Converto-Vac

[seamusuk]

$898!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Someone must REALLY want that!!!!!!!!- will it get to 4 figures before its done????????

Seamus

 

[seamusuk]

Skip

If I was you id be pretty relieved lol!!

The one you are getting looks very nice

Seamus

 

[skip]

Thanks Seamus

Yes Seamus A big relief as I was making a loan to get the one on ebay and I Talk to a few vac friends and they told me that it wasn't worth Wh at I was willing to pay for it. But that's to show You how bad I wanted a converto vac. and like i say my angel came to my rescue

 

[brettsomers]

how wicked of you Skip. i imagine the current bidders on the ebay converto seeing the one ur getting and SEETHING!

 

[hoover1060]

wicked?

I'd say its pretty Shi**Y of you to drive the price up like that and then drop out...

 

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Jeff

Man you are wrong for that statement and if it's any of Your business to begin with notice a bidder has as they say taken up my position on the bidding so no if you think about it I didn't drive it up as even without me bidding It still will go SKYHIGH anyway and who's to say what my max bid that I still would have won and to be honest things change day to day

 

[hoover1060]

probably not wrong

Go for it Skip, IF you're serious, but be careful about how much you brag, you can still be outbid.
I haven't heard the fat lady singing on this yet.

 

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Jeff

Jeff your missing my point. this is what's going on now. A collector has one the brown one I have been after his for quite sometime. We have from time to time tried to negitate on his. when this converto vac came out, It didn't look like We could reach an agreement on his, So he emailed me the link to this one and yes I was very serious about getting it and He even wished me good luck on the ebay one and promised not to bid against me. Well yesterday out of the blue We finally reach an agreement on his converto vac, so now he's going after the blue one now, so that's where it's at now. Jeff this deal i made with him is alot less then what I would have had to pay for the ebay one in fact I had made a loan to get the ebay one but it's just better for me to go the route I took. Jeff I'm the kind of person If I want something bad enough I would do what ever it takes to get it even to the point of getting kinda in a rut to get it. I'm not lucky like most of You guys going to estate sales and finding nice vintage vacs. especially since katrina there are none to be found that are worth anything. It'super rare now to find any vintage vac here now.

 

[hoover1060]

Skip, seriously...

if you don't want the ebay one then retract your bid.

thats only fair for the others who do want it.

It will also regulate and maybe help reduce some of the greed(and JUNK) thats rampant with ebay sellers these days.

pretty soon nobody will be able to buy anything on ebay

 

[sikiguya]

Retracting bids

He is not allowed to retract his bid per eBay's rules.

You can retract a bid or a Best Offer for the following reasons:

You make a typographical error and enter the wrong bid amount. For instance, you bid $99.50 instead of $9.95. If this occurs, enter the correct bid amount immediately after you retract your bid. If you do not place another bid, the retraction will be in violation of eBay's policy and could result in your suspension. Please review the retraction guidelines if you need to retract your bid.

The description of an item you have bid on changed significantly after you placed your bid.

You cannot contact the seller. This means that you tried to call the seller, but his or her phone number doesn't work, or that you have tried emailing a message to the seller and it comes back undeliverable.

There are people all over eBay who have bid on items but end up finding the item somewhere else after they have been outbid. Many times, I have seen items driven up in price by people who want an item but then they find a newly listed one on eBay to bid on or just decide that they don't want to bid any higher. It looks like Skip REALLY wanted the vacuum as he was going to take out a loan to buy it but ended up making a deal with someone else who was going to bid "to the max" for hte blue on one eBay. It's no crime and it doesn't bother the person who is evidently bidding and selling the brown one to Skip.

 

[brettsomers]

Heather

all good points. skip bid in good faith, he simply doesnt want to bid any higher.

 

[eluxomarty]

Jeff, Skip, everybody

When there is something on Ebay, i usually have a limit on what i will bid. There is always going to be someone with a higher limit and maybe not. Point is, if i bid for the Super Hoover Hum Vac and my limit is $300.00 and someone out bids me along the way, i will keep bidding until i reach my limit. That does not mean i'm driving the price up on purpose it just means i reached my limit and am out of the race. It is then fun to continue to watch the auction to see who wins and for how much! Remember the pink GE?

I know what it feels like to get into a frenzy about something and start bidding like crazy as it has happened to me once but usually i come to my senses now. I always thought ebay brought out the worst in people.

 

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Heather

Hi Heather thanks so much for understanding what is going on. You hit the head on the nail. Heather You are right I can't retract my bid at all. I was outbidded so it wouldn't change anything anyway. The bids above mine would still be the same bid amount. Again Heather Thanks for understanding me

Skip...

 

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David and Marty

You two are also right again Thanks, Marty You are right I was going full force for the convertc vac I was even going to make a loan to get it. But late last nite, the collector that has the brown one and I finally came to an agreement as I have been after him for quite sometime now for it. The thing was We couldn't meet a happy medium so he in good faith did send me the Link to the ebay one but I did already have it. He even told me don't worry I won't bid against You. But then We did last night finally reach an agreement and It was to my advantage because this way I was getting myself in Maybe a rut to get the loan for it, I make good money but to make sure I would have won it I had to make a loan and then That loan is 16 months from being paid off and to renew it it would have been 4 years. So Think about it anybody with Common sense would make the deal that was better because the way I went I didn't have to make the loan after all. The collector did take the reins from me on the ebay coverto vac so I see where no harm was done.

Skip...

 

[sikiguya]

Skip...

No big deal.

I have an auction up right now for a kids bed. I have 3 people bidding for it. But, one of the bidders dropped out and went to another auction that was just listed. Oh well! That's what auctions are all about.

I am just glad that you found your dream machine and won't be breaking the bank to get it.

 

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Heather

Heather I wished people could take lessons from You. You really have a great outlook on everything That's Fanastic. But Heather I bet your auctions are like most where they snipe them. I can't lie I usually snipe my auctions and I'm not a bad ebayer I have 100% feedback. I know I don't have to repeat myself but I promise you that converto vac will end up with a skyhigh final bid. after all this is only the second converto vac to show up on ebay since 2002. in fact the brown one i'm getting was the first one ebay back in 2002. to show You how times are changing the winning bid on it was 280.00, but it wasn't brand new in the box either but look at the difference in the bids. my belief is now there are more new collectors out there and again another thing. these flea markets and thrift stores are wising up to ebay because i know of a guy that would go to them and buy all of the vacs for like 5 to 10 dollars and put them on ebay and then go back to the flea market and tell them that he sold it for 288.00 on ebay. He couldn't understand why after he told them that, that suddenly they raised there prices to 100 dollars are better on there vacs. My other belief is watch now after this auction ends how suddenly all the converto vacs will be coming out of the walls and showing up on ebay. I know that alot of sellers when they find something too that they do a search of the completed auctions on the vac that they want to list and they see this very high winning bid and that's another reason why vintage vacs suddenly have a high bin or a high reserve. But everyday is differnt. An example I won a fairfax totally complete with even the preco turbo brush from canada my winning bid was 24.00. a week later the exact same fairfax with only the hose and wands and floor tool ended at 116.00. look at the electrolux model G's turquiose color some end up with a high winning bid others end up getting like 20.00. It boils down to who see's the auction. With this converto vac the seller announce it to all of the vacs groups plus here. So I think every collector and then some have seen this one on ebay. I think another plus here is he went with a 10 day auction so that way more and more people end up seeing it.

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My Converto Vac

I was totally suprise that some Vac shops there have parts for the motors. My convecto vac carbon brushes were stuck and I brought it to Gerald to repair. The brushes were fine didn't need replacing at all. He did tell me that the main bearing was starting to make a noise but he does have that part in stock. Gerald told me as soon as I don't use the converto vac as my daily driver it should be alright for a very long time. it is a rather easy vac to work on also. It does have great suction as well to. I am hoping one day to find the hose and attachments for it but that will be slim to none but one can hope.

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