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Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Thu, 11 August 2011, 20:34:08
I just found a Unicomp Spacesaver that appears to be in really good shape on eBay. Free shipping and its still at a low price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180708937427&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180708937427&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT)
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: sickchief on Fri, 12 August 2011, 01:32:18
A spacesaver that does not save space...
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: twn2 on Fri, 12 August 2011, 02:34:18
Well, compared to the normal model m, it saves a few centimeters at its two edges :)
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: jpm804 on Sat, 13 August 2011, 01:16:42
Isn't that the spacesaver you were trying to sell on the  classifieds thread?
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Sat, 13 August 2011, 01:42:05
Quote from: jpm804;398063
Isn't that the spacesaver you were trying to sell on the  classifieds thread?

Haha...wow, same pic. Maybe the seller stole his picture...
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Sat, 13 August 2011, 11:18:10
Yeah, the damn guy stole my pic! :mad:

:wink:
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Mon, 15 August 2011, 14:34:22
Yeah, two scumbags really screwed me on this listing. Two people (apparently friends) have been driving up the price of my listing the past couple of days. They just sent me a message asking to cancel their bids an hour before the auction ends which I did since ebay always sides with the seller.

My listing is back down to $40. I am Fing irate.

Scumbags
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Mon, 15 August 2011, 14:43:34
Quote from: ripster;399401
Ouch, meanwhile the original bidder probably walked away long ago.  

Some friends.


I don't know those people. I had 25 watchers on this listing that they probably now think is still at $75. Thats just such a scumbag move. I just don't understand people.
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: TexasFlood on Mon, 15 August 2011, 14:50:39
That's terrible.

I retracted a bid once due to mistakenly entering WAY too high a bid due to lack of decimal point but it wasn't intentional.
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Mon, 15 August 2011, 15:00:16
Quote from: BababooeyHTJ;399400
Yeah, two scumbags really screwed me on this listing. Two people (apparently friends) have been driving up the price of my listing the past couple of days. They just sent me a message asking to cancel their bids an hour before the auction ends which I did since ebay always sides with the seller.

My listing is back down to $40. I am Fing irate.

Scumbags

It's probably karma since you posted this topic and acted like you found this great deal...when it was really just your auction in the first place :P
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Mon, 15 August 2011, 15:23:21
Quote from: BiNiaRiS;399409
It's probably karma since you posted this topic and acted like you found this great deal...when it was really just your auction in the first place :P


Thanks for being such a nice guy.

I thought that I made it obvious enough that it was my auction. I'm not sure how thats "karma". You would rather buy from a random guy or someone whos post history you can check or ask questions or even contact in the future?
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Mon, 15 August 2011, 15:29:38
I guess that I shouldn't have worried too much. It still sold for a reasonable price.
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Mon, 15 August 2011, 15:32:52
Quote from: ripster;399425
Sold for $70.  Not bad. Karma is a mysterious thing.
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Ouch - the original bidder took it to $69.

Damn snipers.


Yeah, I feel bad for him. I really would have liked to have sold it to the original buyer. There was a lot of action in that last minute.
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Mon, 15 August 2011, 15:34:36
What do you think should I double box it or just send it in the same foam filled box that I got from Unicomp?
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Mon, 15 August 2011, 15:46:45
Thanks, I was sort of thinking the same thing. I feel better about it being double boxed.
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: BiNiaRiS on Mon, 15 August 2011, 15:55:12
Your original post did not. You posted that you "found" the auction. I don't think people should post their own items in the great finds forums. They should be posted in classifieds. Not trying to be mean.

Sold for good price, nice.
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: TexasFlood on Mon, 15 August 2011, 16:17:51
Worked out in the end, nearly getting back to the high bid.  I've rarely actually checked but when I have the original bidder rarely seems to win.  The original bidder is usually bidding bottoms up trying to get a deal, the winners tend to drop in a much higher bid most often as last as possible.  Sometimes the original bidder will be the guy dropping the high bid but not typically from what I've seen.
Title: Almost new Unicomp Spacesaver
Post by: FourOhFour on Mon, 15 August 2011, 18:29:36
Don't forget to add the two scumbags to your blocked bidder list. http://pages.ebay.com/services/buyandsell/biddermanagement.html