Hi All,

Ebay style, starting tonight @ 8pm
Central Europe Time
7 Days Auction
To end on 24th June 2010 @ 8pm
+5 min bid system
Starting Price: €120 - Mint condition - UNOPENED

Sorry all, decided to post this on ebay since some interested in this card are not members of falconfly.de

http://www.3dfx.ch/gallery/d/3956-2/X_16.jpg

Whoa, 800 Euros for both Obsidian2-cards together, absolutely crazy, congratulations for the warm money rain.

the X-16 went to a 0 bidder though
im dead worried
although i could offer a 2nd chance to the guy from poland
,...

0 bidders should really not be allowed, all they do is bump up the price usually.  If they win I guess that is fine, but only if they pay. (and contact the seller prior to bidding)

I know I ended up paying a couple hundred dollars more for my V6K, which was BS because the listing said, no 0 bidders.

Yes we all have to start somewhere, but rules should be in place.  That of course is in a perfect world, which we all know we do not live in.

There is a setting when listing an auction to not allow 0 bidders.  I use that feature.  ;)

edmundoab wrote on 25.06.10 at 21:49:48:

the X-16 went to a 0 bidder though im dead worried although i could offer a 2nd chance to the guy from poland ,...

ebayers need to start somewhere, collectors too. I started with 0 feedback too. If he pays via Paypal, I don't really see what the problem is. Sure even then you can get messed with etc, but well, it wouldn't worry me too much.

BTW, congratulations on the huge amount of money you got coming to you!  [smiley=beer.gif]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVXdNIj0IGI

Well for me...its a sad day....I just come home and i saw that i had won nothing...
At least i wanted just 1...
But at these prices.....
:-?
:-/

*ehm*

Registration to become a Forum Member isn't that difficult... And certainly alot cheaper than the current EBay transaction fee.

Whenever I was a seller of an interesting item, I also received requests from other forums - my answer always was : Register Account, bid, win. Easy as that.
Even if a permanent account wasn't desired - it can be deleted after the transaction is complete, no problems with that either.

FalconFly wrote on 26.06.10 at 10:49:24:

*ehm* Registration to become a Forum Member isn't that difficult... And certainly alot cheaper than the current EBay transaction fee. Whenever I was a seller of an interesting item, I also received requests from other forums - my answer always was : Register Account, bid, win. Easy as that. Evan if a permanent account wasn't desired - it can be deleted after the transaction is complete, no problems with that either.

No way he would have gotten that much on the forum though. eBay is always the way to go if you want to maximise the value of your auction. Yea ebay fees are a bit high now, but atleast the entry fee is peanuts.

Im just curious who the people are that won this at this price?
He had a 0 feedback?Maybe was just a new member just too win this?And ye its true..if he selled it on here he never selled it at this price....My max bid was 200 euro for each card you know and on 1 hand i was hoping not too win both items on the same time cos that costed me then 400 euro wich is a lot and holidays are coming in 2 weeks.So i expected really too win 1 !!!!!!But ok..maybe 1 day come true and i have a quantum 3 D obsidian....But on the other side im very happy cos i won the ID anthology Boxset in MINT condition.

http://www.p-star-community.com/3DFX/Id_Anthology_4.jpg

ALLSTARR wrote on 25.06.10 at 23:19:18:

Well for me...its a sad day....I just come home and i saw that i had won nothing... At least i wanted just 1... But at these prices..... :-? :-/

the prices went crazy towards the last 35 seconds
and I really wonder who these 0 bidders are.
all i wanted was at least 1 track record for a peace of mind..

I know ebayers need to start from somewhere, and thats where I started too.. but my first item won... wasn;t something that cost 510 USD though  :D

razrx wrote on 25.06.10 at 23:06:56:

BTW, congratulations on the huge amount of money you got coming to you!  [smiley=beer.gif] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVXdNIj0IGI

Yes, all these funds are coming in at the time when I most need it
I had always told myself that I will never sell unless I am in such a situation. Nonetheless, gearing for better days ahead.

Im looking forward to the response on the V56K Rev 2600
thats probably the last valuable 3dfx Piece that i have left in my collection

Found this out from Paypal, might want to read it :

http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Beware-of-accepting-PayPal-if-sending-items-uninsured_W0QQugidZ10000000001380265

Basically, unless you have proof you posted it, your Paypal seller protection is null and void.

Tim wrote on 01.07.10 at 11:33:29:

Found this out from Paypal, might want to read it : http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/Beware-of-accepting-PayPal-if-sending-items-uninsured_W0QQugidZ10000000001380265 Basically, unless you have proof you posted it, your Paypal seller protection is null and void.

Yes, there is alot of gray areas in such situation
In relevance, I have not received payment for the X-16 till now
Already filed a non paying buyer... which will take 4 days before I can probably get a credit on the final value fee..

Just got my final value fee credited
what a hassle...
and i did some homework and found out that I can't prevent people with no feedback to bid on my items,
but I can always put them in the "sin bin" and manually remove the bid without permission

only the ones with feedback of -1 and below can be blocked
and the worst part is, I can't get give that bogus bidder a negative. Ebay just won't allow it

What did you do in the end? Did you do a second chance offer to the 2nd highest bidder?

yes, to see if he is interested,
otherwise i will relist

edmundoab wrote on 04.07.10 at 16:55:07:

yes, to see if he is interested, otherwise i will relist

Sucks buddy.  :-X