Thread: Banjo Steering Wheel COMPLETE

Tweet

Grant Banjo leather wrapped steering wheel. This is a beautiful piece, Perfect condition and basically brand new. I had it in my car but changed my mind before the car had ever been driven, so its 100% flawless. Comes COMPLETE with the polished stainless hub and mounting kit, horn button, and all hardware needed to directly bolt up to your GM column. 275.00 complete, plus 20.00 shipping.

Just listed it on ebay with no reserve... its gotta go!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Grant...QQcmdZViewItem

Originally Posted by joeybsyc

Just listed it on ebay with no reserve... its gotta go!


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Grant...QQcmdZViewItem

I noticed you hedged your bet a little though. You included the line "I reserve the right to end the auction early."


Don

I put that in all my auctions without a reserve, basically because ebay takes away the buy it now option on no reserve auctions, which i think is dumb... if someone wants to buy it now for 250.00 before the auction ends, I'll end it for them... I don't understand why ebay won't allow this option to stay for the duration of the auction, it seems silly that the buy it now option goes away after the first bid is placed. Unless someone offers me the buy it now price, the auction will run... regardless of final bid price. Hope that clears up any confusion. -JB

The only reason I caught that and mentioned it is because when I see that in an ad it makes me think if the seller feels it isn't going too well he will pull the item, even if people have been bidding in good faith. There have been items I have been bidding on, and all of a sudden the ad disappears, so it makes you feel somewhat cheated. Now, when I see this in an ad, I just keep going to another item.

I just always put a reserve on my stuff, at a figure I can live with, and if it goes there or beyond, I am happy.

Just a personal observation and opinion.


Don

People will b*tch regardless... Thats just what people do.

I have no interest in putting something on ebay with an opening bid thats the same as the buy it now price, or artifially "inflating" my opening bid or reserve to cover listing fees or shipping or something else.... its a no reserve auction... there's a risk involved and I'm ok with that. At the same time, bidders know that the final bid price is the actual price they pay... I'm not into all these auctions i always see with "reserve not met". No one has any idea what the actual reserve really is... with a no reserve auction you know whatever the current bid is will be the price it sells for unless you place a bid higher, and it WILL sell for that, not just end with "reserve not met"...most of em END with reserve not met too, because people don't bother to bid on something with a hidden price. I've always thought that if you don't really want to sell something to the highest bidder then don't put it up for auction. While I do sometimes put reserves on stuff that I can't afford risking selling for peanuts, I usually don't use any reserve at all, and just let the bidders set the price. A little risky for the seller, sure, but I've been buying and selling on ebay since July of 1998, before it even had pictures of what you were bidding on... Have had good luck so far, and have sold a ton of stuff with over 1000 happy transactions... if anyone doesn't want to bid on something I'm selling for any reason, I have no problem with it... On the other hand you may lose out on a brand new banjo wheel that costs over 300.00 new, that could be had for whatever the highest bid is, with no reserve and a low opening bid... so by not bidding on it, who really loses?

I know WHY it goes away, I just said that i don't think it should...I believe you should be able to sell something with no reserve to the highest bidder and still offer people the option to buy it now for a set price any time during the auction. No big deal, I was just explaning why it stated in the auction that it could be ended at any time, because someone asked. As I said, unless someone agrees to pay what the buy it now was, the auction will run regardless of final price. Hope that clears it up.