Is This For Real?

[quote=Bruce Day;53209]I looked again and the seller has the bidders name hidden. I suspect its one of those ebay schemes where the seller runs the price up himself trying to make it look like there is interest. Just another reason I stay away from ebay. I have my uncle's old Ingersoll RR watch he bought new, with fob, in the 1920's- he called it his "turnip timepiece"- I just bought at a gun show a cheap Chinese copy made up for the "TimePieces- American Historic Society (a non-existent entity, according to my Google recon) but, there was a bonus- I paid $10.00 for this piece of Chink-made junk because it had 2 1921 Morgan silver dollars inside each of the pot metal shells- whether the seller knew this, or if he did, knew what Morgan 1921 Liberty and peace Silver dollars are worth today, i do not know, nor care-

You are 100% right on the E-bay scams- I found a like new Milwaukee (made in Milwaukee WI- like the Harleys ) vaccuum pump, in the box - in a barn salvage deal back in August- I knew it was worth some $- checked e-bay- took it to a dealer friend who specializes in tools- he told me the exact same thing about e-bay- about as trustworthy as a politician running for a "re-up" and how they worked that "false bid scam" he went right to the Milwaukee website, found out this little gem retails for over $700.00, made me a fair offer in three solid figures, and we both made out- I would offer my grandchildren into slavery before I would EVER buy or sell on e-bay- I don't trust Pay-pal any further than i can throw a F-18's landing gear either-

[MarketHunter]

I buy and sell on eBay on a weekly basis, it makes me a big part my living and buys almost every gun or hunting trip I purchase. It has it faults and problems but for the most part folks are honest. I could count on one hand the serious problems I've had on there and have been involved in literally thousands upon thousands of transactions.

You can sell stuff on there for more money than you can dragging it around to flea markets and gun shows a lot of the time. Example: I bought 14 LL Bean cork black ducks from a guy awhile back for $15 each. I put some of them out three times at a flea market, and twice at gun shows for $25 each without even a tire kicker looking at them. Put a group of three on eBay and in a week I had $160 for the group, another group of three, same kind of money, until they were all gone and I'd made some decent cash. Tried them in other selling venues first because I didn't want to fool with shipping them but in the end it was eBay that got me the sales.

If you don't like it, don't use it. Those of us that do, enjoy the money it makes and the items it puts in our collections that we'd never find elsewhere.



Destry

[OLD GEEZER]

Francis: I have sold three collector cars and numerous other items and have nothing but good things to say about ebay. I think you should take another look and give it a try. Thomas

I mostly deal in used gun parts for double shotguns- I like to find old "parts guns" and salvage them for possible re-usable parts- sometimes you get some good parts, other times not. But like the guns I acquire (all used) I only buy from people I know and trust- a few dealers at shows, mainly from farmers.

You can't buy or sell guns on E-bay, but we can sell double guns and parts on the PGCA Forum. The $40 annual membership is a bargain- I have dealt with quite a few members here, every deal has been A-OK on both ends. To list on E-Bay, as on GI, Gun broker, etc- you must open an account, and that means both Pay-Pal and giving them a credit card- I'd cut off my right arm in a table saw before I would ever do that- too many fraud minded folks out trolling the choppy waters for me-

A PGCA Life member, whom I respect mentioned the term 'WARY" in his anaylsis of my "modus operandi" and he is as right as the mail on that- I do my business face to face, handshake and payment terms are those my Granddad taught me- CIF- CASH IN FIST-- For others here who have done well using E-Bay, I say "More power to you- go for it, I'll never get in your way" because Hell will freeze over and St. Peter will be pouring Michelob to go with the motza balls on rye before I ever take a step in that direction.

I wish I was smart enough to understand what my pal Luigi was telling me about the "rigged and dummy" false bids that drive up prices on E-Bay, but I am not- but I am cautious and possibly smart enough NOT to trust what I don't understand. My prediction- just as the Madoff Ponzi scheme finally saw the end, there will be a loud crash and burn on E-Bay and some folks will end up holding the short end of the stick--and the swindlers will be in some Bermuda island on a yacht, holding up a glass of champagne- like in the movie "Trading places"-- looking good!!!!!

[Pay Dirt]

From Wikipedia,
Matzoh balls in a bowl of soup, Matzoh balls (Yiddish: קניידלעך kneydlekh pl., singular קניידל kneydl; also kneydls, matza balls, matzoh balls, or matzo balls) are a traditional Ashkenazi dumpling made from matzoh meal.

Your thinly veiled bigotry never ceases to amaze me.
I too wish you were smart enough to understand that never in the history of the world (or the hereafter) have Matzoh Balls been served up in a sandwich on Rye Bread. If you've ever had a well made Matzoh Ball in a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup, you'ld know for certain that it would be found on any heavenly menu.

Originally Posted by Bobby Cash

From Wikipedia,
Matzoh balls in a bowl of soup, Matzoh balls (Yiddish: קניידלעך kneydlekh pl., singular קניידל kneydl; also kneydls, matza balls, matzoh balls, or matzo balls) are a traditional Ashkenazi dumpling made from matzoh meal.

Your thinly veiled bigotry never ceases to amaze me.
I too wish you were smart enough to understand that never in the history of the world (or the hereafter) have Matzoh Balls been served up in a sandwich on Rye Bread. If you've ever had a well made Matzoh Ball in a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup, you'ld know for certain that it would be found on any heavenly menu.

-- That phrase came to me in the USMC from my best fried, Lennie Teitelbaum-- being of the Jewish Faith, he knew, and even explained to me, what a matzoh meal was- it was his Yiddish humor in his own spin- first off- St. Peter is NOT of this world- being a Catholic even I know that- so the scenario is set for a form of what the Hindu might call a "Koan" a riddle set in an illogical scenario. I have been a guest in his home several times in Long beach, enjoyed great food and humor. If he were reading this- he would no doubt laugh and add- "So, whaddare ya- schmuck with earlaps already?" The ability to laugh at either the world or ones self in harsh surroundings has been one of many reasons for the survival of the Jewish faith over eons- in spite of pogroms and the horrors of the Holocaust- you want an example (already?)-- Mel Brooks is as kosher as they come- see his great spoof movie "Springtime for Hitler"-- or for an great example, following WW1 in Englasnd and the 1924 Olympics held in Paris- "Chariots of fire" and the star runner Abrahms- all the snide comments couldn't deter him, even from the idiot Prince of Wales- "well, do the best you can, Abrahams, that's all we can expect"--

You owe me and my friend an apology, but Hell will most likely freeze over and Gabriel will be pouring Guinness from a stirrup cup before that happens- now try to find something anti-Semetic in that if you can. And in closing, Lennie's favorite phrase with the coming Christmas Holidays- "Be sure to deck those halls with matzoa balls" !!

[Pay Dirt]

One only has to reach back in time 3 replies for your latest pearl of not so thinly veiled bigotry.

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

... I paid $10.00 for this piece of Chink-made junk ...

And who could forget the ever popular,"... some big Bi-Polar spook ..."(gleaned from your thread, 7 Dead in Kent County (MI- Grand Rapids) massacre in the Misfire section on Doublegun.com).
Now would be a good time to tell me what your Chinese and African American marine buddies served you for dinner back in the day.

I'm sorry Francis (there, I said the words), but I can't hear who you're telling me you are, your actions are shouting too loudly.

[Bill Murphy]

I wonder how Francis missed the Model 21 that I bought on ebay within the last year, for $500.00. Yup, the gun people don't pay much attention to ebay any more. Works for me.

[John D.]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

...n'ces pas????

I would invite you to post about things you have first hand experience. Such as "n'ces pas", which you wrote. Correctly it is "n'est pas", or more correctly "n'est-ce pas", unless you are quoting Bonaparte.

Second - you are not only wrong, but out of line - regarding ATF and eBay. That eBay now forbids what the ATF legally defines as "firearms" - it has ABSOLUTELY ZERO, nothing, nada, whatever - to do with an ATF transactions - legal or illegal. Until the recent policy change on eBay, tens of thousands of firearms were legally sold and purchased using the eBay auction site as a "storefront".

That you say - quote: "I'll send of copy of this to the closest BAFT office to MD" is ill informed (firstly - it is BATF - not "..BAFT.."), but moreso, to use this forum and posts within this forum to cast threats to other users, I find it particularly reprehensible, heightened by the fact that you are using your own ill-informed view, which has zero basis in reality - as the basis for those same threats.

My e-mail is admin@reutterwerk.com If you would like to post further in this forum, please e-mail to explain how this happened in this thread vis-a-vis your posting and as importantly - why it won't occur at ANY TIME in the future. Until that time, your posting privileges are suspended indefinitely.

I'll read your e-mail when I have the chance, but certainly won't feel rushed.

This thread is closed and two posts removed.

Have a great day, gentlemen.

John