Buying from auction sights

[Huskybill]

be aware when buying from auction sites. Know the chain saw your looking at very well. I was going to bid on a saw that the rear handle was swapped out. The orginal handle had the hand oil pump assist for longer bars. The handle on the saw was missing this feature. I had 2100’s since 1980. I know what they look like. The seller said if I won the bid and wanted the hand Oiler he would swap it back. I retracted my bid.

I looked at a 285 that had no top cover, o wonder how long it was in operation this way. The top cover guides the air flow from the flywheel into the cylinder.

Read the description and look at the pictures, think before you bid.

 

[cuinrearview]

Just in case anyone else's search feature is broken...

https://www.arboristsite.com/community/threads/alert-jred-saws-on-ebay-not-as-advertised.330348/

 

[Huskybill]

Sometimes a deal isn’t such a deal. Know what your looking at. Don’t get caught up in the bidding war. Set your price limit before you bid.

I had one bidder going neck and neck with me. To catch a shrill just retract your bid. Funny soon after he retracted his bid too. I had the gut feeling he was a shrill and pumping the price up. Listen to your first gut feeling.

To me most of the time a used saw should be under the half price of new. If we go over half the cost of new how far do we go?p

Be aware some saws are kit bashed together to make a sale. Look closely at the pictures.

 

[SamT1]

I think a seller should be able to shill bid on any item they sell. Before eBay it was well known at any action the seller or a friend was going to be bidding on big ticket items to try and get the price up to what they want. It’s not the sellers fault a buyer gets caught up in the moment. The seller has a lot to risk since if they win they have to pay the fees. That’s pretty good incentive to stop when an item gets to the price your really want.

Before eBay totally started screwing sellers I used to sell a lot of stuff. Mostly man things like sand rails and parts. Many times I had items not hit reserve and then someone would call me after the auction and make a deal. Most of the time if I could have hit the bid one time it would have hit reserve, eBay would have got their money and buyer and seller would be happy.

 

[huskihl]

I never have time to retract an eBay bid.

 

[cuinrearview]

I never have time to retract an eBay bid.

I'm too busy covering my ears from the shrill.

 

[huskihl]

I'm too busy covering my ears from the shrill.

I could never understand bidding early. I pick a number and send it with 5 seconds left. Sometimes I win. Sometimes I lose. But that's better than giving someone time to raise their max bid.

 

[cuinrearview]

I could never understand bidding early. I pick a number and send it with 5 seconds left. Sometimes I win. Sometimes I lose. But that's better than giving someone time to raise their max bid.

I'm usually too cheap. Actually, the box in your shop contains a couple of my rare ebay "wins"

 

[Joel D'Angelo]

That's the only thing about ebay I don't like. Winning or losing in the last 10 seconds is a crapshoot.

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

Auctions are going to be a crapshoot.

Is it something someone is sick and tired of dealing with, something that was in the back of the yard for the last 5 years, or just "it's done it's time" for an outfit that only hangs on to stuff for a couple years.

A lot of my buddy's trucks and some of the equipment came from auctions. I've also bought a few things here and there as well.
Only hit a bum deal once, an 08 F350 that ran fine at the auction, but barely made it 25 miles to the shop. Had 2 bad cylinders.
$20k on a truck that needs almost $20k for an engine.

 

[rancher2]

Buying any thing used is a crap shoot. Whats the reason the current owner is selling it is always the big question. I have bought quiet a few ideas at auction's over the year be it online or live. I always have my high bid and stay at that. Only one time did I get caught up in bid fever as I call it. Twenty years ago I had been looking for a 4240 or 4440 JD tractor for a couple years. One came up on a auction 80 miles from home on a estate auction. Looked like I was going to be out of town that day but I made it back and we went to the auction took a quick look right before it was going to sell. Very nice low hour one owner tractor I told my self $20,000 was max . I ended up paying $23,000 for it. Used the tractor 15 years and sold it for $28,000 and only ever did general maintenance to the tractor.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

I could never understand bidding early. I pick a number and send it with 5 seconds left. Sometimes I win. Sometimes I lose. But that's better than giving someone time to raise their max bid.

I love when you look at an eBay auction on a used saw and in the first 5 hours it’s had 15 bids pushing the price to within 20% of a new saw.

 

[Husky Man]

That's the only thing about ebay I don't like. Winning or losing in the last 10 seconds is a crapshoot.

Snipe it at a little over the ABSOLUTE MOST that you are willing to pay, in the last 5 seconds of the auction, either you get it for a price that you are willing to pay, or it sells for more than you were willing to pay, it's really simple.

All that bidding before the last 10 seconds does is gives other bidders a chance to out bid you.

The only reason for the 7 day auction lengths is to give as many bidders a fair chance to find the listing as possible. Find the the item that you are interested in, put it on a watch list and wait until the closing moments of the auction to bid, anything else is foolish, with the exception of a listing that has a very low opening bid, with NO BIDS on it yet, put in a small bid, and you Might get lucky, I have, and by putting in the FIRST bid you MAY deter some budget bidders that look for low opening bids, some will bypass an auction that already has "Competition".

I personally LOVE the Finite auction END Time on ebay, the ones that stay "Open" for like another 10 minutes after a bid, are annoying, Place your best bid, and be Done with it.

With ebay, the selling price is set by the SECOND HIGHEST Bid, Plus the next incremental increase, so even if you bid $500 the last 10 seconds, if the Next Highest bid is only $300, you will get it for $300, PLUS the next bidding increment, which I Believe is $5 at that price point, so even though you bid $500, you only PAY $305.. IMO, that is the BEST way to do things, everyone has a Fair chance, and the auction closes at a scheduled time, granted "Live" auctions would lose a lot of Drama, but ebay's way is Superior in my opinion

Those that complain that they "Lost By ONLY $XX, don't Really UNDERSTAND how ebay works, in the $300/$500 dollar, $305 Win situation, they didn't really "Lose by $5" they lost by $205 and just didn't know it, $300 was all that they "Thought" they wanted to pay, then cry, I "Would have Paid another $5". That is why you bid just a bit past what you "Think" your Max Bid is, Bid High Enough, that If/When you get out bid, it Really IS more than you were willing to pay.

Doug