benjoshua wrote:Go for it!

24-hours one-way according to Yahoo.  1600 miles divided by 20 MPG = 80 gallons times $3/gallon = $240 one-way.  Maybe if I drive there and start selling the items on the way back home . . .  

That does make me wonder if driving to much closer destinations is feasible as part of a weekend trip.

Deadlord39 wrote:3 hours to Foxwoods for me, or 2 if my brother drives.

Deadlord39 and I are practically neighbors.

I'm located in southern Maine and Mapquest tells me it's only 2 hrs and 45 minutes to the seller's location.  Looks like I should over bid cougie's high bid by the $200 shipping cost.  I make trips to Mass anyways and could just back my truck up to their door, load up and go.  Might be worth it just so cougie doesn't get it.  Then I can part it all out to Acaeum member's and no one would have to worry about M-Bags!  

bspaul41 wrote:
Deadlord39 and I are practically neighbors.

I'm located in southern Maine and Mapquest tells me it's only 2 hrs and 45 minutes to the seller's location.  Looks like I should over bid cougie's high bid by the $200 shipping cost.  I make trips to Mass anyways and could just back my truck up to their door, load up and go.  Might be worth it just so cougie doesn't get it.  Then I can part it all out to Acaeum member's and no one would have to worry about M-Bags!  

And to make the bid a little more palatable, Acaeum members could tell you how much they'd be willing to buy this or that from the lot off of you(or the winner).  It would mean less up front capital from you and guarantee sales going into the auction even before it was over.  It's up to you, of course, to accept or reject any offers.  Anything to motivate you or anyone else to keep Coug from winning, or at least keep him from winning it easily.  I don't mind if he loses a bunch of money because of his pride.

I asked the seller about picking it up. From where I work, it's actually about an hour drive, and I might be able to meet him halfway. If he's amenable to it, I'll bid on it, I guess........
Thanks for the offer though, BS! Where in Maine are you?

Can you guys PM me and tell me what you think the lot is worth? I'm not super keen on getting saddled with books I will undoubtedly break up and sell, but.................

LOL, seems a moot point now, but thanks, Brette!

benjoshua wrote:Coug never even bid.  Evidence he indeed skims this thread regularly.

And why does every bidder in the bid history except the winner have 3 asterisks in the middle of their Ebay User Name?


** expired/removed eBay auction **


$1040.00 was not a bad price for this lot, especially if they picked it up locally.  Is jastner an acaeum member?

Yes, DM Dave did bid, he is #4 on the list with the bid of $649.  Jastner is the bidding ID of the reseller Intelligator:



http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d ... llFeedback



He has both IDs signed up here, but never poster under the Jastner one and only posted a few times under the Intelligator one and its been a whitle since he logged in here under either ID:



Jastner



Intelligator



As far as the hidden IDs goes, thats been in place for about a year now.  When Ebay first made the change you would only see Bidder1, Bidder2, Bidder3, etc.  In the last couple of months they changed it to reflect it with 2 digits from the bidders ID scrambled uyp with the *** instead. Its much better this way, as it helps provided security for the bidders, but on the other it also helps find shilling for people on the look out for it.  Also, after a while you start to be able to tell who is who based on feedback and what not without being able to see the full user ID.

Isn't Alligator one of those buy-it-cheap-and-resell-stupidly-high resellers?

benjoshua wrote:Coug's got problems again.  

In several auctions, the buyer complained about the condition of items and Coug replies that the items were delayed by a Postal strike.  Apparently, Postal strikes damage items.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d ... 20Feedback

And the buyer states in one feedback that people can request a photo of the
"VCG" item in question.  Who's good at posting photos on threads?

I predict this poor buyer is about to get bombarded with requests for a mutual withdrawal.

Seems Dave must be all up on neging his own "stooges" now a days:



viewtopic.php?p=96918&highlight=#96918



Or then again, maybe not.    



Anyway, some should invite her(I am guessing by the Ebay handle it is a she) to the forum to gives her story.