the auction ends and if someone bids over u, then ebay automaticly bids for you until your max price is reached, of course you want the item as cheap as poss so you don't encourage a bidding war during the auction cos that would be silly)
If i lose, well i lose, no biggie, another one will turn up sooner or later

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

very true Neo, just beginning to hack me off a bit now, they should just put a reserve on the damn item if they dont want it to go for peanuts, dicks.....

i try and do the same as you with the bidding

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 731

I have a spare one now. It works too.

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

i got the red 19 16v for you jon......

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Mar 2005 Posts: 731

You got that in the end then...... any good?

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

well, its not as bad as i imagined, think the clutch has had it, and head gasket, obviously, structualy, its not too bad. Dont know what i will end up doing with it in the long run but its got everything for spares!!!

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

bugger, i was out when this ended Mad

its been relisted though

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150040565953

so dibs once more Razz

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

get in there Neal........

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

well i won this for Â£10, but despite numerous emails asking for payment details (no paypal option) the seller is yet to get back to me.

Clearly she doesnt want to let it go for Â£10, which puzzles me.

Listed once, ends at Â£20 odd with suspected shill bidding.

Relisted almost imediately, adding credence to the shill bidding suspicion, ends with no bids.

Surely by the third time she would realise that it's not going to shoot up to Â£50?

Site Subscriber Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 1141

Get their contact information off eBay and give them a phone call. I've had similar problems in the past, a phone call works wonders!

Retroholic Joined: 27 Feb 2006 Posts: 1000

really pisses me off people like that, if they really wanna sell, put it on a realitic sstarting price of about Â£25 or something......... or just report them to ebay