How not to sell a machine on ebay

[treefrog]

I agree not good enough pictures or description as you cannot not easily tell what is in the boxes, but I recognise little and the castings are all Jubilee, Sega and Bally I believe.......too much of a risk to take a lucky dip and hope there are actually Mills or Jennings parts, certainly for that money anyway, might explain why they have not sold.......Now the boxes would have been worth having

Of course I guess the answer is one could always ask for more detail, but who is going to list a 1000 items, so take your chances.

[andydotp]

Hilarious,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Will post when my ribs stop hurting!

[spintop]

This is what not to do when you have a light cream coloured sofa when you try and sell a dirty old machine on ebay. I hope this seller took some pictures of his machine while his wife was out shopping !!

[coppinpr]

No you have missed the point. I asked the seller: the machine has a permanent seat on the sofa. The wife used to sit there but she went down to the shops for 5 mins 3 years ago and never came back for some reason.

[andydotp]

Hmmmm,, I know the feeling.. 'Dearest Beloved' of seven years popped back to China for a week - in '08. (BP emoticon for drumming fingers and looking at watch please) and me & the machines are starving & covered in dust!
Agree with spintop though about the pic.

[badpenny]

Sometimes there really is no need to reinvent the wheel ......

[coppinpr]

Topic merged - Site Admin.

Following on with my series of "how not to sell on ebay", here is a real good example:

Here we have a nice Jennings in terrible condition, sell-able, I think but not the way it's offered here. I've been in selling all my life, and I'm good at it. This is not good - the seller tries to convince you that what you're looking at is not what he's selling. The line "offered is an exceptionally well-kept example" is classic, when in fact it's a totally rusty example with no back door, locks, rear hood, jackpot or escalator. He then goes on to imply that a little TLC will make this worth £1500, even shows you what it will look like when restored. Now I'd buy this machine at the right price and offered in an honest manner, but not like this. I don't trust the seller!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Jennings-Sun- ... 1406977463

[treefrog]

This is the second listing for this and when pulled last time, I made the seller an offer. Glad he did not respond to me as on closer inspection, apart from a rusty mech and shagged cabinet, the castings are knackered, deep corrosion at the front......also lacks escalator and other parts mentioned....

[jingle]

The most important part
What I think is missing is the original lights

[glittering-prize67]

It's a piece of shit but has bids. Ebay is full of crap, most of which I would put in the bin. Some people have silly ideas of what things are worth. I know what I want and I know what I will pay. Been there, done that, won't fall for the stories.

[cheeky]

In fairness the description is accurate until you get the bit which has clearly been copied and pasted from a US site. I wouldn't be too harsh on this seller and he/she does have 100% feedback. Maybe I'm being too kind for once.

[widget2k4]

I had a bid on this last time. I am so pleased I never won it now.
Seller states "believed to be complete"?
I never noticed the escalator and jackpot were missing until Paul pointed that out on his post, but the back hood is there on one of the pictures.

[aristomatic]

Yes, the rear hood/backbonnet is present as widget says. He had bids from people on the forum first time as previous posts elude too, at around the price the machine is at currently on ebay and, as he says, he has two almost identical, then if that's true, then the underbidder will probably get a second chance offer to buy the second (that's of course if it stays on ebay long enough...) Maybe when they get around to collect them they may buy the other machines he has too.....

[coppinpr]

In fairness the description is accurate until you get the bit which has clearly been copied and pasted from a US sit

Yes, you are being too kind. Copying info from another place and using it totally incorrectly in your ad is perhaps worse than just lying. Then there is his own line "believed to be complete". Believed by whom? Clearly not the seller because he's actually looked at it. Like I said, this machine IS sell-able, at the right price and honestly offered. At the price it is now I would have bid, in fact. Interesting also that there is no photo of the mech from the front, possibly just an accident but also, as I said, I don't trust people who sell like this. I've always been the "keep it fair and straight and they might come again" type of seller not the "grab the money once and run" type.

[coppinpr]

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When you consider that buying and selling on ebay is pretty much dependant on photos this ad seems a little odd, especially when it's clear the seller has a nice collection of other machines. The machine looks to be quite an interesting one... but who knows, as you can't really see it? The real worry is the ad says "sold as per the photo". Would that mean there is only half a machine then?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALLWIN-ANTIQU ... 6016.l4276

[slotalot]

Maybe you get EVERYTHING that is in the photo????

[badpenny]

... that makes sense, after all it's got to be worth your while driving that far.

[coppinpr]

Topic merged - Site Admin.

How could anyone possibly imagine he would get the best price for anything advertised in this manner? Six out of focus pics so dark as to be be impossible to see plus a one line description which includes "needs a bit of a wiggle to make it work" and, ludicrously, "see the photos as part of the description". Crazy

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-ALLWI ... SwuLFZvry0

[larry_d]

I once bought a camera like that!

[geordy55]

Check out the spelling on this one, you just have to laugh.

THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND COLECTABEL MACHINE MADE BYE BRECKNELL MUNRO AND ROGERS BRISTOL IN 1926 ENGINERS AND FIUNDRY MAKERS OF VENDING MACHINE FOR THE LONDON UNDER GROUND I THUNK THIS WAS A PROTER TYPE SO MAY BE THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND IN EGSISTAS ON OLD SIXPENS PER PLAY IN GOOD CONDISION CHEK OUT THER HISTORY ON THE WEB VERRY REAR CAN DILIVER ANY WHER IN UK CASH PREFERD THANKS

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRECKNELL-MU ... Sw32lYx8Sx