So if some prices seem to end up high its because generally the winner was tired of looking, needed to finish project or just isnt available in his area etc.and kept bidding till he owned it, and i can tell you, the price is quickly forgotten once you are fondling that rare y block part ! The opportunity to acess the amount of parts etc sitting at nite searching for good priced regular stuff that may vary from seller to seller is one thing, you can choose which one has the best shipping, buy it now price etc as the the best deal, but that one hard to get item is going to end up on the high side price wise and hence Epay term unkindly used, but i bet no one complains when they sell something on ebay and get a high price for it!!!

So all this considered, when the opportunity arises on ebay you gotta ask yourself one question! Well punk are you gunna own it? well punk are you?? Ha.Ha.

Merry Xmas To all our y block  community, Best regards. Bill.

I personally use the term in deference to the culture of the forum I may be on at the time, be it automotive, petrolania, or whatever, as some sites have spoken and unspoken rules about reference to commercial sites... naming them, in which parts of the forum you can name them, and so on.

Being noobish here, I took the safe route of mis-naming it, much as I would refering to a chebbie... though with less disrespect intended.

Again, I know u werent directly responding to me, so no reflame intended. In fact, the picture in your signature reminds me I need to check a bid.

Cheers...  Brian

Sometimes guys get carried away and I want to jump in there and say whoa!  But it doesnt happen too often. 

The problem with ebay in my mind is the rating system.  Recently I sold an item and in the buyer's written rating he said everything was excellent, and mentioned shipping.  Then went over and gave me all "good" in the specifics.  Knocked down the 5's tp 4.9's.  If that happens very often small sellers really get clobbered.

Lon

Some of you fellas may remember the "Turning Ebay into Epay" articles I wrote for the Y block mag a year or two ago. I am no expert, but some of the advice and tech assistance that I was giving to the grey haired crowd spurned me to try to help a little more by sharing some of the tips to finding parts that are listed erroneously, selling stuff yourself, shipping, etc. I never heard from anyone about the articles (Bruce said that he liked them...) so I don't know if it really helped anyone or not.

Working almost 7 days a week takes up a lot of my spare time that sure, I could be using in yards (which I occasionally visit), but the buying and selling on ebay and the internet in general has opened up a whole new ball game for me. I could NOT afford to be so deep into this "hobby" without the profits gained from buying and selling on ebay.

For the record, just about all of my auctions on Ford parts begin at 99 cents and the auction rides. Some fellas get really good deals on nice quality parts - no problem, glad to help, but then some guys pay through the nose because they just have to have it. I never would have dreamed that a 55 ford dash bracket for a choke cable would have went for $80, nor that a vent duct for a 55 air cooled fordo would have went for $115! Speed parts a real killer. The last blower (VS57) that I sold went for $894...but I only paid $300 for it. Mind you - the .99 starting auction price garnered quite a few watchers.

Now that I have made about half of you mad - have a Merry Christmas!

Ebays charges and paypal fees are getting too high,but for now I can accept it.

Kevin, couldnt agree more with you! if i showed you my list of blocked bidders it would take up 3 posts full.

One thing with the ebay fees and charges, i have allways looked at it like this, Where else could you advertise worldwide for 10 days and longer with relists till you sell it for the fees that they charge,? compare that with the costs of advertising in local paper one time or recycler for only that set period they offer and realistically only effects reasonably close people who can pickup, never mind the conveinence of paying online with protection etc, All that technology costs millions so i think the charges are pretty fair, although like everything, they keep creeping up. Have a nice Xmas in the snow? i,m going fishing tommorrow in 30 degree heat. best regards bill.

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!

Oldcarmark.

Thanks for your input to this post i started, glad to see general consensus has similar view to mine. On the point of 2 guYs bidding in a battle royale and pushing the final price far too high on a minority item, i often check on the bidding historY and majority of the time its 2 guys with low feedback rateing score indicating inexepierence in auctions! its no different to Auction fever at real sale where putting your hand up to better previous bid only raises the cost each time, bit like a *issing competition. The sly old foxes bid high, bid late and come home with a feed, Yum! Y block parts, Yum!  Happy New Year to all!.

Glad to hear somebody got something out of it. Hard to tell with no feedback or anything. I do know that the local fellas learned a few things. Some of the veteran Y block crowd doesn't know the first thing about ebay, but they want to bid to get parts and find what they need. That is why I wrote those articles - just to be a help to those folks.