Pieman Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 I was one who encouraged Hamerphite to keep the auction open but then was unable to bid. Lovely one-off guitar. I am now starting to think this guitar is tainted with bad ju ju and would not want it in my house.
cornjulio Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 I am now starting to think this guitar is tainted with bad ju ju and would not want it in my house. Yeah right WHAT???
Lockbody Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Your own words: This is a NO RESERVE auction, so the high bidder will own this guitar. You rolled the dice and lost. Be a man, not a liar. Some people are okay with looking in the mirror everyday and knowing they're a sorry sack of sh*t. Are you? Anyway Bust a deal, face the wheel.
Devnor Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 $1500 would have been a generous offer. You're only down $250 suck it up and follow thru.
santellavision Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 I would just suck up the (hypothetical) loss and give it to him.
The Shark Posted June 23, 2009 Posted June 23, 2009 Do the right thing. Good things will happen for you in the future because of it. I'm a firm believer in that philosophy. And remember, it's only money. Your reputation is priceless.
Hamerphite Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 A deal is a deal.Except on eBay. Keep the guitar, tell the high bidder to get bent, wait for the scathing, profanity-laced negative feedback, never be able to sell on that cesspool again.Personally I can't think of a more entertaining scenario.I AGREE!
doody Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 I had the same thing happen to me with a Les Paul. Thats what an auction is. You made a legal commitment to sell to the highest bidder. You didn't get what you wanted and that sucks but thats life. Take your money and ship the guitar. If it burns you up so bad, offer to buy it back from the winner and try again. If you backed out for the reasons you stated and I was a mod here, I would ban you.
Hamerphite Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 If you backed out for the reasons you stated and I was a mod here, I would ban you. Ban me, or burn me at the stake!!?? Oh the humanity!
santellavision Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Have you tried emailing the buyer and discussing it? Maybe he will understand and let you cancel the deal?
Hamerphite Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 Have you tried emailing the buyer and discussing it? Maybe he will understand and let you cancel the deal?That's too rational, you are hereby and herewith banished from these lands.
MCChris Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 That's too rational, you are hereby and herewith banished from these lands.Have you decided what you're gonna do yet?
hamertek98 Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Would you have honored it if the buyer was from the HFC?
cmatthes Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 I won a no-reserve auction for 4 new-in-pkg Mogami cables earlier this year - fair and square. The price was roughly the price for one, but the seller flaked and said that there is no way he could sell them at that price, and proceeded to explain to me that he hyped the "no reserve" feature because the listing fee was cheaper and because it always brought more bidders and he had never lost money on an auction. I left him the negative feedback and moved on with my life.
caliban335 Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 I think another eBay take-away is to plan ahead on when your auction will end. I've seen bidding go up by hundreds of dollars in the last few minutes of an auction, but that's often on a week night (excluding Friday) between 8:00 PM and 11:00 PM Eastern. Not too late for the east coast and not too early for the west coast. Having an auction end on a Friday or Saturday night is asking for reduced bidding.I'm sorry you got such a low price, but I'm sorrier I wasn't the beneficiary. That's a truly beautiful instrument.
David B Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Here's how I like to look at it when I sell guitars...Say I paid $2000 for the guitar & sold it 5 years later for $1200. That an $800 difference. Or $160 a year to rent that guitar. Not a bad deal.I'd send it on out to the buyer.
santellavision Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 -->QUOTE(David B @ Jun 24 2009, 05:46 PM) ← Say I paid $2000 for the guitar & sold it 5 years later for $1200.You're not doing it right. It should be the other way around! haha
David B Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 name='santellavision' date='Jun 24 2009, 05:56 PM' post='385245']--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(David B @ Jun 24 2009, 05:46 PM) ←</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Say I paid $2000 for the guitar & sold it 5 years later for $1200. You're not doing it right. It should be the other way around! haha It should be, but when I take a loss, I feel better when I think of it that way.
elduave Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 I once got a 70's Iceman for $400-some bucks on Ebay. Fucking guitar was on a UPS truck IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD and the seller stopped shipment and off it went back to CA (I think). I was furious. Not only that, it took about 10 days to get my money back.Don't be "that" guy. You controlled everything about that listing. Face the music and move on.
bubs_42 Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Hell, i'm sorry I missed it, one of my all time favorite Hamers. BUT I WISH THIS THREAD WOULD GO AWAY! IT SUCKS, JUST MAN UP OR STIFF THE SELLER. JUST DO IT...
intelligentpony Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Some days you're the windshield, some days you're the fly. Sorry my friend that you were the fly in this situation. Lots of woulda coulda shoulda with the deal but take the hit since your rule was NO RESERVE in caps so everyone would see it.Ever watch a Barrett Jackson auction and see a seller nearly have a stroke when they lose tens of thousands? Welcome to the big leagues.
Disturber Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Hands up, who's watching his feedback? I'd say it's not up to us here to act as some kind of ebay police. Lots of posts here tell him to "suck it up and move on". I say the same goes for the rest of you.Whatever he decides to do you guys must move on as well. Watch his feeback privately if you like, but don't post the outcome here. If he wants to tell us his final decision then fine. If not then it's his private business, no matter what we personally might think about it.
elduave Posted June 25, 2009 Posted June 25, 2009 Hands up, who's watching his feedback? I'd say it's not up to us here to act as some kind of ebay police. Lots of posts here tell him to "suck it up and move on". I say the same goes for the rest of you.Whatever he decides to do you guys must move on as well. Watch his feeback privately if you like, but don't post the outcome here. If he wants to tell us his final decision then fine. If not then it's his private business, no matter what we personally might think about it.I *really* don't care what dude does or how it affects him (or his feedback) in the end, and it's not occupying my thoughts beyond this tippity tap on the keyboard, but he *asked* on this thread "what if...", so he basically solicited every post here. Nothing private about it anymore. Sure, some folks wanna sling mud and what not, but this is his party, and the HFC was invited.
Hamerphite Posted June 25, 2009 Author Posted June 25, 2009 I asked in jest, which doesnt come through so good in text. I never had any intention of stiffing the winning buyer. But for all you phony high-standard moralistic mooks out there who are quick to pronounce on what's right and wrong, try taking a good hard look at yourselves and your own dealings. Can you say "hypocrite"? That's what most of you are - and whether you choose to face that reality or not is your own choice. I banish you all from the Hamer Kingdom, now be gone!
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