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RE: Thwarted - Chris KC - 21-07-2021
Hugh has the right idea - decide how much you are willing to bid, and don't bid a penny more. But don't place your bid until the final 30 seconds of the sale - if you show your cards too soon others will outbid you. As for sniping tools, if I remember correctly they require access to your bank account and for me they do not sound like the kind of 'businesses' I want to entrust with that access.
RE: Thwarted - Parazine - 21-07-2021
(21-07-2021, 07:16 AM)Chris KC Wrote: Hugh has the right idea - decide how much you are willing to bid, and don't bid a penny more. But don't place your bid until the final 30 seconds of the sale - if you show your cards too soon others will outbid you. As for sniping tools, if I remember correctly they require access to your bank account and for me they do not sound like the kind of 'businesses' I want to entrust with that access.
You are mistaken, no access to anything other than your eBay account is required.
RE: Thwarted - Colin Morgan - 23-07-2021
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274875747693?hash=item3fffdf0d6d:g:owoAAOSw5otg-Iwy
Is this of interest?
RE: Thwarted - Archivist - 23-07-2021
Absolutely Colin - thanks for pointing it out. Last evening I made a sizeable offer but sadly that has been declined. I shall now go away and lick my wounds and ponder what to do next. I was extremely disappointed the offer was declined without even a counter offer or a suggestion as to what might have been acceptable, particularly as I explained to the seller my Archive connections.
I don't wish to discuss this any more here, if that's ok. Be like Dad and all that...
Hugh
RE: Thwarted - bystander - 23-07-2021
Might be worth an informal chat with Richard Hunt at the Vintage Motorshop at Batley before proceeding any further. I would certainly value his opinion and general feeling about this publication - what he doesn't know about Austin literature (and indeed any motoring epherma is not worth knowing!)