Are there good deals to be had in "Buy It Now's?"

hedgehog847 · June 22, 2005 2:34AM

Are they few and far between? Please share some of your stories with me.

Steve27 · June 22, 2005 2:40AM

I've used "Buy It Now" twice and I sent one coin back as not being as advertized. Most sellers use it to allow people with more money than brains to buy at high prices, or to make people think their coin is worth much more than it really is.

ziggy29 · June 22, 2005 2:45AM

Almost never. People who know what the item is worth aren't going to place a BIN considerably lower than that, and people who don't know tend to think their item might fetch moon money even if it's not even worth a couple bucks.

Smittys · June 22, 2005 2:51AM

I put my 2005 Westward sets at BIN and they went in less than an hour.
59.95 a good buy or not, depends on who's buying

flaminio · June 22, 2005 2:51AM

This was a good deal for a Buy-It-Now.

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ziggy29 · June 22, 2005 2:53AM

Why don't husbands ever sell their cheating wife's collection of shoes and jewelry on eBay for next to nothing?

joefro · June 22, 2005 4:22AM

Flaminio, that is one of the best auctions I have ever seen on eBay. I wonder if that new member really got the car for that cheap!!! That car is sweet!!!!! Too bad I dont live in England, did you notice the auction ended in 5 minutes!?!? I wonder if she got rid of it before he got home!??!

That is one great auction.

ddbird · June 22, 2005 4:33AM

Coin wise this one wasnt bad at all

LINK

$29.99 for a MS64 Morgan...

But its an NGC toner, and a really pretty coin in person!

DNADave · June 22, 2005 4:42AM

Yes, but the good "buy it nows" go very quickly, you have to search by "newest first" and check your search frequenlty throughout the day. I did a completed acution search on my favorite search parameter was very surprised at how may BIN's were there and how quickly many of them went.

Edited due to brain fart.

joefro · June 22, 2005 4:58AM

Can someone instruct me how to do a "completed auction search" on eBay? I couldnt find it in the advanced search options. Thanks

Joe

WaterSport · June 22, 2005 5:06AM

Yes, but the good "buy it nows" go very quickly,

I agree, I have used it a lot and wonder just how much I actually miss seeing BIN beacuse somone saw it before me.

WS

flaminio · June 22, 2005 5:09AM

<< Can someone instruct me how to do a "completed auction search" on eBay? >>

In the Advanced Search, click the "Completed listings only" checkbox.

seanq · June 22, 2005 5:11AM

They do exist, but you need to be either very lucky or very diligent to spot them first. My best BIN finds were a 1941 Lincoln cent DDO that went MS62BN at PCGS for $3.99 (that auction somehow lasted over a day, too), and my clipped 1922 plain cent.

Sean Reynolds

mozin · June 22, 2005 5:15AM

In my areas of interest I have never seen a good BIN.

Russ · June 22, 2005 5:17AM

<< I wonder if that new member really got the car for that cheap!!! >>

Yes, he did. I think I'd be pretty happy if I nailed a Lotus for less than a dollar.

Russ, NCNE

nesvt · June 22, 2005 5:17AM

I was happy with this Top 50 Peace dollar for $15. I search for BIN Morgan and Peace dollars all the time. Mostly looking for unattributed VAMs. Actually, always looking for unattributed VAMs. Like the others said, have to look at the newest listings first because some go fast.

streeter · June 22, 2005 5:17AM

The first and LAST buy it now auctions that I did on newly listed items in slabs would both make poster children for OVERGRADED CARP. I learned my lesson

K6AZ · June 22, 2005 5:27AM

Caught this PCGS MS65 rattler for a $175 BIN. Turned out to be a VAM 1A1 clashed IN.

rip · June 22, 2005 5:27AM

<< This was a good deal for a Buy-It-Now.

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OffMetal · June 22, 2005 5:39AM

I've found two that I got... and one that someone beat me to.

The good one in this one is the brockage

I think this one is pretty goob, but the obverse looks ugly

This one hurts badly. I was 10 seconds late

This one hurts too

He made big $$

I need to keep my eyes open more. I could have made $300+ from the last two

Ben

pharmer · June 22, 2005 6:13AM

I have gotten a few things that I really wanted, and felt that the buy it now price was fair. On this beauty, it had a high reserve that was never met the first time it came up. I asked what the reserve was after, the seller told me, and also said he might relist some day with a lower reserve. He did a couple months later, his buy it now was below my last bid the first time around, and I jumped on it less than an hour after it was started. Sooo glad I did.

Artist · June 22, 2005 6:49AM

I once paid $195.00 BIN for a raw 1900 $5.00 gold - seller had a long history of selling coins with a good feedback rating, and described it as 'Looks UNC.' It now sits in a NGC MS63 holder.

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Two years ago a friend of mine paid $10,000.00 BIN for a 1959 356 Porsche coupe - it was easily a $25,000.00 car.

ARCO · June 22, 2005 7:05AM

Almost every great deal I have won on Ebay, was coming across a BIN before any one else did. Granted it happens maybe once a month and most of the time the price spread from the BIN vs the real value isn't always that great $10-$100.00, but some great deals do happen. I would say that over the last five years I have probably found 30-50 coins that were worth more than than the BIN was priced at. In fact, just last week I bought with a BIN, an 1893 XF barber half for $75.00 that would be worth about $175.00 on Ebay with a nice big pic. That is $100.00 for me baby!

This is my best of all time. It is a now PCGS graded VF35 1904-S. I think it would pass as an XF. I paid $450.00 for it, two years ago. I think it would probably fetch $1200.00-$1800.00 on Ebay.

This is the best coin I won on a regular ol' timed auction. I paid $280.00 for it. The scan was really small is probably why it went so cheap. It is now in a PCGS XF45 (should be a 40) holder.

Tyler

Prethen · June 22, 2005 7:06AM

Very rare, but it does happen.

TorinoCobra71 · June 22, 2005 7:11AM

<< This was a good deal for a Buy-It-Now.

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I dont think that auction came to fruition........

TorinoCobra71

TorinoCobra71 · June 22, 2005 7:12AM

<< Are they few and far between? Please share some of your stories with me. >>

I recently scored a 1902 Morgan in MS62 for $42 on a BIN......

TorinoCobra71

TorinoCobra71 · June 22, 2005 7:14AM

<< Coin wise this one wasnt bad at all

LINK

$29.99 for a MS64 Morgan...

But its an NGC toner, and a really pretty coin in person! >>

Heck YA! thats a STEAL for $30..............GOOD SCORE!

TorinoCobra71

CoinHusker · June 22, 2005 11:57PM

I got a PCGS 1972-P Type3 Ike in MS65 for $80 with a BIN about a year ago. I thought that was a pretty good deal.

mirabela · June 23, 2005 12:13AM

It happens. Obviously, though, you've got to be quick on the draw. I got a pretty decent classic head large cent with BIN a few months ago -- not a screaming rip, but it's very hard to find one of those that you can stand looking at for less than a few hundred bucks, and I got a not-very-badly-corroded one with F+ish details in a net graded ANACS slab for around $75. That's pretty run of the mill for a VG8 coin, but this is nicer than 98% of the coins graded VG8, net or straight, that I've seen. I think it had been up a couple of hours when I got it.

I think I've given away a couple of good deals via BIN too, when prices have moved more than I'd reckoned (I get the greysheet quarterly package and some things just don't come up much on complete auctions on ebay or hnai, so I'm sometimes a little out of date).

joefro · June 23, 2005 12:16AM

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I dont think that auction came to fruition........

TorinoCobra71 >>

The guy left positive feedback for her. If you don't want to click the link he wrote:

thank you hayley the car is excellent thank your hubby for me Buyer goddamm7 ( 0 ) 21-Jun-05 23:01 4556985749

Whether or not it really went through, it is still the best auction I've seen on eBay since the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese for $28,000

Joe

Editted to add: If you really want to see something strange, click the item BELOW this feedback for the transaction with arseandhole. Interesting...

K6AZ · June 23, 2005 12:29AM

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<< This was a good deal for a Buy-It-Now.

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I dont think that auction came to fruition........

TorinoCobra71 >>

The guy left positive feedback for her. If you don't want to click the link he wrote:

thank you hayley the car is excellent thank your hubby for me Buyer goddamm7 ( 0 ) 21-Jun-05 23:01 4556985749

Whether or not it really went through, it is still the best auction I've seen on eBay since the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese for $28,000

Joe

Editted to add: If you really want to see something strange, click the item BELOW this feedback for the transaction with arseandhole. Interesting...

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kryptonitecomics · June 23, 2005 12:36AM

Well let's see I got this wonderful PCI 1880-S MS66 Morgan for a little over $100 dollars with the BIN.......it now resides in a PCGS MS66 holder

robertpr · June 23, 2005 1:48AM

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I dont think that auction came to fruition........

TorinoCobra71 >>

The guy left positive feedback for her. If you don't want to click the link he wrote:

thank you hayley the car is excellent thank your hubby for me Buyer goddamm7 ( 0 ) 21-Jun-05 23:01 4556985749

Whether or not it really went through, it is still the best auction I've seen on eBay since the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese for $28,000

Joe

Editted to add: If you really want to see something strange, click the item BELOW this feedback for the transaction with arseandhole. Interesting...

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If you want to see something really interesting, click the rest of the transactions in her feedback history. I doubt the transaction with the car was for real.

seanq · June 23, 2005 3:37AM

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<< This was a good deal for a Buy-It-Now.

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I dont think that auction came to fruition........

TorinoCobra71 >>

The guy left positive feedback for her. If you don't want to click the link he wrote:

thank you hayley the car is excellent thank your hubby for me Buyer goddamm7 ( 0 ) 21-Jun-05 23:01 4556985749

Whether or not it really went through, it is still the best auction I've seen on eBay since the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese for $28,000

Joe

Editted to add: If you really want to see something strange, click the item BELOW this feedback for the transaction with arseandhole. Interesting...

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I took that to give credence to the idea that she would soon be without her cheating husband.

Sean Reynolds

joefro · June 23, 2005 3:44AM

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I took that to give credence to the idea that she would soon be without her cheating husband.

Sean Reynolds >>

Haha, Unless of course HE bought it!?!?

Russ · June 23, 2005 3:54AM

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<< This was a good deal for a Buy-It-Now. . >>

I dont think that auction came to fruition........

TorinoCobra71 >>

The guy left positive feedback for her. If you don't want to click the link he wrote:

thank you hayley the car is excellent thank your hubby for me Buyer goddamm7 ( 0 ) 21-Jun-05 23:01 4556985749 >>

According to published press reports, the car sale actually happened and the guy got it for less than a dollar. But, the woman's husband is some kind of on-air personality, so the reports could just be part of a publicity stunt. The winner is a zero feedbacker, so he could be in on it.

Russ, NCNE

joefro · June 23, 2005 4:20AM

Yeah it could definitely all be a setup for plubicity. He left her feedback but she didn't help him out I guess. Maybe she's a man-hater now

One thing though, thats a pretty risky publicity stunt. Granted the car was only for sale for 5 minutes and the buyer could have been in on it waiting for it to go on sale, but thats a lot of time for some average Joe to come along with a fast connection and scoop up the car in 2 or 3 minutes! What I wouldn't give for a chance like that. Even if the car was 100 miles away I would be there in under an hour

I think 3 or 4 speeding tickets along the way would be worth it.

streeter · June 23, 2005 5:10AM

The guy left positive feedback for her. If you don't want to click the link he wrote:
click the item BELOW this feedback for the transaction with arseandhole.

Eric--go back to the guy who left the feedback below the car. Then look at his feedbacks and read the total value on each auction. IMHO this is a feedback scam ring in the making. You will notice--if you are looking at what I am looking at that the amounts are negligible.

What say you? Eric.

Jdurg · June 23, 2005 7:16AM

I LOVE the BIN option. Many times, I set myself a maximum bid on an auction only to lose the auction because someone bids way too high. It gets frustrating when this happens over and over and over again. As a result, I'll just look for similar auctions that have a BIN and just decide if the price is right for me. I also use it when I don't want to wait forever for an auction to end, or I don't want someone sniping me at the last moment. The best BIN I ever had was a 1998 1/10 Ounce Platinum Chinese Panda for $70.00. The seller meant to list it with a BIN of $170, but made an error and followed through with the sale anyway. (I clicked BIN within five minutes of the auction being posted).

RGT · June 23, 2005 7:38AM

<< According to published press reports, the car sale actually happened and the guy got it for less than a dollar. But, the woman's husband is some kind of on-air personality, so the reports could just be part of a publicity stunt. The winner is a zero feedbacker, so he could be in on it. Russ, NCNE >>

From FOX News

joefro · June 23, 2005 8:06AM

Thanks for the info link RGT. I especially like the line "A month later, he nearly choked to death when a sausage he was simulating a sex act on broke in half."

Edit: It looks like he really got what he deserved from that article.

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