You forgot to mention that the offer is revokable for any reason at any time. 

Yes, I did, and now that you mention it I also forgot to say that the rules can change mid-contest and those changes won't be benefitting the participants.

So is this like a real Karma tracker?  I need somthing like that.   Do we get gold coins at the end or something? 

You get a $25 gift card from Travis, but you have to have obtained 100 positive karma points and they ALL have to come from 100 different members. That last part alone prevents any gift cards from going out as it exceeds the regular contributions made by the 10 or so active members here who do more than just read posts.

Is anyone using an eBay Listing service (Program) that they would recommend?

I only list 10 to 20 items a month and sell maybe 10 to 12 a month on a regular basis, so I don't need turbo anything. I use the templates and that is useful as you can save about 10 templates I think and pick the approach for any given item you are listing.

If you have an item listed and have others that are similar you can just click on the original item's "sell a similar item" link and then change the content and pics as necessary.

As in many thing in life the KISS strategy might apply....Keep It Simple Stupid.

Several months ago a locker came up that all of us here on the forum dream about…The Super Deluxe.

As 3 of us walked away from it we met down the hall and exchanged knowing glances.
Then looking back at the crowd we heard some NEWBIE saying…”look there’s a motorcycle in there !”

The auctioneer went in and when he came out he said “We didn’t see that when we cut the lock.” The door was immediately closed. Thanks newbie….one of us could have had that at hopefully a decent price.

Flash forward….this week the locker comes up again, but it’s at facility #3 of the day and the auctioneer plays up the “scooter locker” to the crowd throughout the first two facilities; fortunately, mostly newbies who won’t be able to afford it, but 5 of us who can.

We finally get there…door goes up; they’ve moved the motorcycle to full visibility to check the numbers for dmv. I figured two months ago I would go to $1k on this 10 x 10 as it had GOOD quality stuff showing and boxes probably the same.

First bidder (regular) goes $500. It quickly goes up over $1k and while someone offers $1,400 I’m in at $1,500 just because I know the others will keep going and I’m always happy to help an idiot spend his money. I’m out at $1,650….it sells to the first bidder…wait for it…..$2,150.

Looked up the scooter later. New sells for $650. Maybe $400 or so used…Chinese variety.  Buddy propane heater…new $84…used (I have one and they are great in winter). Half a dozen fishing poles…maybe $120 to $150 total. A barbecue with grey cover…probably stainless underneath, but still…..takes a lot to get back $2,150 (plus) and then make some profit; am anxious to talk to this guy in weeks to come.  If the four foot high stack of stuff comes in over what he paid he’s OK, but otherwise it will either be for the fun of it (break even) or a semi-expensive lesson in over-buying (losing money).

Nazi swastikas bend to the right, those that bend to the left are swastikas but not Nazi swastikas.

This horse has been beated so many times it's a wonder it's not dead by now.

Is anyone having problems posting?   Good 50%-75% of the time I just hang, never posts.  Have to copy, back out, re-reply and paste.

I mentioned this some months ago for myself. Same symptoms: type a message, try to post. It comes back with a screen saying "couldn't connect" or some such.

I learned then to copy text before I tried to post...at least I wouldn't lose what I had typed. Then try to post again. Usually takes 3 times to get it to take.

I forgot what Travis said at the time.

Don't think it's us because as you said in your post...."...doesn't happen anywhere else."

Will copy this before I push the post button and see what happens.  Will come back in with an edit either way it goes.


Edit:

It got through on one click of the post button. 3:22 Pacific time 8 13 13

BUT:

When I tried to post the edit above it went to the error message. Let's see what happens this time.

I too chose this forum because there are no agendas here.   

Well, two that I know about.

Haven't read too much here about buying at auction houses.  What has been your experience?

There is one locally and I went to a preview day but wasn't that impressed with the contents. I talked to a guy who bought a pair of small figurines of comic book characters. Forget what he paid for it, but seemed like a lot to me....then he finished the story.

Turns out he was buying a case of them (even he didn't know that), so he was happy when they brought it forward and he got maybe 10 times the quantity he thought he was buying.

You?