Let the bidding war begin!

ithacaartist · 04-03-2013, 11:38 PM

Wowee! $.01 start, no reserve! What gives?!? --no bids and it's already been up for 2 hours!
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=335409423

lew1 · 04-04-2013, 12:48 AM

Give it time. Many bids come in the last few hours of the auction.

ithacaartist · 04-04-2013, 02:56 AM

Chas, just kidding around. I expect this set to go for significantly over a thousand dollars by the end, since it is numbered and WA stamped all over. I know the earlier WWII kits command the highest prices. The one-penny starting price with no reserve, I'm sure, reflects the seller's confidence that he will wind up getting top dollar. And the condition of this one looks pristine.

Outta my league at this point... But I think I could still afford a SE-08/2 version--that's the kit with the best-looking toggle knobs, the latest produced, and, I expect, the most economical of these .22lr conversion kits.

D.P.

BTW, 5 hrs after start, it's up to $231, after two bids!

lew1 · 04-04-2013, 07:19 AM

I will be leaving for Tulsa in 3 hours and will check on it when I get back. I would like to have it, but at this point in time money is tight and it is not high on my list. I just might place a bid on it if it is not too high when I get back from Tulsa - just to say that I tried.

I know the sellers and they are good people.

alanint · 04-04-2013, 07:39 AM

Keep in mind that owners reserve the right to end the auction at any time and that includes one minute before it ends, should they not get the price they are looking for. "No Reserve" as far as these online auctions go is a deceptive sales strategy.

04-03-2013, 11:38 PM	#1
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,354 Thanks: 7,372 Thanked 2,589 Times in 1,370 Posts	Let the bidding war begin! Wowee! $.01 start, no reserve! What gives?!? --no bids and it's already been up for 2 hours! http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=335409423 __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

04-04-2013, 12:48 AM	#2
lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	Give it time. Many bids come in the last few hours of the auction. __________________ charlie

04-04-2013, 02:56 AM	#3
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,354 Thanks: 7,372 Thanked 2,589 Times in 1,370 Posts	Chas, just kidding around. I expect this set to go for significantly over a thousand dollars by the end, since it is numbered and WA stamped all over. I know the earlier WWII kits command the highest prices. The one-penny starting price with no reserve, I'm sure, reflects the seller's confidence that he will wind up getting top dollar. And the condition of this one looks pristine. Outta my league at this point... But I think I could still afford a SE-08/2 version--that's the kit with the best-looking toggle knobs, the latest produced, and, I expect, the most economical of these .22lr conversion kits. D.P. BTW, 5 hrs after start, it's up to $231, after two bids! __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

04-04-2013, 07:19 AM	#4
lew1 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,108 Thanks: 82 Thanked 204 Times in 112 Posts	I will be leaving for Tulsa in 3 hours and will check on it when I get back. I would like to have it, but at this point in time money is tight and it is not high on my list. I just might place a bid on it if it is not too high when I get back from Tulsa - just to say that I tried. I know the sellers and they are good people. __________________ charlie

04-04-2013, 07:39 AM	#5
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Keep in mind that owners reserve the right to end the auction at any time and that includes one minute before it ends, should they not get the price they are looking for. "No Reserve" as far as these online auctions go is a deceptive sales strategy.