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Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:39 pmby bitbuster
sorry, i only noticed this today. the online auction ends Oct 1.
http://www.bid-2-buy.com scroll down to locksmith auction
Re: ONLINE LOCKSMITH EQUIP AUCTION
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Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:51 pmby jeffmoss26
It appears that this auction is EL Reinhardt who was a locksmith wholesaler.
Didn't know they were out of business.
Re: ONLINE LOCKSMITH EQUIP AUCTION
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Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:39 pmby bitbuster
it caught me by surprise. they had been in business for a long time. anything of interest to you?
Re: ONLINE LOCKSMITH EQUIP AUCTION
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Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:45 pmby jeffmoss26
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:15 amby GringoLocksmith
Thanks for the link. I just spent about an hour placing bids. I hope I win a bunch or nothing at all.
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:52 amby jones
Some of their estimated prices look screwed up, the ASSA latches in particular are not supposed to cost $181
Someone has to get that TV converter!
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:52 pmby Sherlock
Great prices on a few things however shipping to Canada would cost a ton, if they would even ship here.
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:34 amby jeffmoss26
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:59 amby GringoLocksmith
Nice find, Jeff.
I bid on dozens of items and only won one. The $12 bid is going to cost me nearly $60 in shipping and fees. If anyone in the area wants to go pick up 8 antique brass PLS brand doorknobs for like $13, they're all yours. Otherwise I'll just pay the bid and leave them.
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:33 amby GWiens2001
Darn, Jeff! That is sweet! Now you just need to send the locks to Snowyboy to cut. Can you imagine all those as a cutaway Sargent display?
Gordon
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:43 amby jeffmoss26
A couple of them are already cutaway
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Thu Oct 02, 2014 7:31 amby GWiens2001
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Thu Oct 02, 2014 10:31 amby jones
GringoLocksmith wrote:Nice find, Jeff.
I bid on dozens of items and only won one. The $12 bid is going to cost me nearly $60 in shipping and fees. If anyone in the area wants to go pick up 8 antique brass PLS brand doorknobs for like $13, they're all yours. Otherwise I'll just pay the bid and leave them.
The huge markup for shipping & handling was my main worry too
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:36 pmby oldbiscuit
I phoned the auction company today to get a price on shipping and it isn't looking to bad. I had to pay $18 (buyers premium) + $14.11(tax) on a $180 purchase. They think they can put it in a $12 USPS Priority mail box. They are going to call me Saturday morning to confirm. I think it's just plain wrong for an auction company to take a percentage from the seller and charge the buyer a percentage also, but this is pretty much the way it's been going with most auctions of late.
Re: Online Locksmith Equip Auction
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Thu Oct 02, 2014 6:03 pmby jones
oldbiscuit wrote:I phoned the auction company today to get a price on shipping and it isn't looking to bad. I had to pay $18 (buyers premium) + $14.11(tax) on a $180 purchase. They think they can put it in a $12 USPS Priority mail box. They are going to call me Saturday morning to confirm. I think it's just plain wrong for an auction company to take a percentage from the seller and charge the buyer a percentage also, but this is pretty much the way it's been going with most auctions of late.
I like to give them my resale # and tell them "I don't pay sales tax"
