going, going, gone!

[jimmyking]

Just be careful with Mr. Ody (owner of the ebay shop).
Bought a lens for my Beaulieu from him, apparently in good condition, only to discover afterwards it had fungus and haze
I won't buy from him again, as I don't trust him anymore, nor did I receive the service expected (item return) for buying from a "connaisseur"
Not everything is what it looks like...

[mohican]

Attention USA...the euro exchange rate is 1.27 as I speak [type]. Keep that in mind when purchasing in anything in euros with your dollar credit card.

[filmbuff]

Someone please buy that cute little Bauer Electric S 8mm before I break down and bid :-&

[danpuddick]

for that price - I'm willing to gamble on the camera's health - I'm actually keep to get inside a camera if it's not working - I'm too scared to fiddle with my functioinal ones.

[Sparky]

I keep getting drawn to that little Bauer too!
But I've limited myself to 2 projectors, 3 cameras and a lens!!
As I said- very dangerous :oops:
Quite liked the look of the Nizo Visacustic- reg8 sound :o, but it looks incomplete.
Postage is always the killer with ebay so I hope this will work out a bit more economical.
Well I hope!

Mark

[ccortez]

OK, I'm forever done with that URL. No going back. I wish I could block it at my router.

I was drawn to that little Bauer 8mm too, as well as the Bauer C2 A, which if it works is a nice S8 camera for 8 EUR. And at that price, if it's broken it's a good candidate for camera surgery practice!

I bought them both, which is more evidence of my absolute lack of restraint. I'm a hopeless sucker for combined shipping... ;-)

Some people may be getting very odd christmas gifts this year.

c.

[super8film]

A question to anyone bidding in the US...do you know how much you're going to be charged for shipping, or are you just taking your chances and hoping that the seller will charge a reasonable, fair shipping rate? I don't see any shipping cost estimates listed in the auctions, so personally I'd be a little weary...although some of those auctions are pretty tempting

[reedsturtevant]

A question to anyone bidding in the US...do you know how much you're going to be charged for shipping

For my 3 proj. lenses, 3 remote cables, 1 intervalometer (EUR 42.00 total) Mr. Ody combined into one box and quoted EUR 26.40 for shipping by surface or EUR 39.60 airmail. That includes a 3% Paypal surcharge.

We'll see what condition the loot is in but I'm OK with price...although I later realized I missed a EUR 9.00 metal CIRO splicer in my haste :?

[bulion]

I've used babelfish and asked some easy question whether his Bauer camera wokrs or not, this is what I got in return:

>Kameras oder alle Artikel die Raritäten und Sammlerstücke sind, werden >auch als solche (Unbekannt) angeboten.
>Diese Kamera hat keine solche Erklärung also gilt was das steht.

Use babelfish again, think about it and this is what he means:

Cameras are DOA. He knows Super 8 and can easily judge its condition. Check out his feedback profile on eBay, especially his past complaints. babelfishs translation is little fuzzy, but hey;)

[ccortez]

Could be. But it could be that the cameras should work, but may not work, and he can't be responsible. Esp. for EUR 8.

If you were to buy my Nizo 801 and ask "does it work?" I wouldn't know how to answer. Sometimes it works great. I think it certainly *should* work. But if I sent it to you, I'd certainly expect you to have trouble with it.

It's old and all, and needs lots of TLC to get it running and keep it that way. I expect the same of any old Super 8 camera I pick up cheap, and I also expect that most problems with them can be solved w/a little effort.

I paid a fairly large price for a Bauer 715 XL from Germany b/c it came from a dealer who had tuned it up and guaranteed it was working great. I don't expect the same for cameras from the bargain bin.

That said, we could all get screwed here. Caveat Emptor, etc.

c.

[ccortez]

He's charging me EUR 29 to ship 4 cameras. Seems fair.

[reflex]

Has anyone received the camera(s) they ordered from this character yet? I noticed recent neutral feedback (Nov 15) indicating that several of the "Rarität und Sammlerstück" cameras were in fact defective that the buyer felt the posts had been misleading.

I bought one of the cameras that wasn't listed in the "rarities & collector's pieces" section. Am interested to see what actually arrives. And I'm not afraid to leave negative feedback if its warranted.

[Lucas Lightfeat]

Isn't this the problem with the eBay feedback system though - that there is a risk involved with giving a bad eBayer a negative, as they may do the same back to you.

It's because of this that some sellers receive money immediately for an item, but refrain from leaving feedback until the buyer has first. Even if an item I've bought has been a little suspect, I always leave a positive (so far) for fear of a reprisal.

Also, isn't it true that if I buy something and give a negative, the seller could give a negative in return as a bargaining position to get these negatives mutually removed?

I'd love to hear your views on that.

[aj]

Isn't this the problem with the eBay feedback system though - that there is a risk involved with giving a bad eBayer a negative, as they may do the same back to you.

It's because of this that some sellers receive money immediately for an item, but refrain from leaving feedback until the buyer has first. Even if an item I've bought has been a little suspect, I always leave a positive (so far) for fear of a reprisal.

Also, isn't it true that if I buy something and give a negative, the seller could give a negative in return as a bargaining position to get these negatives mutually removed?

I'd love to hear your views on that.

It is a bit old discussion. Check the forum.

eBay is somewhat strange as paying customers must fear a negative rating while the sellers are at fault. Getting some slander and insult on the way out after emptying your wallet. Try this in a brick and mortar shop or auction and closure will be soon.

I state to sellers that I will not post feedback until I have received one. As a buyer you do not need much positive feedback. Sellers hardly check it at all I expect. They do not need to as they have the money before shipping. Although creditcard payments can easily reversed...

Just give negatives when they deserve it. You can post a response to incoming negatives. Just mark them as revenge feedback and offer a copy of the e-mail.

[MovieStuff]

Isn't this the problem with the eBay feedback system though - that there is a risk involved with giving a bad eBayer a negative, as they may do the same back to you.

Feedback really only means something to newbies on ebay that can't afford to have a high percentage of negatives. If a new ebay seller has an item that I want and they have, say, 12 negatives out of a total of 20 feedbacks, then that might indicate a bad seller. But if they have 50 negatives out of 2000 feedbacks, then I would account that to pissy buyers more than anything. The only exception might be if those 50 were recent and close together. That would indicate a trend and might give me pause before buying from this seller.

It's because of this that some sellers receive money immediately for an item, but refrain from leaving feedback until the buyer has first. Even if an item I've bought has been a little suspect, I always leave a positive (so far) for fear of a reprisal.

Well, again, it really depends on the amount of positive feedback one already has. I have over 1000 transactions with only three negatives and they were all from asshole customers that were trying to defraud me, not the other way around. I never back down from people that threaten negative feedback because I know my positive feedbacks will always outweigh the negatives. Why live in fear?

Also, isn't it true that if I buy something and give a negative, the seller could give a negative in return as a bargaining position to get these negatives mutually removed?

One of my negatives was from someone that decided they would remove their negative feedback if I removed mine. I contacted ebay about a "mutual removal" and they said "nope". One of the other negative feedbacks I have was from a guy that ebay shut down because they found he was fraudulant. Ebay refuses to remove my negative feedback from this asswipe! Apparently it takes an act of Congress to get any feedback removed.

Roger