[AJD] $300 Ebay JD gas cap

[Dean VP]

TW:

Let me think about this a little. At $31 a yardstick (Fuel gauge) I suspect
I would be quite happy to pay JD their 10% royalties!  :-) The more I think
about this it is starting to sound like a real business opportunity. :-) My
father always said that JD's ran so economically that he had to take gas out
occasionally or the tank would run over. No real reason for a fuel gauge I
guess. 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

Forbidden fruits create many jams!

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-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Tommy Wilson
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 2:59 PM
To: Antique John Deere mailing list
Subject: RE: Re[4]: [AJD] $300 Ebay JD gas cap

Now Dean, I know you of all people would never think or using the John 
Deere logo to screen onto a yardstick for personal gain! I'm sure you meant 
to imply that you would go through the proper channels to give JD their 
fair share for the use of the copyright. :-)....TW

At 10:49 PM 11/20/05 -0800, you wrote:
>I suspect this auction is on the up and up for a couple reasons.
>
>1.) The seller is from within 10 miles from where I was born and raised.
All
>people who live or have lived in this area are 100% straight shooters!  :-)
>There used to be a huge antique tractor salvage yard in Doon, IA. I'm
afraid
>what was left went to meltdown heaven unfortunately.
>
>2.) The real reason I believe this is a straight & honest auction is that
>most, if not all, of those bidding have bid and/or have purchased items
from
>me on eBay.
>
>I just suspect this is just such a unique rare item that those with excess
>disposable cash are falling all over themselves. As an alternative, I would
>be happy to sell them each a yardstick for 100th of the current bid price
>and could achieve the same objective. I might even have some yardsticks
here
>with Coast to Coast or something really rare screened on them as well. My
>cost on those is pretty low. For one tenth the current bid price I probably
>could get them screened (maybe even embossed somehow) with the name John
>Deere on them with a 1950's logo.
>
>As a suggestion, I think we have to be a bit cautious about accusing the
>seller of funny stuff w/o having any evidence to back it up. We need to
walk
>a mile in our neighbors moccasins before we become too critical. Yep,
>sometimes I forget that rule too.
>
>Dean A. Van Peursem
>Snohomish, WA 98290
>
>Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>
>www.deerelegacy.com
>
>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>Chris C
>Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 7:41 PM
>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>Subject: Re: Re[4]: [AJD] $300 Ebay JD gas cap
>
>Hello All,
>
>     I see the same seller has another one of these gas
>caps as item # 7563593824  presently selling for about
>$300.  I have compared bidder lists from the previous
>auction and two of the bidders are the same,  but the
>rest are unique.  Not sure if the darned thing is
>really made of gold or what..  Wonder how many of
>these the guy has??
>
>     The closed item number is  7560234025  if you want
>to compare for yourself...Now I think I need two of
>these if they are that popular....
>
>                 Chris
>
>--- Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>
> > Sorry for the delay in posting this, and I guess you
> > have already gotten a
> > sense of what shill bidding is from the other
> > follow-up posts.   I'll
> > answer anyways though because I want to mention
> > another resource too:
> > Shill bids are fake bids from the seller or his
> > friends meant to push real
> > bidders up as far as they might go.   Its a delicate
> > game the seller has to
> > be careful with, but it will usually yield an extra
> > 10-15% for the seller,
> > especially on Ebay so it is very common.
> >
> > So I use auctionstealer.com.  I don't do this
> > because I think snipe bidding
> > is all that useful(though I think it has been
> > helpful from time to time),
> > but it does prevent shill bidding when bidding is
> > not very competitive and
> > allows me to set a price a little more objectively
> > than I might in the
> > excitement of last minute bidding.  I put in the
> > most I want to pay, and
> > forget about it.  They bid in the last few seconds
> > for me whether I am at
> > work, driving, or eating dinner.   It is free(though
> > there are extra
> > capabilities for a fee) and very reliable.   My last
> > bid goes in the last
> > 15 seconds.   If I am very paranoid about the seller
> > or the item is
> > expensive, I pay the extra 2 bucks to get the 2-5
> > second service.
> >
> > Spencer Yost
> > Owner, ATIS
> > Plow the Net!
> > http://www.atis.net
> >
> > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> >
> > On 11/7/2005 at 9:22 PM Chas. C. wrote:
> >
> > >Spencer, mind giving those who might not know a
> > little lesson in what
> > >"shill/push bidding is?
> > >Charlie
> >
> >
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Tommy Wilson
Ruston, LA
1950 IH H
1951 JD B
1952 IH SC


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