Re: Ebay question for ebayers

bernie digman wrote:

I've sat in enough oilfield equipment, farm equipment and livestock auctions to have seen the results of auction fever. I always got a kick out of the stuff that would show up the next week after some hapless bidder hauled home a hell of a deal on a piece of equipment only to have his wife remind him that they were raising cattle and didn't have any use for an 8-row cultivator. It is always the rule that you have to know what the item is worth to you. Just watch the Barrett-Jackson auto auctions. There is a reason the pretty woman with long hair and striking features seems always to have her hand on the newbies. The pros who make a living buying and selling can't be persuaded to save face or win an auction just for the hell of it. It would be interesting to find out how much of the stuff on ebay is resold because the buy has remorse or can't use it as opposed to how much is resold because some savvy buyer knows what it was really worth and makes a nifty income doing it. I did actually snipe a 4-group LM on a Tagex listing. I believe the $450 shipping was more than what I paid for the machine or close.
Bernie


My latest Ebay find is a gem (not coffee related):

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Since the seller wouldn't ship it didn't attract many bids, so we had an enjoyable drive through North Somerset, past Wooky Hole and Cheddar Gorge, Glastonbury, the Tors etc.

£41 for a commercial gas salamander is a bargain (£600 new), and I've always wanted one, since my cooker doesn't have a grill. It turned out to be in almost pristine condition, without the heavy soiling associated with used catering stuff, and even has the later Ceramic plaque burners. They generate 350 deg of infra-red heat in 5-10 minutes, so I might feel a roaster project coming on.

It weighed a ton (well about 50kg I think) and i had problems finding suitable wall brackets, but I got it on the wall eventually, and Jeff (you remember him), came round and soldered the copper gas pipe to it.

The seller was a very nice chap, with a place he described as a lock up, which was actually a warehouse with at least 7 vintage cars - an old Rover 3.5 litre coupe, an American Ford station wagon, a '70's Jeep Cherokee and some other stuff, like a hearse etc.

He also had some commercial microwaves - 2.4kw!, but far too large for my counters :(


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Regards, Danny

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