Wooff Narrow Bore D Half Set on eBAY

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Sun May 30, 2004 8:32 pm

Auction closed at $4051. Looks like the pipes are headed to Germany!

Lorenzo · Post by **Lorenzo** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:02 pm

Tony wrote:
Lorenzo wrote:I've noticed a lot of "I reserve the right to end the auction early" on eBay lately. I wonder why it's been going on for so long and no one seems to do anything about it....
Probably because they all fit within the guidelines of eBay's rules for ending an auction early.

I just found a section on eBay regarding ending auctions early. It's in sec 2 of this page. Kind of a new twist I wasn't aware of.

http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/end_early.html "Sell item to high bidder(s) and end listing early"

This means you can end an auction early and sell to whoever happens to be the highest bidder at the time. Not that anyone would actually want to do that (seems kinda dumb) but at least eBay allows for listings to end early. The other way explained in the rules is to cancel all the bids then end it early. And really, I think this means you can cancel any unwanted bids and choose who you want to sell it to. Of course your reason can still be "because item is no longer for sale" (on eBay).

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:38 pm

The intent of eBAY is for an auction to be completed from start to finish through eBAY. eBAY is paid a small fee for listing the item and is paid a larger fee for the sale of the item. eBAY wants both fees but especially the 2nd fee.

If an item is 'not available for sale', that would include off-eBAY. If you were selling a piece of Waterford, listed it, dropped it during the auction, then it is legitimately no longer available for sale.

People request all the time to have the Seller close the auction early (who wants to have real bidders against you, the Buyer) but that is not kosher according to eBAY.

glands · Post by **glands** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:04 pm

If you were selling a piece of Waterford, listed it, dropped it during the auction, then it is legitimately no longer available for sale.

Taken literally?

Meaning you could not sell a piece of dropped and broken Waterford Crystal?

I suppose you could sell anything you darn well wanted to on eBay broken or not.

reedman · Post by **reedman** » Tue Sep 21, 2004 4:17 pm

I think he got a fair price, how much will Ebay charge commission for the sale, 5%or 10%

anyone know, just for the future in case I sell a set.

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:11 am

glands wrote:
If you were selling a piece of Waterford, listed it, dropped it during the auction, then it is legitimately no longer available for sale.
Taken literally?

Meaning you could not sell a piece of dropped and broken Waterford Crystal?

I suppose you could sell anything you darn well wanted to on eBay broken or not.

Anything can be bought and sold - one man's trash is another man's treasure.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 8:38 am

Jim McGuire wrote:....one man's trash is another man's treasure.

Depends.
I thought my antique Playboy ashtrays would bring $50-75 apiece. Turns out, they commonly sell for under $10.
Who knew they produced thousands of them!

brianc · Post by **brianc** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:41 am

If you dropped a piece of Waterford, wouldn't that be PIECES of Waterford then offered for sale?

Jim McGuire · Post by **Jim McGuire** » Wed Sep 22, 2004 1:21 pm

A One-Of-A-Kind Waterford Crystal Jigsaw Puzzle!