Beware of this Ebay seller

[Joel.B]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/171089125360?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

spool was listed as 501, I bought it, did not look too close at pics.....spool arrives and it is a squidder 146 spool. I tell seller, he keeps insisting it is 501 spool- if you look close at his pics you can see what it is.......He refunds, i send it back, now he says I sent him different spool than he sent me.

As if this was some elaborate scheme for me to swap a more valuable 146 spool for a 501 spool. 

[Bryan Young]

File a complaint with eBay.

[Alto Mare]

File a complaint with eBay.

lost cause .
I've purchased and sold over 1000 items...well reels , way before joining here when I was working on my Penn collection.
I have 100% positive feedback, but had to deal with a lot of crap along the way.
I've learned that there is good and bad everywhere, well except here .

[Shark Hunter]

Seems like where ever you go, There is one in every crowd!
Ebay can be a pain sometimes, but they have all the stuff!

[Alto Mare]

Seems like where ever you go, There is one in every crowd!
Ebay can be a pain sometimes, but they have all the stuff!

They HAD all the stuff, but then you came along .

[Shark Hunter]

They HAD all the stuff, but then you came along .
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You created this monster Sal! Don't be hatin'!
If I won every reel or part I bid on, I would be bankrupt! I just place a bid for what I think is reasonable. Then walk away til its over. That's the only way I can control myself. I lost a bid in a 12/0 last night that had the counterbalanced handle and one piece spool. All it needed was some new posts. Lost by 2 bucks!
Would have been a good deal for $160 shipped. There will be more!

[Shark Hunter]

I used to snipe. I just do it the old fashioned way now. Its great when you are the sniper, not the snipee.
They should make a 30 second rule like gunbroker. If a bid is placed that close to the end, it extends the auction. That would end the sniping.
Plus, I think it makes it much more rewarding when you beat a sniper by a nickel!
As far as your problem with the spool seller, just file a dispute. There is no reason to get all worked up over it. I try not to sweat the small stuff, it makes my life so much easier!

[Bryan Young]

    

[bluefish69]

How do you install a sniper??  Someone has been doing a number on me for things that I wanted. I mostly bid on Newell's & small Penn's

[Bryan Young]

   

I was trying to grab a spool for you

oh... thanks Joel.

[Shark Hunter]

If you really want to go there bluefish. Its called esnipe. You have to pay for it.

[Shark Hunter]

Do what you must Joel. I am not a believer in this anymore. No matter what. The highest bidder wins.
Plain and simple.

[Makule]

I'm not a chaser.  I just put in what I'm willing to pay and if someone else is willing to pay more, then I'm out.  Ebay let you put in your maximum bid and it'll automatically increase the bid (often by increments of $1.50) if someone else bids.

For example, a reel for sale has a starting price of $20.  I'm willing to pay $50, so I place a maximum bid of $50.  My bid initially goes in at $20.  If someone else places a bid of $23, my bid automatically goes to $24.50.  Someone else places a bid of $40, and my bid automatically goes to $41.50.  This repeats until my maximum amount is reached, at which point Ebay sends me a message saying that I'm outbid.  I can decide to increase my maximum bid at that point, but I normally don't do that.  I stick to the limit that I set so that I don't get carried away with the bidding frenzy (which some people very much enjoy).

My impression is that Ebay's system beats sniping because even if someone places a bid within a few seconds of closing, if it's less than my maximum, Ebay will automatically increase it as soon as the other person's bid is received.  I don't think humans can beat the speed of electronics.

[Dave Bentley]

I just got off phone with the guy- he is adamant that it was 501 in his listing, he never had a 146 spool, and that I for some reason used this whole process to swap a 146 spool for a 501........

I sent him ebay item number for 146 spools that are listed, and 501 spools, asked him to compare those pics to his pics in his own listing, he should be able to see shaft sizes, and how far out the clicker-sprocket is on the shaft.

I blame Bryan

Jeez, and I thought Bryan was a good bloke.

Must be true when they say you never really know someone until you live with them.

[day0ne]

I also noticed he listed it as a 29M-501 but it appears to be an aluminum spool which would be a 29L-501.