Thread: Something for everyone 6 days to go!!

That's killing me

Tony is trying to pass along a tip ON HIS COMPETITION! For our members' benefit

Tha's right - he sells razor on ebay himself occasionally.

You have to be thankful

Cheers
Ivo

It seems I badly misenterpreted the post. My apologies to portal5 and all.

Originally Posted by Orgborn

It seems I badly misenterpreted the post. My apologies to portal5 and all.

Eh, don't worry - Tony's a good sport, as are we

Cheers
Ivo

Well, did anyone win any razors?

Yes, I won three. See the pics...nothing super special, but nice. I will send them off for some cleaning, honing, Dremel-love. As a side note, all the auctions I have ever been to have a buyer's premium (and a seller's premium as well)...auctioneers are like stockbrokers or bookies - win or lose, they get paid....that's how they make their money.

I won a basic Solingen blade with MOP (or MOP looking) inlay in the scales. a nice 19th Cen. Wedge from Sheffield, and a Hibbard Spencer Bartlett with a covered tang (I like those too...one of my TIs has that).

Originally Posted by Bayman

Well, did anyone win any razors?

Yes I got sucked in. I usually stay clear of auctions due to the Buyer's Premium. Oh and I also missed the whole shipping issue. My bad for not reading the fine print. (They did mention in their listings that they would ship Priority Mail for each item at a cost of $5.00 and would combine shipping. However, I got the invoice saying they don't do shipping. ) Anyway, I spent most of the day checking out the auction and I'll make a few points. 1) I think the auction primarily focused on scales and to a lesser degree blades. 2) Not being a "floor bidder" makes it difficult because at times I thought I had won an item due to my higher bid. Well, it seems the items would close and someone with a lower bid had won. On the other hand I was beat by a floor bidder by $5 to then be notified I won. 3) Finally, I got what I thought were some good deals. Even with the 13% charge. Spent $163.85 ($145 + 13%) = $60 + $10 + $25 + $25 + $10 + $15. Unfortunately would have spent about $60 twice more but got beat out for some fat blades. Anyone want to give me an opinion? I probably can't post pics from the auctioneer's but I guess I could list the items auction numbers or links to ebay?

John

Hmmm maybe I can post them? lol

Oh btw a mint red imp went for $20. Thought I won that one.

I got a couple of razors for 15.00. I'm just getting into straights, so anything new is great and I thing these look ok. I guess I'll call them tomorrow about the $5 shipping. I saw it in the posting too. I think they'd have to do it if it's in the ebay posting.

I called the auction house today and they told me that they would ship for $5.00 per item.

Randy

Originally Posted by mrcleanhead

Oh btw a mint red imp went for $20. Thought I won that one.

I think I won that one, assuming this is it:



Actually, I won several lots. I put in what I thought were low-ball bids on a bunch of razors and razor lots and won a few. I ended up with 22(!) razors, for a total, including buyer's premium, of $209. Here's most of what I won:

Lot of five razors, including a (made in Spain) C-Mon Filarmonica for $30:



Lot of three razors, including a (to my tastes) snazzy Genco Easy Aces with blued tang for $35:


This lot for $10:


This lot for $40:


And finally, this lot for $20:


I'm particularly happy about the Craftsmans, C-Mon blackie, the C-Mon Filly, and the Red Imp!

I just missed getting a lot that included a pretty posh, apparently NOS Goldedge for $60. Also, WireBeard beat me on that very nice Hibbard, Spencer, and Bartlett, which I would have liked.

I called the auction house and Cindy told me they'd ship up to five razors for $5, and would charge actual shipping costs (via UPS) for any number of razors over that, which is pretty much what the listing said in the first place.

These are some great buys!

Cheers
Ivo