Thread: E-Bay

Well, Dagnabit! I just got "sniped" on a W.H. Morley&Sons razor by $1.00!!, in the last 30 Min.! Sat down in my chair thinking I had won it, come back and found out I got outbid!. Drats.

For all you know, the other person could have bid $100 higher than you did, and he still would have won it for only $1.00 over your bid.

Now relax and start looking for another one.

Originally Posted by THORandODIN

Is my RAD going to get worse?

Don't be afraid of it.

Originally Posted by MW76

Don't be afraid of it.

Well, I got it out of my system ( I think) 4 razors all under 31 bucks, most expensive was just today, a Frieder Herder ABR. Sohn, 5/8ths No. 173 for $31.00.

Originally Posted by THORandODIN

Well, I got it out of my system ( I think) 4 razors all under 31 bucks, most expensive was just today, a Frieder Herder ABR. Sohn, 5/8ths No. 173 for $31.00.

If that's all it took you are a lucky man.

Congrats on the straights

Well, I "THINK" I got it out of my system, I just have to have some rules, No.1, buy only spike points, No.2, buy only 11/16ths or better, No. 3 put in your max bid and walk away from it, if you don't win, so be it. And here is a pet peeve I discovered, those "restored" razors that someone has bought, Put a super duper shine on, maybe" honed it up a bit and then ask 3x what its worth. Oh, by the way I love the "Restored" Wade&Butcher that someone has shined up and blown ALL the markings and stampings off of it How can you tell what it is when all the stamping and marks are gone?.

Originally Posted by celticcrusader

I've been a fully payed up member of the Ebay hunting party since 2003 buyer and seller, I will say even for the most experienced of us you still need to approach these things with a fare amount of caution, good deals can be had but beware at all times lots of questions to the seller helps If he's a genuine guy he will fill in all the blanks If he doesn't answer your PM's then move on.

That right there is excellent wisdom.......Unless I have a desire for a vintage razor I will stick with the vendors I know for good shaving product i.e other than ebay or amazon ....even if it means shelling out a couple dollars more because I know that is their business and they stand behind their goods and are well known throughout this shaving community . That goes for aftershave,blades,razors, etc.. That being said if I want a vintage razor,I would go through here first also for the same reasons. I'm not saying you can't find a deal on ebay with experience but, most vintage stuff here is pretty much backed up by the fact that if you sell bunk here ,everybody will know it so it's pretty much clean noses here and no shenanigans .

Originally Posted by THORandODIN

put in your max bid and walk away from it, if you don't win, so be it.

I started using this tactic about a week ago. I left my cell phone in the car for a few hours Sunday and when i got back to it i had the nice surprise of winning my first Henckels.