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Why not advertise it as a classified ad on ebay, i did this for a pal last year i think it was £30 or £35 for  2 weeks.

It worked well he was happy with the outcome it sold after 2 adverts so £70, I think that was cheaper than doing a auction

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Quote: Originally posted by Starbj on 04/3/2011My initial posting had nothing whatever to do with defence of my cancelling an auction - an aborted auction from which only I and no-one else incurred expense. I posted to point out the ridiculous inferences being drawn by some folk for the flimsiest of reasons, not to defend my stopping an auction that was going no-where fast.

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You decided to raise issues of schill-bidding and other Ebay selling practices, not I. Quite honestly I do not care if I have offended sensibilities for not being willing to sell my caravan at a ridiculously low price. But to draw inferences of foul practices, secretly being a dodgy dealer, schill bidding and so on, for doing so is absurd.

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Quote: Originally posted by Starbj on 04/3/2011

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Oh what a lot of armchair experts and gold medallists at jumping to conclusions - wrong ones as usual!
The Ace Prestige 65 on Ebay is mine - me aged 60+ a private individual with an exemplary feedback history on Ebay. How some folk can translate my buying and (minimal) selling record of all kinds of things into me being an Arthur Daley selling a dodgy caravan is so comical.
The Ebay posting was pretty clear and invited viewings and questions from anyone interested; I've owned the caravan for 2 years, using it has confirmed it is too big for just wife and me (we bought if because it was a good deal when we up-graded from our old Swift and we were simply seduced at the time by the roominess); the motor mover was fitted just because it is big to push around!. Cleanliness and carpet cellophane in photos is because we look after our caravans.
Wife and I eventually admitted it is really too big for us so advertised on Ebay stating very clearly we really preferred to do a deal with someone with a smaller van, rather than sell. All this was in the ad!!
As for bidding - that was nigh on non-existent. 2 or 3 bidders took price to around £5500 in 6 days. With just over 12 hrs left on the auction (& you cannot stop an auction with less than 12 hrs left)I cancelled the auction rather than risk my excellent cossetted van not even achieving £6000. I decided to keep my 'van (& I still have it).
Upon what evidence some can see fake bidders, shyster dealers and all the rest I fail to see.
All very sinister indeed for all you conspiracy theorists though I suppose!!

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Whats the sellers age got to do with it ???

its taken two years to find out its too big  ?? quite clear you jumped into buying it as it was prob a good deal.

two years depreciation at 15% per year works out that you paid 8K in 2008 ?? then if so it books you at £5700 hense your start price of 5K if you seek 6K start the bidding at that. and as you are keeping it it will book at 5K end of year plus storage insurance etc add to the figures the holidays had away best rethink what you value it at and what its actually worth.  its well known that prices fly in the last couple of hours on FleaBay.

back to my figures of it being worth £6700 tops  if with Good Awning. so I advise you stop trying to save the reserved price fee on Ebay and advertise it trully. we both know its worth 7K on a good day from a dealer with warranty some more if exceptional and fully loaded etc.

buyers are more than fed up with chancer sellers who are unclear in their requested price.

as to insulting bids thats part and parcel of selling on FleaBay

the OP had a budget of £7500 so I guess she has had an escape. hope she has had a lesson in life.

Quote: Originally posted by D Mansworth on 19/2/2011

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Quote: Originally posted by Sproz on 19/2/2011

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You will probably find that a friend was bidding it up, then he decided to finish the bidding early, either because the rightful owners returned home!! or it was sold on his plot, he sold another van just before this one, also plastic on the carpet tells me its on a dealers plot.

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well spotted and investigated. that must be the reason.  yet another case of an ebay account shafting the buyers.

there should be a black list of these sellers. other than the feed back syatem as it plainly fails to work !

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http://www.caravanpriceguide.com/index.html

and

http://www.c4caravans.com/touringcaravan-ace-londongreater98316.php

and

http://www.northamfarm.co.uk/usedvans/caravan.php?id=2732

and I rest my case 

Quote: Originally posted by Starbj on 09/3/2011

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I entirely agree, it is tiresome, but can I just point out it was you posting wrongful accusations and the you who decided to post yet again when the topic had gone silent!!

Try being objective and less judgemental when you do not have any evidence.

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must remember not to be away from the computer for a week.  I have more than made my points fact. its your good self thats got too hot for good health on the subjuct.  in life we get knocks accept!

its been fun though!   all the best