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[goldsilverpro]

Don't use the URL button to post URLs. When you do that, it displays the entire URL and this usually requires horizontal scrolling. Just paste the URL as is. This abbreviates the URL so it will fit in the window.

 

[g_axelsson]

or use...

[url=http://extremelylongurl.not/sdfsdfsdfsdf/sfsdf.html]Look at this fool selling pins[/url]

Which gives...
Look at this fool selling pins

If you hold your mouse pointer above the url button then you get a quick instruction.

Göran

 

[FrugalRefiner]

Or, you can use the method described in Including Links with Reader Friendly Titles.

Dave

 

[macfixer01]

It is hard to determine what is fair price for pentium pro's as there is fluctuation of gold price and it really is basic offer and demand thing. If seller value them more than you think then it is hard to call him thief or something like that. It is simply that you do not want to pay what he ask and that is it. It is not different that buying other stuff, soda is more expensive than water somewhere and many more examples. Buying bottled water is another prime example of madness.
I would only call them thief or sleazebag if they stated that there is 1g of gold in each one or some other outrageous claims but if they just sell them for higher price well that is what they feel they are worth. Educated buyer will base his decision on experience and well maybe buyer want to hold them and wait for price to go up...
The only people I may call thief on ebay are those selling so called drops, but hey bottled water comes to my mind again. I see most of these auctions we post here as a fun, entertainment and if somebody fall for some of them it is just their own decision and mistake. Hope they will learn from that mistake.

Hi Patnor,
I agree with what you have said, and each seller is free to set his own price based on his own costs and expectations. That's just free enterprise at work. I get rankled though when sellers make false or misleading statements, or falsely represent their wares. In my opinion the other purpose of this thread besides exposing outright scams is to discuss the everyday absurdities we all see on Ebay. In any case the particular seller I referred to as a sleaze bag not only states in his Auction that the Pentium Pro chips each contain 1.1 grams, but he also then says that information came from Intel themselves! His style and imagery could also probably be considered offensive to women. I just consider it rather lame and hokey. I actually was thinking there had been something a little more inappropriate in one of his other auctions, but I'm not seeing it now.

 

[silversaddle1]

It is hard to determine what is fair price for pentium pro's as there is fluctuation of gold price and it really is basic offer and demand thing. If seller value them more than you think then it is hard to call him thief or something like that. It is simply that you do not want to pay what he ask and that is it. It is not different that buying other stuff, soda is more expensive than water somewhere and many more examples. Buying bottled water is another prime example of madness.
I would only call them thief or sleazebag if they stated that there is 1g of gold in each one or some other outrageous claims but if they just sell them for higher price well that is what they feel they are worth. Educated buyer will base his decision on experience and well maybe buyer want to hold them and wait for price to go up...
The only people I may call thief on ebay are those selling so called drops, but hey bottled water comes to my mind again. I see most of these auctions we post here as a fun, entertainment and if somebody fall for some of them it is just their own decision and mistake. Hope they will learn from that mistake.

Hi Patnor,
I agree with what you have said, and each seller is free to set his own price based on his own costs and expectations. That's just free enterprise at work. I get rankled though when sellers make false or misleading statements, or falsely represent their wares. In my opinion the other purpose of this thread besides exposing outright scams is to discuss the everyday absurdities we all see on Ebay. In any case the particular seller I referred to as a sleaze bag not only states in his Auction that the Pentium Pro chips each contain 1.1 grams, but he also then says that information came from Intel themselves! His style and imagery could also probably be considered offensive to women. I just consider it rather lame and hokey. I actually was thinking there had been something a little more inappropriate in one of his other auctions, but I'm not seeing it now.

I have sold many items on E-Bay that I thought went for stupid prices. Many times. But that's just the way it goes with an auction. I never estimate any type of yields in my auctions because I simply do not know what a certain PCB or CPU might yield. So buyer beware. People overpay at auctions all the time. Not just on ebay, not just on gold, but everything, and everywhere. That's not my fault. Sometimes you lose selling as well. It is not my job to educate the buyer, only to offer the items up for sale and describe them truthfully.

 

[Palladium]

Somebody contact him and ask him to verify the Intel information with a link and then report him for a deceptive ad.

 

[patnor1011]

It is hard to determine what is fair price for pentium pro's as there is fluctuation of gold price and it really is basic offer and demand thing. If seller value them more than you think then it is hard to call him thief or something like that. It is simply that you do not want to pay what he ask and that is it. It is not different that buying other stuff, soda is more expensive than water somewhere and many more examples. Buying bottled water is another prime example of madness.
I would only call them thief or sleazebag if they stated that there is 1g of gold in each one or some other outrageous claims but if they just sell them for higher price well that is what they feel they are worth. Educated buyer will base his decision on experience and well maybe buyer want to hold them and wait for price to go up...
The only people I may call thief on ebay are those selling so called drops, but hey bottled water comes to my mind again. I see most of these auctions we post here as a fun, entertainment and if somebody fall for some of them it is just their own decision and mistake. Hope they will learn from that mistake.

Hi Patnor,
I agree with what you have said, and each seller is free to set his own price based on his own costs and expectations. That's just free enterprise at work. I get rankled though when sellers make false or misleading statements, or falsely represent their wares. In my opinion the other purpose of this thread besides exposing outright scams is to discuss the everyday absurdities we all see on Ebay. In any case the particular seller I referred to as a sleaze bag not only states in his Auction that the Pentium Pro chips each contain 1.1 grams, but he also then says that information came from Intel themselves! His style and imagery could also probably be considered offensive to women. I just consider it rather lame and hokey. I actually was thinking there had been something a little more inappropriate in one of his other auctions, but I'm not seeing it now.

Well that particular one is a sleazebag. My comment was not meant to be aimed at you or anyone in particular. It was more about my feeling in general. Even here if someone post something for sale there will be people jumping on and trying to educate him that he ask too much and that his material is worth just this or that. Or when someone want to buy and his price is low than other may want to get for their items. It just pay to know price of what you want to buy or sell.
If you do not, you will end up losing and that will be price of your education.

 

[necromancer]

how high will it go.......

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SCRAP-GOLD-FILLED-LOT-278-2-GRAMS-POCKET-WATCH-CASES-JEWELRY-ETC-RECOVERY-/131389589935?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e976e09af


i have no experience with gold filled but can't see paying this price.

 

[Palladium]

Sorry, just one more... I hesitate to call this a button, more like a typical Ebay blob and he's calling it a bar. He says it's 99%, then says between 95% and 99%, then says he only guarantees 22k (which is 91.6%). So which is it? And then he expects to keep 10% of your money if you return it because you find out it's crap. Looks pretty dirty too, hard to judge what it really might be? I wouldn't pay anywhere near what he's asking though. I hope this guy isn't a member here?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261704813071

Looks like he's still trying to sell it, but even though the price of gold has went down since he list it he's raised the price even more!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/99-pure-gold-bar-21-2-grams-home-made-rifined-from-scrap-cpu-039-s-starts-low-/261711987575?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=C1Hl7qp7FjHFK34CwEwB62v5pJU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[Barren Realms 007]

Sorry, just one more... I hesitate to call this a button, more like a typical Ebay blob and he's calling it a bar. He says it's 99%, then says between 95% and 99%, then says he only guarantees 22k (which is 91.6%). So which is it? And then he expects to keep 10% of your money if you return it because you find out it's crap. Looks pretty dirty too, hard to judge what it really might be? I wouldn't pay anywhere near what he's asking though. I hope this guy isn't a member here?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261704813071

Looks like he's still trying to sell it, but even though the price of gold has went down since he list it he's raised the price even more!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/99-pure-gold-bar-21-2-grams-home-made-rifined-from-scrap-cpu-039-s-starts-low-/261711987575?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=C1Hl7qp7FjHFK34CwEwB62v5pJU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Says the seller removed it. Interesting. Wonder if it is someone on the forum? Coinsidense?

 

[MarcoP]

Sorry, just one more... I hesitate to call this a button, more like a typical Ebay blob and he's calling it a bar. He says it's 99%, then says between 95% and 99%, then says he only guarantees 22k (which is 91.6%). So which is it? And then he expects to keep 10% of your money if you return it because you find out it's crap. Looks pretty dirty too, hard to judge what it really might be? I wouldn't pay anywhere near what he's asking though. I hope this guy isn't a member here?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261704813071

Looks like he's still trying to sell it, but even though the price of gold has went down since he list it he's raised the price even more!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/99-pure-gold-bar-21-2-grams-home-made-rifined-from-scrap-cpu-039-s-starts-low-/261711987575?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=C1Hl7qp7FjHFK34CwEwB62v5pJU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Says the seller removed it. Interesting. Wonder if it is someone on the forum? Coinsidense?

He is into eScrap, it's possible.

 

[joekbit]

EBay is a good place to shop if you use your head. At this point I am up about 25%. In short if I spent $100 USD I have recovered $125 USD in powder + / _ a small amount. Just use your head, the resources and information on yields from this forum play a big part in my positive numbers. Try with all your will to stay away from auctions. I stick to the "Make an Offer" listings. Most of them are way too high and I ignore them, others show promise so I do my research and make an offer to guarantee me a positive return. If they accept then great, if they don't I just move on.

Don't go broke due to the ignorance of EBay buyers and the greed of EBay sellers.
recent purchase 11lbs of gold etching test plates. No tin, no solder, no chips, nothing but composite boards with copper base that's gold plated. Many of the test boards have been run numerous times and have multiple layers easily seen

Final statement, I bought the material for $30 USD less per pound than his buy it now offer and much lower than Boardsorts' per pound price for gold fingers. Currently have 3 pounds of it, the rest should be here this week. Boards are clearly marked, "Etching Test" along with other information. Once I get started processing them I will be posting my progress and results.

Just be smart and don't get gold fever, the buys are out there if you do your homework. I may not get rich but I can say this, I'm not going to let the foolishness of EBayers' take me over the coals.

 

[Smack]

I haven't look at scrap boards on ebay for over a year now but tonight I thought what the hell, I'll check it out. Did they legalize heroin? This listing is representative of most like listings.
http://tinyurl.com/ktaceyg
I thought it was getting bad over 2 years ago, these people act like metals have been going up and up. I might have to put a Gaylord on ebay. :roll:

 

[necromancer]

I haven't look at scrap boards on ebay for over a year now but tonight I thought what the hell, I'll check it out. Did they legalize heroin? This listing is representative of most like listings.
http://tinyurl.com/ktaceyg
I thought it was getting bad over 2 years ago, these people act like metals have been going up and up. I might have to put a Gaylord on ebay. :roll:

they are going to need a new table after loading all those boards on it. they must not be married :lol:

i have also seen hard drive platters listed (again)

 

[joekbit]

I haven't look at scrap boards on ebay for over a year now but tonight I thought what the hell, I'll check it out. Did they legalize heroin? This listing is representative of most like listings.
http://tinyurl.com/ktaceyg
I thought it was getting bad over 2 years ago, these people act like metals have been going up and up. I might have to put a Gaylord on ebay. :roll:

they are going to need a new table after loading all those boards on it. they must not be married :lol:

i have also seen hard drive platters listed (again)

It is insane, that's for sure. The really insane thing is people actually buy the stuff at those prices. I have actually asked sellers, "Why so much money?" Then I paste some links in with my question showing the going rates and wish them luck. Just for fun I put them on my watch list and the next thing you know they repost with some crazy reduced price adding in the you save statements, but the price is still way off the charts.

edited to add statement

I have nothing better to do so I go to EBay a lot and window shop for hours sometimes.

 

[edsikes]

ebay has been getting stupid high prices for gold filled items. i stopped buying on there for it, every once in a while you stumble across something but its usually pointless.. i get it so much cheaper from pawn shops etc around me.

 

[AUH-R]

Crazy!!!!

link

 

[lutherus]

Yea, ebay has to hight scrap prizes. And some scams like that

 

[jungle_Dave]

There are deals to be found,
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/LOT-23-PCS-High-Yield-pcb-Gold-Recovery-scrap-double-side-/371229017416?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566ef94548

I use our parallel ebay mercadolivre.com.br as Brazil is blocked from purchasing on Ebay.
Someone has to explain to me why Latin America has to have its own national based versions of ebay and countries like Moldavia, Quatar etc. can trade freely with the US or EU? This is Ebay's policy not anything national.
Last time I checked paypal/visa/master card worked anywhere in Latin America.

 

[necromancer]

There are deals to be found,
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/LOT-23-PCS-High-Yield-pcb-Gold-Recovery-scrap-double-side-/371229017416?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item566ef94548

I use our parallel ebay mercadolivre.com.br as Brazil is blocked from purchasing on Ebay.
Someone has to explain to me why Latin America has to have its own national based versions of ebay and countries like Moldavia, Quatar etc. can trade freely with the US or EU? This is Ebay's policy not anything national.
Last time I checked paypal/visa/master card worked anywhere in Latin America.

cocaine ?? :lol: