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Hiya,

Can you tell me pls how the bidding went? Was there no bids up until the last hours then a few? Did the winning bidder come to view the van beforehand?

My auction's ending in 14 hours and even though there are 55 watchers, we've not had many viewings... the ones we did have said good things but I don't know if they'll bid.

Guess i'm just a impatient because i've got the campervan ready and waiting to take the caravans place!

Thank you. The phones have been red hot tonight with people phoning - must be a good sign!

Keep everything crossed for me!

Quote: Originally posted by Papa Pip on 13/6/2006

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Hi Lumpy, not sold anything as big as a caravan but all the best, hope you get a great price and a good sale!  Caravan looks great and the ad is very positive!

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Thank you very much. We've taken care of her well. It'll be sad to see her go in a way, but as the twins get older our needs are changing and we think the vw camper & tent will serve us better now.

13 hours to go!

I've only got a few hours to go now with no bids still, but 63 people watching it. I took a couple of promising phonecalls last night from people who couldn't view the carvan by the time the auction finishes so i've said by all means get in touch with me if the carvan doesn't sell because they could view then, but obviously I have to honour any ebay bids first.

I'm not hopeful that it sells this time to be honest, but I really believe the carvan is worth the money (reserve £850 but am telling people i'd accept anyting over £800) but will try advertising it a few more times before I even consider lowering the price.

Guess there's loads that don't sell first time though.

Thanks,

K x

Ooh I certainly am! I'll be disappearing from this forum then now i've used and abused you all (thanks for your advice & best wishes - it worked!) but i'll hang around the other forums when I get a decent tent and my vw camper on the road.

Cheers chickin's!

K x

sold our ranger on ebay and got a very fair price for it, the guy still wanted to look over it before handing over the money.

but he did pay 8000 cash

Hi,

We bought our (then) 18 month old Transtar from a chap on ebay but after the auction ended. I could'nt bring myself to bid that amount "sight unseen" even though his description was "like new-unmarked" etc.

When we did view, although the van was generally excellent it was not like new, it did have some minor signs of use and a few scuffs internally and I guess we could have rejected it on that basis.

I would certainly bid on ebay again for a van, knowing more now than we did, I'm sure we were a bit lucky last time and although there was the benifit of a transferable warranty, it was a bit of a gamble.

cheers

Mr Ulti-Mate