EBAY

I have used ebay a lot, but only as a buyer, and the most I spent was about 30 pounds, but I never had any problems at all. All my transactions went smoothly. The feedback system they use seems to work well.

Hope this helps.

Simon

Some advice don't set a very high minimum bid, (i started at £1 and closed on £350) or no-one will bid but set a reserve price at the minimum price you will sell the goods for.

Scott

The shoulder was unstrapped last week......what a relief.

Slowly getting back to normal....should be able to safely drive a car by the weekend.

Regards

Mick

Thanks for the invitation.....may well take you up on it. No doubt we will meet up at the barbie if nothing else.

Regards

Mick

Glad to hear that you're out of the strap. Are you fancying another car?

I've had excellent experience as a buyer on eBay (at least 30 transactions, mostly rare records and CDs); I also strive to make sure that anyone selling to me has a good experience also with timely payment and informative communication.

You'd be in the driver's seat as a seller, as you can determine the means of payment and wait for the payment to come through before shipping the item.

About the only negative experiences you can get is if the buyer doesn't pay (if so, zing the buyer's feedback rating and contact eBay), or if the item arrives to the buyer damaged (strongly recommend that the buyer adds insurance to the shipment).

You shouldn't receive either problem as it's more likely than not that a buyer for a potentially expensive camera lens would be serious. You're more likely to get this problem if you were to sell something like car subwoofers.

Good Luck

Keith.

To add to your injury, I don't suppose anyone knows where I can get a secondhand 8mm cine-projector (ooer). I have some interesting films I need to check out.

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I don't suppose anyone knows where I can get a secondhand 8mm cine-projector (ooer). I have some interesting films I need to check out

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eBay!!

Cheers

Keith.

Chris who lives near me has some "interesting" films, any chance of an invite to view, Chris my dear old friend.

BTW.....Summilux Leica Lense...50 mm / F2 complete with filter and hood in mint condition..a gift at £300.This is very cheap.

If no one wants it...I will try Ebay.

Regards

Mick

Never under estimate the fever that auctions can generate. If two guys want those Kans and there are plenty who do, they will pay over the odds.

I have been a professional Buyer for 30 yrs and I am normally very cool and check out everything before buying. Three years ago I got involved in a local radio christmas charity auction for a platinmum CD presented to Kurtis Stigers on the Arista album. I got caught up in a two way bid and ended up paying £710 for the bloody thing.

I bought it without seeing it and when I collected it,that it was created by WH Smith.

So I was a prize plonker but at least the money went to charity. It does look rather smart in the spare bedroom.

Anyone want to make an offer.....

Regards

Mick

[This message was edited by Edwin on WEDNESDAY 09 May 2001 at 00:43.]

eBay, for those that don't know this, allows "bidding by proxy", whereby you enter for your bid, the amount that is the most that you're willing to pay for the item. eBay will balance this against the current price, the current minimum bid, the reserve, and other bidders' proxies to come up with the current high bidder.

So for a pair of Kans currently going for $100, you can say "the most that I am willing to pay for them is $450". So enter $450 for the bid. eBay will look at the higher of the reserve, the current minimum bid and what proxy the $100 bidder has, and match your bid against it. So the new winning bid could be, say $200. But eBay will remember the ceiling of $450 that you specified, and use that as a counteroffer for any later bids that come in.

The beauty of that is that you bid, walk away, and don't watch the auction until it's all done and therefore don't go crazy getting into a bidding war, as you've already specified the max that you're willing to pay.

I've broken this rule for items which I know I will lose to snipers; it allows me to play with them before they walk off. If you're gonna pull that stunt, you're gonna pay a little extra for the item.

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Now I have a mess to straighten out with e-bay since they charged me a percentage of the "winning bidder."

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Kris, I believe that eBay waives the fee for a "failed" auction if you put it up again. But perhaps you've dug into this deeper that I have already. I also assume that you informed eBay that this buyer isn't taking appropriate care of his login.

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How about a Naim "For Sale" Forum

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I believe that it's been suggested before; naim relies very much on its dealer network and therefore I don't expect them to put something like this up.

Do a search on the "naim for sale" forum at Topica for a newsgroup that does just this.

Cheers

Keith.

[This message was edited by Keith Mattox on WEDNESDAY 09 May 2001 at 00:54.]

You spotted my mistake, yes it is a summicron.

So here is revised description.

Leica Summicron 50mm/F2 lense to fit M6 rangefinder camera. It is the version that is all black and has a thumb knob type focus adjuster.

This lense is in as new condition and is fitted with a plain filter, sun hood and end cap.

Serial No 2986636

The price of £300 is very low as you well know.

Regards

Mick

Certainly - when I get my listening room sorted. It's small (the room...) - er, as in small! But sounds good. Currently about to (finally) upgrade speakers as I've located a suitable pair of SBLs - but I won't tempt fate.

The films BTW are old family cine-films which I'm sure will be of absolutely no interest to anyone outside a very small circle. Mum and Dad on the beach at Teignmouth in 1966 anyone?

I've successfully sold Naim-related items on Loot recently - I don't think a Naim-sanctioned ad-page would be a great idea.