Quote: billwill @ 25th June 2014, 1:20 PM BSTBillwill has sold his pretty little antique sewing machine on eBay and it is now en-route to Spain.
Can you fix those size numbers for me please Zooo, I forgot the format again.
Almost right! Needed an x instead of a comma.
So did your plan to get offers work?
Quote: zooo @ 25th June 2014, 1:21 PM BSTAlmost right! Needed an x instead of a comma.
So did your plan to get offers work?
Yes, the buyer is a collector in Spain and he simply made one very fair offer which was around what I hoped to get, but of course, much lower than the "Buy-it-Now" price that I put on it.
No movement yet on the Electronic Typewriter, Trumpet or Mandolin though, despite quite a lot of views (possibly just BCG members having a peek at the technique rather than interested in actually buying the items).
Quote: billwill @ 25th June 2014, 1:29 PM BSTYes, the buyer is a collector in Spain and he simply made one very fair offer which was around what I hoped to get, but of course, much lower than the "Buy-it-Now" price that I put on it.
If you'd set the start price for that amount as an auction, do you think it wouldn't have given you such a reasonable price?
Time to go to the optometrist. I can see objects fine, but having trouble reading things a short distance away if it is not in large print.
Quote: Ben @ 25th June 2014, 1:13 PM BSTI thought 10k was practically a warm up for you.
Depends on the intensity. If I'm doing a light run on my own, 10K are not that much. But this is an official competition, so I'll be vomitting blood after crossing the finish line.
Quote: Ben @ 25th June 2014, 1:13 PM BSTRegardless, good luck!
Thanks. I'd like to improve.
The last time (a month ago) I made the 10K in under 48 minutes. That was a city run. This on the other hand is a different beast, 6K uphill, 4 down again.
Billwill, your sewing machine reminds me of Rod Taylor's legendary time machine. Beautiful!
Quote: Nogget @ 25th June 2014, 1:38 PM BSTIf you'd set the start price for that amount as an auction, do you think it wouldn't have given you such a reasonable price?
No I think it would not. But initially I did not know what was a reasonable price. If you merely set a high starting price and no-one bids, you are not getting any information back, whereas Offers can be made at any figure which is valuable information.
Part of the reason for using Best Offer is that eBay charge the seller to set a reserve price on an item, whereas there is no charge (now) for using Best Offer instead.
Secondly once you put it on action you are obliged to sell to the highest bidder, whereas on Best Offer you can change your mind & refuse them all.
However the main reason is that often you have no real idea what an item is worth, so setting an absurdly high Buy-it-Now and inviting offers is a way of finding out, without any actual obligation to sell. You/I could then put it on auction starting at the best offer received, the offering person would then probably take the first bid and the auction would determine if the competitive nature was enough to raise the price.
Quote: Gordon Bennett @ 25th June 2014, 2:14 PM BSTBillwill, your sewing machine reminds me of Rod Taylor's legendary time machine. Beautiful!
It is indeed beautiful, I think the gold decorating is real gold leaf; it was love at first sight about 12 years ago 
, but I feel it has to go to a better place than a corner of my bedroom.
It was probably made between 1900-1910.
I had checked that it worked OK but I couldn't do any serious sewing job as I only had a single sewing needle and I did not find a source of them. Had I broken the needle I would have been stumped in the middle of a sewing task.
Ben can't get his head round Pinterest. It all seems a bit cluttered.
Lee has had some good news today. More details to follow shortly.
Quote: Lee @ 25th June 2014, 9:34 PM BSTLee has had some good news today. More details to follow shortly.
You've passed your GCSEs ?
Lee is going to be a Daddy.
Both wrong!
Lee is going to be a Mummy??!
Ben has just been flicking through his BCG inbox and rediscovering some of the slightly odd messages he's been sent over the years. He's even kept some from as far back as 2007 for old times sake.
Is shopping online for shirts
Yummy
I remember considering a Warrior harrington jacket a few years back, but ended up getting a Merc one. And then chucked it out a few months later.
I only really wear short sleeve shirts for work now, but some of those Warrior ones look pretty smart.
I've got a Ben Sherman one
Although I do have a Warrior monkey jacket - kin quality mate!
