Tony Boone Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 I'm bidding on this old MCM setup that's on ebay. Have been in a dual for the past 30 minutes and am currently the high bidder for the moment. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2539299927 How high do you think is to high for these speaker\cabinets? Thanks, Tony B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnalOg Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Dude! Never get in a bidding war, decide the highest price you will offer and submit it with 30 seconds left in the auction. Thats how I do it, as to avoid driving up the price prematurely. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 really I second that ! where is the logic in bidding a Item up ? Wait till the last second and bid as high as your willing to pay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtice Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Tony, A good snipe is a thing of beauty! Check this one... one penny, seven seconds There are services that will place the bids automatically such as esnipe, hammersnipe, bidnapper, amherst. Or place it manually if you like the adrenaline rush. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klipschfoot Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Look at the bidder list. The high bidder has ZERO feedback. This means two things. One is that he is likely a planted bidder to force the price up. Two... well, stop at one since that is probably what is going on. I have seen it many times before. Bids can be retracted later leaving someone holding the bag. Leave it alone until near close and find out what it is really worth to you. Personally, for a purchase like that, I would want to see AND hear them in person B4 bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 I'll help you out here a little bit. I would go as high as $1500 if I lived close enough to go get them. The cabinets are rough, and you don't know the condition of the drivers, but there will be non-Klipsch items that can be sold to recoup part of the cost, and the rest can be refinished and refurbished. What a system that would be in a living room! I used to have some of this MCM stuff when I was doing live sound. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted June 25, 2003 Share Posted June 25, 2003 Tony, You are getting excellent advice on bid sniping. It is the only way to go on Ebay. If the time of auction close in inconvenient for you, check out bidslammer.com.... User friendly way to snipe bids in the last five seconds. First three snipes are free. Cool place. I picked up an item last week that otherwise, I would have had to miss church to get! Regards, Dee p.s. these pieces of horns and stuff would be fun to go through and check out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclonecj Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 I agree with everyone also. My sister is a big ebay seller, & it is a known fact that people are not just bidding on the item, they are trying to out bid you! It's an ego thing. Wait intil the last minute, then put in the highest you are willing to actually pay, plus 0.25 cents. Many auctions are won by the 0.25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Boone Posted June 26, 2003 Author Share Posted June 26, 2003 ---------------- On 6/25/2003 10:19:16 PM Klipschfoot wrote: Look at the bidder list. The high bidder has ZERO feedback. ---------------- That would be me. lol I'm the one with 0 feedback as I just registered. Hadn't done the ebay thing in years but saw these and would like to have them in the living room as my main fronts. La Scalas as rears. LMAO! I goofed when I starting bidding with the other dude. I'll agree on that. Live and learn. Tony B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Boone Posted June 26, 2003 Author Share Posted June 26, 2003 ---------------- On 6/25/2003 10:19:35 PM greg928s4 wrote: I'll help you out here a little bit. I would go as high as $1500 if I lived close enough to go get them. The cabinets are rough, and you don't know the condition of the drivers, but there will be non-Klipsch items that can be sold to recoup part of the cost, and the rest can be refinished and refurbished. What a system that would be in a living room! I used to have some of this MCM stuff when I was doing live sound. Greg ---------------- I think most of the cabinet problem seen in the picture is DUST and cobwebs. If not some sanding and paint will take care of that. He says most of the drivers are there. Worst case scenario diphragms maybe? Might have to replace a driver or two (or three). I'm the high bidder at $405. I think the cabinets are worth that alone. Hope the drivers that are in them DO work. Would be too cool. Yes what a system in my living room! lol. My thoughts exactly. I take it you like the sound of the MCM stuff you owned? When I was in college I had a friend that owned pair of Altec 816s with HF horns. Not sure which horns he had but they sure sounded good. Better I think than my La Scalas. Punchier for sure as best I can remember. Anyway, we'll see what happens. Could be the other guys are about to snipe. lol Thanks all, Tony B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myhamish Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 I've been watching this for a week now. Ten minutes to go so I'm going to tune in to the page and watch with my refresh button. It's too far for me to bid. All the comments here about bidding at the end and using a sniper are very good advice. Good luck. Hamish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnysal Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 so who won? neither of you guys right? seems it went cheap. when I see these I wonder why people do not ask more questions of the seller, which are missing drivers, etc. I am also more hesitant to bid when the seller refuses to asnwer reasonable questions like that. regards, tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg928gts Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 I don't know who got those, but I think they got a steal. It takes a special person, room, and temperament to have a system like this. It is a huge sounding system. Not necessarily hi fi. Probably not hi fi. But I think it would be really cool to have a full MCM setup. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Boone Posted June 28, 2003 Author Share Posted June 28, 2003 ---------------- On 6/26/2003 8:30:16 AM sunnysal wrote: so who won? neither of you guys right? ---------------- I made my last bid of $405.00 and had an hour left before the close of the auction. However, I fell asleep. lol. Oh well I really didn't want to travel up to Indiana anyway and will build a set of Altec 816 cabinets instead. Tony B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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