Pleased (but puzzled....).

I'd guess you have a good chance at winning. Over the last month, they have about a 30% sell rate. Of the auctions that sold, there were only 1 or 2 bids on each. I would not have bid early ... but that's just me.

From feedback: If you win and get the item in the mail, then all should be good. I saw no complaints about missing parts, broken, or not as advertised. Their bigest problem is items sometimes don't arrive for over a month, and maybe never. (we don't know about the never) May not be very good at answering email after auction end.

Good Luck.

Thanks Puppy;

Yeah, that's about how I read it. This is, of course, one of a series and I have all the rest (working on the Kingfisher at the moment) but the Owl is the top of the set, or so I thought.

I only put in a bid to make sure it doesn't get pulled early.

I appreciate you bringing your diagnostic skills to my assistance.

GG

GG, can you pay for it in AU with a moneyback guarentee from Ebay? ...just in case it does not arrive.

By the way... bidding early doesn't stop the seller from canceling your bid and ending the auction. In fact some sellers are more likely to do that with only one bid. (don't think that will happen here though)

Think about it... if there are no bids, item does not sell and they can relist. If there are bids, it may sell at a low price, which may not be enough money for them.

The only time I might (and I usually don't) bid early is to get rid of a Buy It Now. If the opening price is very close to the BIN, I'll go ahead and use the BIN option and take the sure win.

That is true, Puppy! Never thought of it, but you are right! I worry sometimes if no bids have been placed, but think I won't anymore. Good advise!

Yes, I see your point Puppy, I hadn't thought it through as deeply as that. However, maybe no harm done, as you say.

One and a half days to go and still no other bids!

Mrs. M., I'll pay by Paypal direct from my debit card and if it doesn't arrive, chase it up through my credit union. I did that for two items from Portugal earlier this year which never arrived and got full refunds that way. Paypal got a bit shirty about it, claiming they could penalise me for not going through them.

As I see it they could only have recouped money from the (suspended) sellers Paypal account and there mightn't be anything in it. I doubt they could have charged the sellers card for the refund.

Why doesn't Paypal like you to go through your own credit organisation? Does it make them look bad? As far as I'm concerned, it's my right whether they like it or not - it's my money.

GG

One reason it might not be getting atention is the title. I would have added the words "model kit" to it.

I usually search for that and wouldn't have spotted this normally. I only saw it because I went specifically looking for "Airfix + owl".

There is an art to creating a good description line.

GG

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Maybe you should still worry a tiny bit. Sellers do know about snipers and it COULD sell for their minimum. Doesn't cost the seller anything more to still cancel a couple hours early and relist. I'm sure it happens both ways, but not that many auctions are canceled. I still think the odds are with the sniper that does not bid early.

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Absolutely true!

6 hours to go and there's finally another bid, I'm almost relieved.

It's up to AS now, I'm going to bed.

I just had an auction pulled, I wouldn't have won it but my snipe went off OK. How can they pull an auction after all the bids are in??? Obviously weren't getting enough for it but why didn't they start higher if that's the reason.

It's no great loss and I certainly won't bid on it when it reappears but I think it's immoral - you pays yer money and you takes yer chances!

GG

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I agree 100%, GG!! It is supposed to be an auction, afterall!

Hi Gardengnome,

How did the auction go?

Bad news: No one is bidding against me.
Good news: Someone is bidding against me.

GG, hope you won!

Rick,you're about to count down your last 100 towards the 10,000 mark!

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Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. --- Mark Twain

From Oscar Wilde:

One can survive everything, nowadays, except death, and live down everything except a good reputation.

One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.

Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.

Why was I born with such contemporaries?

The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.

I can believe anything, provided that it is quite incredible.

Very good, Rick!

And fast.

"He who angers you conquers you." -Elizabeth Kenny

"Tell me who admires you and loves you, and I will tell you who you are." -Charles Augustin Sainte-Beauve

"The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes." -Victor Frank

"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be." -Voltaire

"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." -Gandhi

"... but the hardest part is practicing it, not writng it!" - M

Lol, yes, so true!

But aren't famous quotes interesting and thought provoking?

'If your knees bent the other way, chairs would look different' - Puppy

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Not if you wanted to sit on your knees.

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Famous quotes usually are interesting and thought provoking – that’s what makes them famous, which also applies to people. Just because something is quoted, need not make it interesting or thought provoking, which also applies to people. It might be an example of hypocrisy, or it could just be outrageous. Don’t confuse famous with infamous.

Oh, I got another one...

'If people always sat on their knees, chairs would look different' - Puppy

Guess that makes me infamous. I think famous is better than infamous, but is infamous better than neither?

OMG!! Puppy, are you trying to confuse me? LOL!

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools. --- George Chapman

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Don't look for the worst first.

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There's no fool like a really old fool.

Confusing me may not be the worst!

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See, it is because you are young!!! LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Don't look for the worst first.

Oh no, I won't, I won't~

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"~" - Isn't that the name of Lexie's new dog?

Hi folks;

No, I didn't win it - rats! Someone was prepared to pay more than the £50 I put up, never mind.

I've been off the air for a few days sulking of course.

I've got a couple of quotes relevant to my hobby;

A hobby is hard work you wouldn't do for a living - Anonymous

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you are an artist - Max Jacob

GG

Rick, guess I need to mow the grass!

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GG, very good quotes! I especially like the hobby quote.