What Are You Doing Now?

[Julie2owlsdene]

Isn't all that a bit mean! What would Enid say?

If there is something I really want, I bid in £1's. If it gets above my limit I stop. I've just bought two 1965 annuals, which I remember in early teens, Diana and Bunty. I got the Diana for 99p and Bunty sadly went up to £3, but as both have in tact jackets, I guess the deal is a good one.

[floragord]

Move safely negotiated, greetings all from wonderful Pembrokeshire! Non-stop unpacking for the last week, but books on bookshelves, fire lit each evening, neighbours = horses in the field one side and a castle on the other - a different world from Sussex by the Sea........ nice to catch up on the EBS goss too

[Rob Houghton]

Isn't all that a bit mean! What would Enid say?

If there is something I really want, I bid in £1's. If it gets above my limit I stop. I've just bought two 1965 annuals, which I remember in early teens, Diana and Bunty. I got the Diana for 99p and Bunty sadly went up to £3, but as both have in tact jackets, I guess the deal is a good one.

It's not really mean, as I would happily pay £20 for each item I bid on - its just raising the price for the seller, if others wish to bid against me. Its not like I don't intend to honour the £20 if I win!

[Julie2owlsdene]

Why would you want to raise the price for the seller, Rob. Have you got shares in everyone who sells on Ebay.

Personally I'd prefer to pay the least price, not the highest.

[Courtenay]

Move safely negotiated, greetings all from wonderful Pembrokeshire! Non-stop unpacking for the last week, but books on bookshelves, fire lit each evening, neighbours = horses in the field one side and a castle on the other - a different world from Sussex by the Sea........ nice to catch up on the EBS goss too

Nice to hear about your new home, Floragord — sounds like a very Blytonesque location, look you, whateffer!

[Rob Houghton]

Why would you want to raise the price for the seller, Rob. Have you got shares in everyone who sells on Ebay.

Personally I'd prefer to pay the least price, not the highest.

Because as a fellow seller, I feel that when a bid starts at £1.99 I don't think a dealer (that's obviously who was bidding against me, as they only seem to bid on books and silverware and they bid on maybe 20 things a day) should get a book for £1.99 and sell it for £50.

I've also written to the man who is selling these books - he's selling his mother's collection of over 450 books) and he's a nice person, so why shouldn't I help him to get the best price for his books?

Once a book goes over £10, for me its not really worth buying, unless I want to keep it for my own collection, as I'm usually aiming to sell the books I buy and it wouldn't make a profit if I bought all my books for £20 +
So, once the person bidding against me gets to £20 which is my absolute limit, I let them win. The person has now bid on six books all to the value of about £23.00 so they must have money to burn. Why shouldn't they pay a little more than they intended? I didn't force them to bid against me after all!

[pete9012S]

I was one of the bidders on a few of his books,but sadly they went out of my price range.
I asked him about Banshee Towers too - but it was clear that would also be more than I could pay.

Still I'm sure there are bargains out there!

[Rob Houghton]

The pity of it is, as far as I can see, most of his books have been bid on by a dealer (I'm sure not many Blyton fans would be happy to bid over £20 each on six or seven books!)

He has some really nice books and they are in excellent condition, so its no wonder they attract bids. If someone is bidding on a book and just one or two, then I usually don't bid against them, but this bidder was bidding and bidding on several at once - obviously they have no upper limit, lol!

Even a copy of 'The Hidey-hole' is now around £13.50 - I bought a better copy than the one I currently have for only £4.99 - so this constant bidding isn't always a wise move!

[Julie2owlsdene]

I'm afraid I'm totally lost on that one, Rob. Luckily I don't go on Ebay much, it sounds rather complex to me now!

[Anita Bensoussane]

Move safely negotiated, greetings all from wonderful Pembrokeshire! Non-stop unpacking for the last week, but books on bookshelves, fire lit each evening, neighbours = horses in the field one side and a castle on the other - a different world from Sussex by the Sea........

Sounds idyllic, Flora! Hope all goes well for you in your new home.

[John Pickup]

I've also written to the man who is selling these books - he's selling his mother's collection of over 450 books) and he's a nice person, so why shouldn't I help him to get the best price for his books?

That's the guy who was selling The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor the other week. I got pipped at the post on that one.

[Rob Houghton]

Yes - I'd forgotten that! It seems that people with big money are waiting to pounce on all his books!

[Darrell71]

neighbours = horses in the field one side and a castle on the other

I would've felt like I'd died and gone to heaven..... sounds so amazing!

[Rob Houghton]

Move safely negotiated, greetings all from wonderful Pembrokeshire! Non-stop unpacking for the last week, but books on bookshelves, fire lit each evening, neighbours = horses in the field one side and a castle on the other - a different world from Sussex by the Sea........ nice to catch up on the EBS goss too

Pembrokeshire is one of the loveliest places in Wales, in my opinion - Manorbier castle being one of the most beautiful and best-sited castles. Which castle are you near to?

[pete9012S]

neighbours = horses in the field one side and a castle on the other

Never mind.You can't have everything.Just try and make the best of it...

Seriously,congrats on the new move-nice part of the world.