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Blackburn 10 Oct 2011
#1
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
Anonymous 10 Oct 2011
#2
I wonder what the model 1 looks like
Blackburn 11 Oct 2011
#3
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
And it sold not 25 minutes after i posted it. It was a buy it now. Now for everyone that missed out on that great deal, doesn't it suck that I posted a link? It might have hung around long enough for you to snag it.

Maybe the next RARE AUCTION(not buy it now)I encounter I'll post another link. Nobody seems to care when it is a modern cuff hyperlink that gets posted as most of you guys don't collect them, but I do collect them. That only drives the price up. So please have the courtesy not to post until the auctions END.

I've spoke my mind now, and I expect that several people will now run me down for speaking my mind. So go ahead and get your shots in if you want, I'm a big boy I can handle It. I just hope maybe some of you will read this and maybe understand the message I was trying to get across. I hope so.

Thank Everyone for taking the time to read my Rant and my Opinion.
Have a Great Evening.
Ian mcColl 11 Oct 2011
#4
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
I have no idea what you mean. but I would have bought it at $130.00

are you saying some one posted the link ??
confused.

Ian
Blackburn 11 Oct 2011
#5
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
It was a good deal for 130. I posted the link. I don't collect cuffs older like that. My point was it sucks when people post links to auctions that might interest you.

It would be nice if Links to ANY active auction was not posted. If I post a link to a mackenzie mitt auction, everyone who is watching it hearts sink. They know the price just went up. That was my point. I'm the same way with modern cuffs. It's a two way street, That's all I'm trying to say.

This topic has come up several times, and it usually works for a while, and then reverts back to someone post a link every week. I'm sure this time will be no different.
sean97 11 Oct 2011
#6
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
I guess I'm tempted to jump in here.

I read an interesting book quite a few years ago ... "Auctions: The Social Construction of Value," by Charles W. Smith, 225 pages.

He makes a couple points ...

1) Auctions function to establish a "fair" price; and 2) The more knowledgeable interested parties the better for arriving at an objective estimation of value.

I don't spend all that much time looking at ebay. But the posting here of links is useful because it alerts me and other knowledgeable parties that something of interest is being offered.

The poster seems to be saying that limiting the number of knowledgeable interested parties is in his interest because it allows him to buy at low "unfair" prices.

You can bet that when I finally decide to sell off my collection, I will post notice here, on ebay, and everywhere else I can think of!
joe tanner 11 Oct 2011
#7
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
------ my 2 cents worth........... what is the difference between notifing people of something on EBAY & it gets bought RIGHT AWAY or it drives the price up - and -- someone posting items for sale on this forum ???? with a set price - offers - or goes to the highest offer .......NONE... not everyone logs onto this forum every day, so many times when they do log on & someone HAS/HAD items for sale, but item/s already were sold.... should the forum lister HAVE to wait seven days before they make a decision... would be nice, but that is not real life..... some you lose -- some you win.... joe
Anonymous 11 Oct 2011
#8
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
Hi, thanks Justin, I am not a fan of seeing any auctions posted. To me the site is for collectors and sharing information, not for buying or selling.

I also hate anon people or those under dud names. I can't trust their opinions, thoughts or the words of anyone who can be traced. Free speak doesn't go well with those who have to hide who they are to have it.



Ian
tim71 11 Oct 2011
#9
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
I think I get what Justin means. Being a collector of modern swing-thru cuffs almost is a second rate citizen on this board. Post a link to a modern cuff and nobody cares (Like say,.. and odd colored peerless) but "ruin" an old antique cuff auction and then people take notice.

I will have to say though that part of it may be that the collectors of modern cuffs may be younger and less "crafty" than the old hands who collect the really old stuff.

And I've noticed before that if you post a thread about S&W or peerless cuffs, people will come onto that thread to knock it and say, "don't you have anything else to talk about?". Why is that? If I see a thread that doesn't interest me, I don't go in.

Later,

Tim

Unknown / guest 11 Oct 2011
#10
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
I do have to add though that on the flip side of the coin, I don't condone "sniping" as it used to be called but that's just my opinion.

Tim
Blackburn 11 Oct 2011
#11
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
Thanks for all the replies

Ian, I don't mind so much when someone post something for sale, as long as it isn't an auction. I've even had someone try to play me to get more money on make me an offer, I've had a higher offer. I think if you have something to sell, you should set the price. I always have a price in my head when I got something to sell. It does clutter the forum a little bit, but alot of that is because people make 4 or 5 different post to sell 7 or 8 things. It would be nice to see it all kept in one post.

Guest, It's not that I'm trying to cheat anyone, It's just that if I put forth all the effort to find cool and unique items and I'm hoping to get it at a fair price, Why should someone post a link to give everyone who didn't put forth the effort the opportunity to go directly to an item and bid 3 times what it cost new? Everyone on this site has found a good deal one time or another. That's not cheating anyone.

Joe, I understand why you don't see the problem posting links. You are primarily a seller which posting links helps sell your item. If you bought more on ebay, you would feel the same way. People post your links all the time, especially jens. And while it attract attention on the forum, It always leads to an arguement. But be honest,don't your page views go way up when that happens? So in a way, someone may be knocking you on the forum but they may be helping you at the same time.

Tim, Right on.

I'm off to work,
Everyone have a great day.
Blackburn 11 Oct 2011
#12
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
You can bet that when I finally decide to sell off my collection, I will post notice here, on ebay, and everywhere else I can think of!

I just read your last part of the post, seems I missed it before.

By all means if you are the seller, post a link to it. But if you are just an onlooker in an auction you don't plan to bid on, keep quiet.

I bet I can buy a brand new smith and wesson 100 cuff. I can put it on ebay on a 7 day auction. If I don't post a link, at the end of the auction it will sell more or less for 20 bucks which is it's value. If i have that same auction and post links everywhere, that cuff will sell for 40 bucks which is way overinflated from it's value.

Works good for the seller, not so much for the bidders.
joe tanner 11 Oct 2011
#13
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
BLACKBURN :: i believe that you are dead wrong & that is why i generally do NOT post items on the FORUM that i have for sale.... MOST forum folks generally watch EBAY on at least an every other day basis.... letting people on this forum know that you have an item on EBAY -- ONLY -- gives you MORE - WATCHERS -- !! which to most of you who do sell it is very deceiving because it raises your hopes (not mine) of selling for MORE $$.... generally it does NOT result in a higher price..... believe it or not - it may result in a LOWER price....... WHY -- people see that there have been MANY viewers (more then normal sao to speak) so they decide not to watch it or that the price is going to go for more then what they are thinking of bidding so they pass.....others think the same too so they pass -- low & behold the item sold for LESS then they would have bid !! btw i do BUY on EBAY -- buy & sell under ONE name ONLY .... joe
AdAm 11 Oct 2011
#14
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
Anytime i have posted a link it's not to screw anyone its simply because i have seen something out of the ordinary and i want to know why or what other people think. Just like the rest of us, all im doing is seeking information and sharing information, which is why forums are made.
Atlanta*Casting 12 Oct 2011
#15
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
Personally Blackburn , I do not care what you do . It does not bother me to have a forum member give a heads up on an ebay item . These days I might check ebay maybe a couple of times a week so it is no biggy too me . It does not even bother me if a forum member does something underhanded / unethical like asking a seller to give a buy it now or off ebay deal . Finally it does not bother me when a forum member who for whatever reason decides to inform a seller of the specifics of the item being sold , with the item then being relisted at a substantially higher price . You asked for feedback and I give you some , bon appΓ©tit ...
Blackburn 12 Oct 2011
#16
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
Actually I never asked for feedback. So you eat that.

I'm not here to argue. I'm done. I just wanted to give my opinion and I did.

Goodnight Everyone.
Atlanta*Casting 12 Oct 2011
#17
So I'm gonna post a link for anyone Interested.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOWER-HANDCUFFS ... 43aa3c335d
Whatever Blackburn , whatever ..........

( Blackburn says ) [ " So go ahead and get your shots in if you want, I'm a big boy I can handle It." ]

That sounds too me like an invitation by you for some feedback to your rant ...