1994 V21 on eBay

[jamesbalog]

Someone out bid me at the last second. I hope it was one of you guys and it turns out to be a great boat

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by jamesbalog

Someone out bid me at the last second. I hope it was one of you guys and it turns out to be a great boat

Sorry James. Looking at the bids, the winner was a sniper. There were no bids from him earlier in the bidding, so he was just sitting in the shadows waiting to pounce at the last second.

(I have to admit that's how I bid also. I figure how much I'm willing to actually spend, and that's the bid i will enter. For that boat I would have bid $1007.99. My theory being that people usually bid in set amounts... $5 or $10. So anyone that bid $1000 or $1005 would lose to me. I also never enter a bid until there are only 3 seconds left in the bidding. I have the amount already entered, I just don't click the enter key until 3 seconds. That way no one has time to enter a counter bid). Over the years I've bought over 700 items off ebay, and that's one of the tricks that I use to get items I want. (Most times I'll simply find what I want from a seller that offers "buy it now" and "free shipping". Bidding is risky, (but fun).

In all cases I'm sorry you didn't get the boat. I hope whoever got it finds there way to this site. I'd love to hear how the boat actually is. I suspect they got a steal.

[randlemanboater]

Sorry you didn't get it JB.

That is my method on ebay as well...although one time I put in my max bid before I went to bed on an item, the next day I learned that I had joined the elite V20 owners club.

When you bid early, you are just running up the price on yourself.

[jamesbalog]

I use the same method you guys mentioned I didn’t bid until about 30 seconds left. I would have preferred to let it go longer but was on a cell phone with crappy service and didn’t trust it to actually go through when I hit the button.

I had my max bid in as well I wanted to have 1k or less in it and after their $150 fee and fuel/tolls each way $652.86 was my max.


I also have a gut feeling this is going to be a good one. The only thing that didn’t line up for me is the donor stating it hasn’t been touched in 8 years and registration sticker on the boat being good till 2021. They expire every 3 years here in Ohio and I don’t see a reason anyone would renew it and put the stickers on at least twice while it’s just sitting.

That could be a good thing for the buyer or a bad thing. Just caught me as the donor not being honest about at least 1 thing.

[bgreene]

Wouldn’t fret over it — I’m guessing water intrusion rotted mess .....

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by bgreene

Wouldn’t fret over it — I’m guessing water intrusion rotted mess .....

Certainly possible. Like was said before, it's a crapshoot. Could also be a treasure. Would love to know more about it, who got it, etc. Ah well, such is life.