what a rip off artist

[Lids]

Thought this was fishy when i found it.

Buy off ebay for $125.50

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290228128144

Sell back on ebay for $250 a few weeks later!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290233880485&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:Watchlink:middle:us

[simon uk]

thats Michael Boyer, I have bought a couple of things off of him in the past. He is obviously making some money on that if someone buys it, but I guess its a free market economy, so if you see something for a good price and pick it up, then try to sell it on for a profit, then a lot of people will do it. It seems to me that the guy who sold it did underprice it a bit and it was on buy it now, so he is the one who has lost out I suppose. It isnt exactly subtle though.

Si.

[yvre]

its a free market economy

Exactly. I don't see any 'rip-off'.
You also have a problem with 2nd hand cars dealers then???

[Lids]

its a free market economy

You also have a problem with 2nd hand cars dealers then???

yep

[Lids]

i owned this catalog, and $125 is about right, i sold mine for $110 last year

[simon uk]

its a free market economy

You also have a problem with 2nd hand cars dealers then???

yep

 

Everything has a value, so if the buy it now is on the highside, he will have to find someone who is prepared to pay for it.

[benssp]

I think it's enterprising, I bought a pair of right hand drive split headlamp lenses at a swapmeet for 50p, sold them the next day for £40!

If someones happy to pay $250 for it then I can't see any issue. if you didn't know the cost price it wouldn't've been an issue.

Lids, you must've made profit on something before.

[Fastbrit]

But Autohaus catalogs are crap...

[Lids]

Lids, you must've made profit on something before.

Yeah but not straight away, it must just be me then, stuff like this is for collecting and cherishing, perhaps I'm not ruthless enough.

[simon uk]

I must admit I sold something recently, got knocked down on the price, then saw it back up for sale for a much higher price a couple of weeks later and wasnt too impressed, if the original seller saw it he would have the right to feel a bit P-O'd, although he did set the price himself originally.

[benssp]

Just think, the original guy probably got it for free in the seventies quite the profiteer

[67worshipper]

the thing with ebay is not to expect to much money for anything.then any money over the top of the price you wanted is a bonus.i always sell stuff through ebay thats not worth much.one mans tat is another mans treasure.anything worth money should be sold through the proper channels.ive sold stuff cause ive needed the funds so dont worry what it sells for as long as i can pay for the next part of the jigsaw my feeling on that catalogue is it aint worth the money but if you ask ten different people the same question you,d get ten different answers

[Bruce]

Lids, you must've made profit on something before.

Yeah but not straight away, it must just be me then, stuff like this is for collecting and cherishing, perhaps I'm not ruthless enough.

So how much did you pay for that catalog?

[lowfastbus]

At a swapmeet lately I sold a Empi VDM steering wheel for 150€, the same day at the same swapmeet it was put for sale at 250€...
Made me feel a little bad, but I must admit I got the steering wheel by trading it for a crappy black stock steering wheel.

[Sarge]

But Autohaus catalogs are crap...

I hate to think how many of those I threw in the dumpster when I worked there 

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

But Autohaus catalogs are crap...

I hate to think how many of those I threw in the dumpster when I worked there 

LOL Sarge I wonder how many got used as toilet paper I know we were always kicking them around the floor of the Bathroom at the warehouse and B.P. Store  LMAO  I wonder if it is missing Pages?? 

[stealth67vw]

Capitalist swine. How dare they sell something for a profit  

[Lids]

Lids, you must've made profit on something before.

Yeah but not straight away, it must just be me then, stuff like this is for collecting and cherishing, perhaps I'm not ruthless enough.

So how much did you pay for that catalog?

i got it for $90, and it came with a sticker (which i kept )

[Bruce]

Lids, you must've made profit on something before.

Yeah but not straight away, it must just be me then, stuff like this is for collecting and cherishing, perhaps I'm not ruthless enough.

So how much did you pay for that catalog?

i got it for $90, and it came with a sticker (which i kept )

So by your definition, you are a RIP-OFF ARTIST!

[Lids]

I get your point, but i had it for 3 years before i let it go, so no not really

[Zach Gomulka]

Can't say I havent done pretty much the same thing. Find something poorly advertised on eBay, buy it cheap, and immediately put it back up there with a good description and a load of key words. Double your money.

[stealth67vw]

Can't say I havent done pretty much the same thing. Find something poorly advertised on eBay, buy it cheap, and immediately put it back up there with a good description and a load of key words. Double your money.

Yep. Same here. I bought a set of Pauter VW rods for $125 last year and had them sold the day I got them in the mail for $600. Did I rip off anybody?

[Zach Gomulka]

Just the guy you bought them from!!

No, seriously. It's his own damn fault for letting them go for so little. Nothing wrong with taking advantage of the stupid!

[jick]

lids....we've been car buddies for about 15 years or so now......

you really do talk some shit sometimes dont you...

i know how much you've paid for things that have then been sold for a profit.....and not always much later..

ps....i see you received an acceptable offer on those DDS manifolds on the sale thread.......was that about the same as what you paid for them....

case closed......lids was wrong.

[ESH]

... Did I rip off anybody ...

Yourself, you should have kept them! 

[Lids]

lids....we've been car buddies for about 15 years or so now......

you really do talk some shit sometimes dont you...

i know how much you've paid for things that have then been sold for a profit.....and not always much later..

ps....i see you received an acceptable offer on those DDS manifolds on the sale thread.......was that about the same as what you paid for them....

case closed......lids was wrong.

DDS manifolds was the same as what i paid for them. so no profit. not after a profit, just to cover the cost of bug-in plaque #1, don't really need 2 sets of DDS manifolds.  This is not a simple argument, just that its happened to me before, sold somebody a DDs pulley for a fair price, less than 1 week later it was for sale on here for over twice as much.  I have even taken a loss of some items I sold before xmas, just cuz i needed the cash to pay for my honeymoon.

do you remember those NOS empi door pulls you swapped, did you see how much he sold them on for!

[benssp]

Moral of this story is...................................................Don't sell stuff cheap, Take the piss, you'll regret it later

[Martin Greaves]

Well if any one want one let me know as i have one that i may sale.

[jick]

lids....we've been car buddies for about 15 years or so now......

you really do talk some shit sometimes dont you...

i know how much you've paid for things that have then been sold for a profit.....and not always much later..

ps....i see you received an acceptable offer on those DDS manifolds on the sale thread.......was that about the same as what you paid for them....

case closed......lids was wrong.

DDS manifolds was the same as what i paid for them. so no profit. not after a profit, just to cover the cost of bug-in plaque #1, don't really need 2 sets of DDS manifolds.  This is not a simple argument, just that its happened to me before, sold somebody a DDs pulley for a fair price, less than 1 week later it was for sale on here for over twice as much.  I have even taken a loss of some items I sold before xmas, just cuz i needed the cash to pay for my honeymoon.

do you remember those NOS empi door pulls you swapped, did you see how much he sold them on for!

the way i see it is if i get what i've asked for something then i really dont care what the purchaser then does with it...it's no longer my business....its gotta move on..... there's always more old crap to buy.

[Rennsurfer]

Nothing wrong with taking advantage of the stupid!

(sigh) 'Tis the way of my existence... people have been taking advantage of me for many years.