http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MB-DRONFIELD-5...3286.m14.l1318

this doesn't look like very much money to me - is there a reason that no-one has bid on this do you think? (apart from the fact that it's up in lancashire and it's pick up only..)

would this be a ballache to convert to single-speed / fixed gear?

Epic!

the vert dropout won't make it easy to convert to fixed. but if you go for it would you mind picking up the Paganini for me ;)

I agree. Not nice.

We have a client in Manchester.. wonder if I could expense that trip? :)
Lets ride up and get it :)

i didn't realise that you'd all just been looking at that chaps auctions up in ashton - i've been keeping my eye on them for a few days..

we could go 3s up on the cost of a van to go up there if anyone does want them?

nice, but pricey!! :O
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Flying-Scot-tr...3286.m14.l1318

nice bloke

Missed a bargain: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=160244321024

Reynolds 853 frame for £40.

Vertical dropouts... Could you still have found a use for it?

YIKES!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Waterford-Trac...6.c0.m14.l1318

S'nice, but actually a bit ordinary by Waterford standards.

An old raleigh pacer for £35

http://kent.gumtree.com/kent/78/26642978.html



Any good?

DeSalvo Track bike, Fixie, 10 lb, Steel, 53cm

Why would you leave a chainguard on a weight weenie bike?

Never seen one of these before. Are they rare...Or just so crap no one wanted one?:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BROOKS-RACING-...mZ220250003942

Nice one Roberto!

Yeah, well done. Raise the bidding by £5, six seconds before the end of the auction. How do you do that?

Snipe or be sniped. No middle ground unfortunately. The ebay auction model makes sniping the most efficient buying tool.

You mean a sniping service website?

What's sniping.

http://www.auctionsniper.com/

Is there a free service out there?

All i do is bid the maximum i'm prepared to pay, i place the bid in the last 40secs or so, normaly works for me.

Snipe tools do that with but 5 seconds to spare and you set them up to run automatically so no late nights or planning your evening around auction end times.
Worth paying for IMO.

Thanks - and ended for less than the buy it now price which was £220!!

Nice if you're after a top quality helmet in pink:

Sheldon sprung to mind for a quick second

Campag disc wheel - same seller is also selling a pair of 650c clincher tyres...

Auction Sniping is bidding at the last moment. It is an attempt to take advantage of the slightly irrational way people set their maximum bid at less than they are actually prepared to pay, then increase it when they start loosing. By bidding at the last moment you leave no time for them to bid more.

Often people set a maximum just high enough to become the winner at the time they set it, but would pay more to win if necessary -- treating their maximum bid as if it was an actual bid.

Some people seem to see auctions as competitions, and once they have started bidding they become determined to win. Also, if someone else is prepared to pay a lot of money for something, that might increase your own confidence that it is valuable.

So sniping works. The combination of sniping and the behaviours it relies on probably means sellers do less well than if everyone just set their maximum bid according to what things are worth to them (which would make sniping pointless).