Myford Lathe on Ebay

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

Bearing in mid what Bandersnatch pointed out – which meshes with my own experience in buying and selling antique telescopes – I think it might go very high now, and wouldn't be surprised at £2k+.

Though mind you, it would've helped the seller if they'd put a bit of effort into cleaning it up a bit better and photographing it in attractive light.

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Posted by Ian Parkin on 07/03/2019 07:41:55:

What’s the part between the 2 biscuit tins that looks like it clamps on the bed and has 2 arms with what looks like a offset centre ?

I think it is designed to hold two dial indicators for measuring X &Y when using the vertical slide.

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

Ian j – Told you !!!

Edited By ChrisH on 07/03/2019 18:39:32

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Still static at 1,020 Quid, with eight hours to go. Might get interesting later on. Or someone might get a "bargain".

Other Super 7s currently on eBay UK range from 2,600 to 6,600 quid.

While a tidy enough looking Boxford sits at 450 Quid with just five hours to go.

Why a Myford would be worth 13 times a Boxford is beyond me.

Edited By Hopper on 10/03/2019 08:25:16

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Hopper on 10/03/2019 08:24:49:

Still static at 1,020 Quid, with eight hours to go. Might get interesting later on. Or someone might get a "bargain".

 

Still got the "battle of the snipers" to go.

 

…. oh, I see its ended. What you get for living out of time zone

Edited By Bandersnatch on 10/03/2019 16:24:36

[colin wilkinsonParticipant @colinwilkinson75381]

£1256 at the end.

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

I'm not quite sure why anyone bids on ebay without using a sniping program. It doesn't serve any useful purpose .

[J HancockParticipant @jhancock95746]

Less ebay/paypal fees , not much at all left for the seller.

Would have been more advantageous to advertise here !

[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

Posted by Mark Rand on 10/03/2019 17:33:42:

I'm not quite sure why anyone bids on ebay without using a sniping program. It doesn't serve any useful purpose .

It's quite possible to snipe manually by entering a bid about half a minute before the end. You might or might not win depending on whether somebody else who valued the item more had put in a higher snipe, but you can be reasonably certain nobody would have time to react to your bid and put in a higher one.

Of course it's more time-consuming to sit and wait for the right moment, but occasionally you might not notice something you want till then. I usually use sniping software, but have occasionally succeeded manually.

Whichever way, you're forced to decide what the thing is worth to you, and be prepared to shrug if you lose to someone who wants it more.

[Brian Sweeting 2Participant @briansweeting2]

Seeing this thread content may I ask if it is okay to post links from Facebook?

Of late there have been a few lathes and mills for sale in my area, Newton Abbot / Torquay, which may have been of interest to some.

Thanks, Brian

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Posted by Brian Sweeting on 10/03/2019 22:33:29:

Seeing this thread content may I ask if it is okay to post links from Facebook?

That's up to Neil really but I would suggest people resist the temptation. There are half a dozen lathes, plus mills and so on newly listed every single day so we would be inundated and just turn into a repeater function for adverts. Not really what the forum is for.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by colin wilkinson on 10/03/2019 17:31:31:

£1256 at the end.

The buyer got a good deal at that price, compared with other S7s listed on eBay that range from more than twice that to about six times that. Nice set of accessories thrown in "for free" too.

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Posted by Brian Sweeting on 10/03/2019 22:33:29:

Seeing this thread content may I ask if it is okay to post links from Facebook?

Of late there have been a few lathes and mills for sale in my area, Newton Abbot / Torquay, which may have been of interest to some.

Thanks, Brian

Yes, others do it from time to time. Always interesting to see what's out there and how much it's selling for (or how much its owner thinks it might sell for!).

[Brian Sweeting 2Participant @briansweeting2]

Posted by Bazyle on 10/03/2019 22:42:56:

Posted by Brian Sweeting on 10/03/2019 22:33:29:

Seeing this thread content may I ask if it is okay to post links from Facebook?

That's up to Neil really but I would suggest people resist the temptation. There are half a dozen lathes, plus mills and so on newly listed every single day so we would be inundated and just turn into a repeater function for adverts. Not really what the forum is for.

Fair comment, thanks.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Personally I also prefer not to get links to sales elsewhere but Neil would have final say.

You never know if people are posting just to promote items they have for sale or are just being "helpful" though making an item known to a wider public does not help the chap who found an item that nobody else was interested in. one of the other ME forums had a period where lots of e-bay items were being posted and pulled to bits by "those in the know" which got very boring and does not help sellers and puts buyers off what may have been perfectly reasonable items.

If someone is looking for an item on the forum and you happen to have seen something that may be of interest to them then a quick PM can be used to let them have a link.

[Dave HalfordParticipant @davehalford22513]

It'll be fine once the tailstock is shimmed to account for the bed wear.

[Keith Rogers 2Participant @keithrogers2]

Posted by JasonB on 11/03/2019 11:27:59:

Personally I also prefer not to get links to sales elsewhere but Neil would have final say.

You never know if people are posting just to promote items they have for sale or are just being "helpful" though making an item known to a wider public does not help the chap who found an item that nobody else was interested in. one of the other ME forums had a period where lots of e-bay items were being posted and pulled to bits by "those in the know" which got very boring and does not help sellers and puts buyers off what may have been perfectly reasonable items.

If someone is looking for an item on the forum and you happen to have seen something that may be of interest to them then a quick PM can be used to let them have a link.

+1 to that Jason.

Keith

[HopperParticipant @hopper]

Actually, i found this particular link to this particular sale quite interesting. There seems to be fairly regular discussion of the perceived high prices Myfords sell for, or more often the prices that are being asked for them. This one shows what one reasonable looking example actually sold for. IE, nowhere near the asking price often seen. Handy to know.

I've seen other forums that have a single thread for "Seen on Craigslist/Gumtree/eBay today" so it keeps all such posts in one place and those who are not interested don't have to look at them. But it does have the disadvantage of taking forum viewers and their valuable clicks off to another site.

[Bodger BrianParticipant @bodgerbrian]

Posted by Mark Rand on 10/03/2019 17:33:42:

I'm not quite sure why anyone bids on ebay without using a sniping program. It doesn't serve any useful purpose .

I’ve bought quite a few (low value) items on eBay and have never used a sniping program. On occasions, if the end of the auction is at a convenient time, I have manually sniped. However, generally I decide what i’m willing to pay, bid that as my maximum and if someone wants to pay more and/or is desperate to buy it, then so be it.

Brian

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Bodger Brian on 11/03/2019 18:14:30:

On occasions, if the end of the auction is at a convenient time, I have manually sniped. However, generally I decide what i’m willing to pay, bid that as my maximum and if someone wants to pay more and/or is desperate to buy it, then so be it.

… but the very fact that you place your maximum bid somewhat before the end of the auction (without sniping) may be an inducement to someone else to top it. So the possibility is that you work against yourself.

I used a sniping program this last weekend – for something not relevant here. Set it up 6 days prior, when I first saw the listing; decided what my personal, reasonable maximum was; then walked away. I was quite surprised to find out late Saturday that I'd won since I'd more-or less forgotten about it and had, in any case expected it to go for significantly more than my bid. Other examples most certainly have.

Yes, I was trying it on …. and it worked. My feeling is that, if I had made the same bid "in good time" so to speak, someone would have taken the opportunity to beat it at the price.

[Bodger BrianParticipant @bodgerbrian]

Posted by Bandersnatch on 11/03/2019 21:19:58:

Posted by Bodger Brian on 11/03/2019 18:14:30:

On occasions, if the end of the auction is at a convenient time, I have manually sniped. However, generally I decide what i’m willing to pay, bid that as my maximum and if someone wants to pay more and/or is desperate to buy it, then so be it.

… but the very fact that you place your maximum bid somewhat before the end of the auction (without sniping) may be an inducement to someone else to top it. So the possibility is that you work against yourself.

Maybe things have changed since I last bought something but it used to be that one put one’s maximum bid in. The actual bid that showed would only be a certain amount above the existing bid, then eBay would automatically increase your bid in stages if anyone bettered it, up to your maximum. At no point could a rival bidder actually see what your maximum was.

Brian

[Enough!Participant @enough]

Posted by Bodger Brian on 11/03/2019 22:09:51:

 

Maybe things have changed since I last bought something but it used to be that one put one’s maximum bid in. The actual bid that showed would only be a certain amount above the existing bid, then eBay would automatically increase your bid in stages if anyone bettered it, up to your maximum. At no point could a rival bidder actually see what your maximum was.

 

That's true – eBay listings are Dutch Auctions – but if *everyone* does it that way, as far as I can see the bidding would rapidly run through each person's bids, cancelling each other until the maximum overall bidder (not necessarily max bid) was reached. (Which I think happens at lower bidding levels). Which tells everyone what they have to beat – at that point.

Maybe I'm talking out of my hat, Brian because I never do it that way on eBay.

Edited By Bandersnatch on 11/03/2019 23:59:02

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