mnwildpunk Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Anybody else get upset when the last model you bid on went for like $43 I risked $40 and lost by three dollar but now the only person who is selling the kit is yup you guessed it the infamous Pj-toys and he lists it as $119 for one and $149 for the other grrrrrrrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I hate when it's like $8 for a week and then in the last ten minutes it goes up to $50-$60 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny K Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 One thing about eBay - if you remain patient and keep watching, you can find about whatever - and eventually at a reasonable price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 One thing about eBay - if you remain patient and keep watching, you can find about whatever - and eventually at a reasonable price. This is very true also, yes. Also holds true with hockey gear as I found luckily a few months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovefordgalaxie Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Bummer... Back in 2012 something similar happened to me. I was bidding on a super rare manual choke adapter kit for a Autolite 4100 carburetor. It was brand new in the box, manufactured in 1965. The whole auction, nobody bid on it, and I risked going up to 60. well, it sold for 75, and I would had gone to that if I were in front of the computer by the auction's end. Today, the same kit is no long on e-Bay, as they are really, really rare, and that one I lost is priced at 1200,00 Dollars at a famous classic pars store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharoah Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 One thing about eBay - if you remain patient and keep watching, you can find about whatever - and eventually at a reasonable price. Yep. Usually they show up cheaper after I buy one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Yep. Usually they show up cheaper after I buy one.. I find with this hobby it tends to be "usually reissued" right after I buy one. I'm not gunning for any rare kit, just some "One Run" kits Revell & Monogram did in the 80s/90s. So far they've then gone on to reissue the Buick GNX and now the '58 Corvette & '59 Impala H/T are pending. I think the only one I didn't track down before it was reissued was the '65 Impala Convertible. I missed out on a few, and then they announced the reissue, so I just gave up and waited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuderia Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I find with this hobby it tends to be "usually reissued" right after I buy one. I'm not gunning for any rare kit, just some "One Run" kits Revell & Monogram did in the 80s/90s. So far they've then gone on to reissue the Buick GNX and now the '58 Corvette & '59 Impala H/T are pending. I think the only one I didn't track down before it was reissued was the '65 Impala Convertible. I missed out on a few, and then they announced the reissue, so I just gave up and waited. As far as the reissue plague, When I went on a wild goose chase for the 93 cobra all over the globe I got one from a hobby shop in the state of Washington for about $24 and the ones on eBay were triple that price.. A month or so later Revell announced it would be re-released lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maindrian Pace Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Anybody else get upset when the last model you bid on went for like $43 I risked $40 and lost by three dollar but now the only person who is selling the kit is yup you guessed it the infamous Pj-toys and he lists it as $119 for one and $149 for the other grrrrrrrr. His bid may well have been higher than $43, but the ebay proxy bidding system increased it enough to beat yours and likely one other guy who bid $42. So he may have outbid you by $20 or more, you can never know. -MJS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I lost an action .50 cents once with 10 seconds left once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) I've found that old kits on ebay are just like subways. If you wait a little while, there will be another one. For years, I was after an early '60s Ford pickup and always got out bid on them by a long shot. They routinely went into the $100 plus range. A couple of months ago, I finally scored a '61 for $49.xx shipped! I couldn't believe it! It was in way better shape than most of the others I had bid on. I've been working on it ever since it came through the door! So don't worry. You'll get that kit someday for a decent price. Same here, I was wanting a builder Johan 1963 Dodge Polara. I tried dozens of times only to get outbid and they would sell for twice for what I was willing to pay. Kept looking then one day found one with a buy it now for under $50 ( grabed that one ) then a few weeks later won another one for under $60 So now I have 3 and I don't have $150 in all of them ( 1st one was bought years ago for less than $30 ) A good rule of thumb I follow is when one sells for big money,,,,,,wait a week,,, 2 more will get listed. About 4 or 5 years ago I was watching an unbuilt 1968 Color Me Gone Charger kit, it sold for almost $1000. Within a week , another one was listed and it didn't break $500. Within a month , I watched several more sell, and none brought over $250 I eventually bought a builtup and I don't have $50 in it Edited February 15, 2014 by gtx6970 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPNM Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Here is what I do if I am looking for something in particular: 1). In my eBay I put whatever it is I am looking for under "Searches You Follow". Make sure you have it set to "Receive Email Notification" when an item matching your search is listed. You are emailed all new matching items. You may also get unrelated stuff occasionally if part of your description is in that listing's heading. 2). I use a free "sniper" service to bid for me just before the auction ends. That way you do NOT have to be sitting at your computer when it is ending. I put in the highest amount I am willing to spend. You win some and you lose some but, to me, it is the way to go. Just Google "eBay Sniper" and you should get quite a few FREE ones to choose from. I just hope that by suggesting this no one here wants what I am looking for . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Usually in months when my budget is a little tighter than others and therefore I don't have the extra bucks to place bids on cars, that's exactly the time that a model I would have liked to bid on will wind up selling for under $40. If I was bidding on it, the price would have skyrocketed to at least twice that or even reached into 3 figures...!!! And the sniping thing...... that really bugs me. I know it's part of the game but it's still aggravating when you think you've got a car won and you get sniped in the last 5 seconds...!!! All in all though, it's really no great loss if I don't win. There'll always be another one down the road, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Usually in months when my budget is a little tighter than others and therefore I don't have the extra bucks to place bids on cars, that's exactly the time that a model I would have liked to bid on will wind up selling for under $40. If I was bidding on it, the price would have skyrocketed to at least twice that or even reached into 3 figures...!!! And the sniping thing...... that really bugs me. I know it's part of the game but it's still aggravating when you think you've got a car won and you get sniped in the last 5 seconds...!!! All in all though, it's really no great loss if I don't win. There'll always be another one down the road, Ain't that the truth Rich? Has happened to me more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunajammer Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Any auctioneer will tell you that bidding generates interest. I'm one of the guys who sits quiet till the end, then throws in my max bid. If I didn't get it, then it was more than i would have been willing to pay. Other times I get it cheap. But true or not, I feel like I'm keeping my own price down by not generating attention getting action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPNM Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hey Rich, The sniper thing only works if my max bid is higher than the max bid put on an item by someone else. It makes it so I don't have to be watching the item when it's ending and trying to put in a last second bid. I use it so as not to get into a bidding war too. A lot of times I get an email that the bids have gone above my max. That is when I have to decide if I want to up my max bid. Usually I do not. As you said, there will be another one down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Here is what I do if I am looking for something in particular: 1). In my eBay I put whatever it is I am looking for under "Searches You Follow". Make sure you have it set to "Receive Email Notification" when an item matching your search is listed. You are emailed all new matching items. You may also get unrelated stuff occasionally if part of your description is in that listing's heading. 2). I use a free "sniper" service to bid for me just before the auction ends. That way you do NOT have to be sitting at your computer when it is ending. I put in the highest amount I am willing to spend. You win some and you lose some but, to me, it is the way to go. Just Google "eBay Sniper" and you should get quite a few FREE ones to choose from. Bingo! You saved me a lot of typing! I use the eBay Search Agent and get emails any day that there is a match. One of my recent searches was for a 1977 Chevette model. Over time there were several offered. I'd line up my bid in eSnipe and watch the action. Many of them went for a lot more than I wanted to pay, so someone with deeper pockets got them. Soon enough, I got one for what I wanted to pay. Yea, there were ones listed as Buy It Nows by PJ and others for over $100, and the average one went for more than $50, but I finally got mine for $25. And then I won a promo version for $15. So patience pays. Remember, the thrill of the hunt for models is gone since eBay came in. Dial in any model car and it's for sale there, for a price. So add some sport to buying again... It is a fun bidding game, and it can take a few months to finally snag one at the right terms. As far as snipe programs, I use www.esnipe.com . This isn't a free service, but you get what you pay for! I can dial in my bids anytime, and the good part is that if you change your mind before the auction ends, you can modify or delete your bid. You can't do that on eBay! I have mine set for a six second snipe and it works every time. It will send you a warning (you set the time, I have mine set for 90 minutes before the auction end) to let you know your max bid has already been exceeded. That gives you the opportunity to add to the bid, or just forget it. I usually don't up my bid unless it's a very rare item. With esnipe, you buy 'points' and you only pay them when you actually win. So you can bid on a mess of auctions and if you don't win, you don't pay anything. Then there's a scale you pay in points for each winning auction. And it's very low, I mean I buy $10 worth of points maybe once a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Irwin Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Any auctioneer will tell you that bidding generates interest. I'm one of the guys who sits quiet till the end, then throws in my max bid. If I didn't get it, then it was more than i would have been willing to pay. Other times I get it cheap. But true or not, I feel like I'm keeping my own price down by not generating attention getting action. Exactly my battle plan, bid late, bid once, and bid all you are willing to spend. If you don't win it went for more than you wanted to spend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Exactly my battle plan, bid late, bid once, and bid all you are willing to spend. If you don't win it went for more than you wanted to spend. Yup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Exactly my battle plan, bid late, bid once, and bid all you are willing to spend. If you don't win it went for more than you wanted to spend. The whole idea behind the snipe programs! You don't show your cards until six seconds before auction end, then it's too late for the competition to react. I don't bid high on any model subjects, but in my stamp collecting of the 1903-08 period, items come up that are unique and I'll never see again. These items should sell in the $15-25 range. It seemed that whenever I'd put in a $22 or $27 bid, someone always hit one increment over me. So I put in a $100 max, which is pretty much what they used to call a "BUY" bid, which is buy it at any price. Back before the Internet on stamp collector mail order bid auctions, you could literally write "BUY" on the auction sheet. With this tactic, I haven't been outbid nor have I paid outside the usual range. Yea, one day I could get popped good, but I'd making out fine in the meantime. Edited February 17, 2014 by Tom Geiger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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