Hello Everyone,
For those of us not monitoring Ebay for parts on a daily basis there is a
very good way of keeping up-to-date on the Ebay marketplace. Use Ebay's FREE
"Personal Shopper" feature. It is located under the Search button at the top
of the main page: http://www.ebay.com or this link might work.
http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?PersonalShopperViewSearches
The personal shopper has helped me in the past to find classifieds
pertaining to a broad range like "Sunbeam Tiger" or a narrow range like
"Edelbrock F4B". The personal shopper will search the Ebay database and
email you the results either daily or every 3 days. This service is free for
90 days and then you can just renew it and get it for FREE for another 90
days.
I really enjoy this mailing list and would hate to see it ruined by a
barrage of junk mail about Ebay auctions.
There's my 2 cents...
Malcolm
B382100317LRXFE
PS. Anybody out there have a MK2 AMP Gauge to sell?
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>From: SloMoIV@aol.com
>To: gary@schotland.com, alpines@autox.team.net, tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: eBay listing ad - comments
>Date: Mon, Sep 27, 1999, 4:12 AM
>
>
> Gary -
>
> A couple of thoughts:
>
> I regularly check out ebay, as I'm sure many other listers (including
> yourself) do. There are consistently many dozens of Sunbeam/Rootes items to
> be found there each and every day; some rare, some ordinary, some junk. Your
> (current) inventory, while certainly interesting, constitutes only a fraction
> of what's available. In other words, its not 'news' that there are currently
> Sunbeam parts for sale on ebay.
>
> I don't mind a person using the list to sell a car or a batch of parts on a
> one-time basis. That should be encouraged. But when the list is turned into
> a commercial extension of ebay, it gets to be a bit much, whether you're from
> Jersey or California.
>
> Ebay's easy enough for us to find on our own, thanks. There's no need to
> work the crowd for more bids.
>
> Dick Sanders
> Seattle
>
>
> In a message dated 9/26/1999 10:04:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> gary@schotland.com writes:
>
> << Chuck:
>
> Forgive me for foolishly thinking that people on the Alpine and Tiger lists
> might have an interest in bidding on certain sought after parts, tools, and
> models I'm auctioning on eBay. If you don't like seeing my ad listings,
> which
> are curiously similiar to ones I've seen periodically posted by certain list
> "insiders" that no one has complained about, you have the option of using
> something called the Delete button, which is located in the upper right hand
> corner of your keyboard. I've tried it many times on email from both lists.
> It
> works like a charm.
>
> You should also note that the Subject line indicates, in most instances, the
> content of the email. Paying careful attention to this will allow you to
> avoid
> the considerable unpleasantness involved with reading emails in which you
> have no interest. Again, I've tried this and it works.
>
> Thank you for diligently bringing my "outsider" status to the attention of
> our
> fellow listers. Being a member of these lists for 2+ years, a Sunbeam owner
> for 9 years, President (retired) of TE/AE for 2 years, and the holder of
> various
> other club leadership positions over the years, most certainly qualifies me
> as
> an outsider. I'm sure numerous fellow listers will agree with you on that.
>
> As a firm believer in the free market economy, I think auctioning certain
> parts
> on eBay makes perfect sense for all parties involved. Bidders have 7 days to
> decide what an item is worth to them and they have an equal stab at it like
> the next guy. When I've advertised a one-of-a-kind item at set price, very
> often the quickest repondent has gotten it. Everyone else, like the people
> who don't read their email 10 times per day, was SOL. Sometimes an item
> gets snapped up in minutes - literally. Most of my auctions have no
> reserve,
> meaning I will accept the final price, whatever it may be. Sometimes that's
> more $ than I expected. Other times, it's less. It probably all equals out
> in
> the end.
>
> I wasn't the seller, but is $250.00 for a very rare NOS rear view mirror
> ridiculous? To me, yes. To a guy who has $40k in his concours quality
> restoration, no. To someone with a "beater", yes. Let the market decide
> what items are worth. If you're not interested, think this method of
> selling is
> unfair, or have some other problem with it, stay on the sidelines, but don't
> deny other people the option to participate.
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth.
>
> Gary Schotland >>
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