Yeah, I knew that'd get yer attention...  Ha ha ha!

If you could change anything about ebay model auctions,
what would you do?  Would you change how they are listed?
Would you require pictures?  What would the pictures in-
clude?  Would you remove all graphics in the auction listing
except for photos of the item?

Just a start of a new thread, that's all!

I'm not suggesting we make changes, I'm not making any
requirements that we sign petitions, nor that your suggestion
be anything more than a desire.

Here are a few from me, what _I_ would like to see in ebay
auctions:

1.)  STANDARD LISTING FORMAT!!!  I don't give a damn, but
do SOMETHING!  Scale, Manuf., vehicle/kit name, apx. age,
and other detail.  If you don't like that, then make up some-
thing else that fits.  As long as a 1/72 Airfix Banshe (1984)
isn't going to be listed as a freaking 1/24 truck!

2.)  PICTURE REQUIRED!  Yeah, box slightly foxed...  I've
gotten kits that wer bloody well badgered and left to the
hyenas after that!

3.)  PICTURE OF THE KIT!  Okay, I know that I'm way out of
line here, especially for the purists who like their kit in sealed
plastic or in box sealed.  I wanna see the damned parts!  I
know that this is just a me thing, but I'm within the rules of
the thread I started.  So NYEAH!!!

Anyway, that's just my comments, happy postings!

-andyh

And cap the max bids at whatever mine is

Yeah, I knew that'd get yer attention...  Ha ha ha!

If you could change anything about ebay model auctions,
what would you do?  Would you change how they are listed?
Would you require pictures?  What would the pictures in-
clude?  Would you remove all graphics in the auction listing
except for photos of the item?

Just a start of a new thread, that's all!

I'm not suggesting we make changes, I'm not making any
requirements that we sign petitions, nor that your suggestion
be anything more than a desire.

Here are a few from me, what _I_ would like to see in ebay
auctions:

1.)  STANDARD LISTING FORMAT!!!  I don't give a damn, but
do SOMETHING!  Scale, Manuf., vehicle/kit name, apx. age,
and other detail.  If you don't like that, then make up some-
thing else that fits.  As long as a 1/72 Airfix Banshe (1984)
isn't going to be listed as a freaking 1/24 truck!

2.)  PICTURE REQUIRED!  Yeah, box slightly foxed...  I've
gotten kits that wer bloody well badgered and left to the
hyenas after that!

3.)  PICTURE OF THE KIT!  Okay, I know that I'm way out of
line here, especially for the purists who like their kit in sealed
plastic or in box sealed.  I wanna see the damned parts!  I
know that this is just a me thing, but I'm within the rules of
the thread I started.  So NYEAH!!!

Anyway, that's just my comments, happy postings!

-andyh

Yeah, I knew that'd get yer attention... Ha ha ha!

If you could change anything about ebay model auctions,
what would you do? Would you change how they are listed?
Would you require pictures? What would the pictures in-
clude? Would you remove all graphics in the auction listing
except for photos of the item?

Just a start of a new thread, that's all!

I'm not suggesting we make changes, I'm not making any
requirements that we sign petitions, nor that your suggestion
be anything more than a desire.

Here are a few from me, what _I_ would like to see in ebay
auctions:

1.) STANDARD LISTING FORMAT!!! I don't give a damn, but
do SOMETHING! Scale, Manuf., vehicle/kit name, apx. age,
and other detail. If you don't like that, then make up some-
thing else that fits. As long as a 1/72 Airfix Banshe (1984)
isn't going to be listed as a freaking 1/24 truck!

2.) PICTURE REQUIRED! Yeah, box slightly foxed... I've
gotten kits that wer bloody well badgered and left to the
hyenas after that!

3.) PICTURE OF THE KIT! Okay, I know that I'm way out of
line here, especially for the purists who like their kit in sealed
plastic or in box sealed. I wanna see the damned parts! I
know that this is just a me thing, but I'm within the rules of
the thread I started. So NYEAH!!!

Anyway, that's just my comments, happy postings!


-andyh

Yeah, I knew that'd get yer attention... Ha ha ha!

If you could change anything about ebay model auctions,
what would you do? Would you change how they are listed?
Would you require pictures? What would the pictures in-
clude? Would you remove all graphics in the auction listing
except for photos of the item?

Just a start of a new thread, that's all!

I'm not suggesting we make changes, I'm not making any
requirements that we sign petitions, nor that your suggestion
be anything more than a desire.

Here are a few from me, what _I_ would like to see in ebay
auctions:

1.) STANDARD LISTING FORMAT!!! I don't give a damn, but
do SOMETHING! Scale, Manuf., vehicle/kit name, apx. age,
and other detail. If you don't like that, then make up some-
thing else that fits. As long as a 1/72 Airfix Banshe (1984)
isn't going to be listed as a freaking 1/24 truck!

2.) PICTURE REQUIRED! Yeah, box slightly foxed... I've
gotten kits that wer bloody well badgered and left to the
hyenas after that!

3.) PICTURE OF THE KIT! Okay, I know that I'm way out of
line here, especially for the purists who like their kit in sealed
plastic or in box sealed. I wanna see the damned parts! I
know that this is just a me thing, but I'm within the rules of
the thread I started. So NYEAH!!!

Anyway, that's just my comments, happy postings!


-andyh

On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:13:59 -0700 (PDT), "hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com"
hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Yeah, I knew that'd get yer attention... Ha ha ha!

If you could change anything about ebay model auctions,
what would you do? Would you change how they are listed?
Would you require pictures? What would the pictures in-
clude? Would you remove all graphics in the auction listing
except for photos of the item?

Just a start of a new thread, that's all!

I'm not suggesting we make changes, I'm not making any
requirements that we sign petitions, nor that your suggestion
be anything more than a desire.

Here are a few from me, what _I_ would like to see in ebay
auctions:

1.) STANDARD LISTING FORMAT!!! I don't give a damn, but
do SOMETHING! Scale, Manuf., vehicle/kit name, apx. age,
and other detail. If you don't like that, then make up some-
thing else that fits. As long as a 1/72 Airfix Banshe (1984)
isn't going to be listed as a freaking 1/24 truck!

2.) PICTURE REQUIRED! Yeah, box slightly foxed... I've
gotten kits that wer bloody well badgered and left to the
hyenas after that!

3.) PICTURE OF THE KIT! Okay, I know that I'm way out of
line here, especially for the purists who like their kit in sealed
plastic or in box sealed. I wanna see the damned parts! I
know that this is just a me thing, but I'm within the rules of
the thread I started. So NYEAH!!!

Anyway, that's just my comments, happy postings!


-andyh

Compared to our local New Zealand auction site, eBay is poorly
organised with listings hard to find and with absolutley no logic in
the way it presents itself. Check this link for how (IMHO) an auction
category should be listed.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/categorylistings.aspx?mcat=0347-0924-1193-7771-&rewritten=true&sort_order=expiry_desc

The shipping costs and having to use Paypal are pains in the fundament
for sure. I can get 8 kits shipped from Czech Republic for less than a
single banged up box from the US and put it on CC. This is a gripe for
anything bought from the US as my classic item was one replacement key
for an IBM Type M keyboard - new key $2US, shipping $15US, for
Christ's Sake. Why could the shipper not throw it in a standard
envelope?

Pictures - box minimum and contents if not still shrink wrapped or out
of bags.

Description inaccuracies. Describing a Kitech counterfeit of a
Hobbycraft kit as 'reboxed Hobbycraft' is fraud and should lead to
immediate cancellation of the seller's account.

Tony, Christchurch NZ

Stadia wrote:
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:13:59 -0700 (PDT), "hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com"
hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Yeah, I knew that'd get yer attention... Ha ha ha!

If you could change anything about ebay model auctions,
what would you do? Would you change how they are listed?
Would you require pictures? What would the pictures in-
clude? Would you remove all graphics in the auction listing
except for photos of the item?

Just a start of a new thread, that's all!

I'm not suggesting we make changes, I'm not making any
requirements that we sign petitions, nor that your suggestion
be anything more than a desire.

Here are a few from me, what _I_ would like to see in ebay
auctions:

1.) STANDARD LISTING FORMAT!!! I don't give a damn, but
do SOMETHING! Scale, Manuf., vehicle/kit name, apx. age,
and other detail. If you don't like that, then make up some-
thing else that fits. As long as a 1/72 Airfix Banshe (1984)
isn't going to be listed as a freaking 1/24 truck!

2.) PICTURE REQUIRED! Yeah, box slightly foxed... I've
gotten kits that wer bloody well badgered and left to the
hyenas after that!

3.) PICTURE OF THE KIT! Okay, I know that I'm way out of
line here, especially for the purists who like their kit in sealed
plastic or in box sealed. I wanna see the damned parts! I
know that this is just a me thing, but I'm within the rules of
the thread I started. So NYEAH!!!

Anyway, that's just my comments, happy postings!


-andyh

Compared to our local New Zealand auction site, eBay is poorly
organised with listings hard to find and with absolutley no logic in
the way it presents itself. Check this link for how (IMHO) an auction
category should be listed.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/categorylistings.aspx?mcat=0347-0924-1193-7771-&rewritten=true&sort_order=expiry_desc

The shipping costs and having to use Paypal are pains in the fundament
for sure. I can get 8 kits shipped from Czech Republic for less than a
single banged up box from the US and put it on CC. This is a gripe for
anything bought from the US as my classic item was one replacement key
for an IBM Type M keyboard - new key $2US, shipping $15US, for
Christ's Sake. Why could the shipper not throw it in a standard
envelope?

Pictures - box minimum and contents if not still shrink wrapped or out
of bags.

Description inaccuracies. Describing a Kitech counterfeit of a
Hobbycraft kit as 'reboxed Hobbycraft' is fraud and should lead to
immediate cancellation of the seller's account.

Tony, Christchurch NZ

That Adams SAAB Draken looks like Lindberg's. Maybe Lindberg got
the moulds when Adams went out of the business.
I agree that your local site looks cleaner and neater.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Stadia <stadia33 at (no spam) takethisout.orcon.net.nz> wrote:
:
: anything bought from the US as my classic item was one replacement key
: for an IBM Type M keyboard - new key $2US, shipping $15US, for
: Christ's Sake. Why could the shipper not throw it in a standard
: envelope?
:
Because the USPS sorting equipment may well eat the key?
Seriously, I would not want anything othe than folded paper in
an envelope, for fear of receiving a ripped envelope and nothing
else.

Now, that being said, $15.00 shipping is stupid. But, you
have to check that on ebay. Caveat emptor, after all, is the
only way to go.

Remember, ebay takes a cut of the final SELLING price, not
the final TOTAL price, so padding the postage is gravy for the
seller. And unscrupulous.

:
: Description inaccuracies. Describing a Kitech counterfeit of a
: Hobbycraft kit as 'reboxed Hobbycraft' is fraud and should lead to
: immediate cancellation of the seller's account.
:
1) You assume the seller knows the differnce.

2) You assume that an improper description, especially
when the box is in full view, isn't a huge warning sign to
stay well clear of the seller. Seriously, if the box description
is accurate, and the seller is too stupid/lazy/etc to get that
part right, why are you entertaining thoughts of dealing with
them?

Bruce

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:16:47 -0500, William Banaszak
vze3zb2k at (no spam) verizon.net> wrote:

Stadia wrote:
On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:13:59 -0700 (PDT), "hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com"
hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

Yeah, I knew that'd get yer attention... Ha ha ha!

If you could change anything about ebay model auctions,
what would you do? Would you change how they are listed?
Would you require pictures? What would the pictures in-
clude? Would you remove all graphics in the auction listing
except for photos of the item?

Just a start of a new thread, that's all!

I'm not suggesting we make changes, I'm not making any
requirements that we sign petitions, nor that your suggestion
be anything more than a desire.

Here are a few from me, what _I_ would like to see in ebay
auctions:

1.) STANDARD LISTING FORMAT!!! I don't give a damn, but
do SOMETHING! Scale, Manuf., vehicle/kit name, apx. age,
and other detail. If you don't like that, then make up some-
thing else that fits. As long as a 1/72 Airfix Banshe (1984)
isn't going to be listed as a freaking 1/24 truck!

2.) PICTURE REQUIRED! Yeah, box slightly foxed... I've
gotten kits that wer bloody well badgered and left to the
hyenas after that!

3.) PICTURE OF THE KIT! Okay, I know that I'm way out of
line here, especially for the purists who like their kit in sealed
plastic or in box sealed. I wanna see the damned parts! I
know that this is just a me thing, but I'm within the rules of
the thread I started. So NYEAH!!!

Anyway, that's just my comments, happy postings!


-andyh
Compared to our local New Zealand auction site, eBay is poorly
organised with listings hard to find and with absolutley no logic in
the way it presents itself. Check this link for how (IMHO) an auction
category should be listed.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/categorylistings.aspx?mcat=0347-0924-1193-7771-&rewritten=true&sort_order=expiry_desc

The shipping costs and having to use Paypal are pains in the fundament
for sure. I can get 8 kits shipped from Czech Republic for less than a
single banged up box from the US and put it on CC. This is a gripe for
anything bought from the US as my classic item was one replacement key
for an IBM Type M keyboard - new key $2US, shipping $15US, for
Christ's Sake. Why could the shipper not throw it in a standard
envelope?

Pictures - box minimum and contents if not still shrink wrapped or out
of bags.

Description inaccuracies. Describing a Kitech counterfeit of a
Hobbycraft kit as 'reboxed Hobbycraft' is fraud and should lead to
immediate cancellation of the seller's account.

Tony, Christchurch NZ
That Adams SAAB Draken looks like Lindberg's. Maybe Lindberg got
the moulds when Adams went out of the business.
I agree that your local site looks cleaner and neater.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

Yep, it is the original kit moulds that went to Lindberg when Adams
went belly-up. I am bidding on it as I like old kits that have no PE
or resin and find most of the Lindbergs to be easy builds. Accuracy is
not that important to me, like my SMER Bulldog, if lit looks like a
Bulldog it is a Bulldog.

Tony

:
Yeah, I hear this with every PR "emission" from the MPAA, RIAA
and SBA. I am sure you have your own "alphabet soup" of special
interests "trying to protect the artists", too. Thing is, it didn't
seem to stop Bach, Beethoven or even Stradivarius. Now, protecting
the (rapidly dwindling) profits of recording companines? Tough
shit. After all, they robbed the sheet music companies blind. But,
that knowledge has nothing to do with their behavior today. No sir.

Point is, I think craftsman will always look at a challenge,
and be motivated to conquer that challenge. And, there will be
people looking to cash in on a fake, dodge, scam, etc. Thatt, I am
fairly certain, hasn't changed, and is unlikely to.

Bruce
One other example of expensive shipping ex-US was a new IBM Type M

Yeah, I knew that'd get yer attention...  Ha ha ha!

If you could change anything about ebay model auctions,
what would you do?  Would you change how they are listed?
Would you require pictures?  What would the pictures in-
clude?  Would you remove all graphics in the auction listing
except for photos of the item?

Just a start of a new thread, that's all!

I'm not suggesting we make changes, I'm not making any
requirements that we sign petitions, nor that your suggestion
be anything more than a desire.

Here are a few from me, what _I_ would like to see in ebay
auctions:

1.)  STANDARD LISTING FORMAT!!!  I don't give a damn, but
do SOMETHING!  Scale, Manuf., vehicle/kit name, apx. age,
and other detail.  If you don't like that, then make up some-
thing else that fits.  As long as a 1/72 Airfix Banshe (1984)
isn't going to be listed as a freaking 1/24 truck!

2.)  PICTURE REQUIRED!  Yeah, box slightly foxed...  I've
gotten kits that wer bloody well badgered and left to the
hyenas after that!

3.)  PICTURE OF THE KIT!  Okay, I know that I'm way out of
line here, especially for the purists who like their kit in sealed
plastic or in box sealed.  I wanna see the damned parts!  I
know that this is just a me thing, but I'm within the rules of
the thread I started.  So NYEAH!!!

Anyway, that's just my comments, happy postings!

-andyh