My latest Kampilan!

Gavin Nugent · 6th January 2008, 02:48 AM

Keep us all posted if you do see it come up for auction again, I would like to watch it run again, maybe I will yet get a second chance offer on the 2 items I missed, in which case I better use escrow for the purchase.

Lets face it, we all want a bargain, that's why we look for these "sleepers" in auction houses and other places, it then in turns adds more value to our collections because we know the purchase value and true worth of these items. Who knows, this buyer may have 40 different varieties of this sword(are there 40?)and this may just be one example he/she doesn't have, to some, money is not important to fill in key missing pieces of a collection. I too have seen people pay high prices just to "keep up with the Jones". I have also seen many things suddenly come into vogue fetching high prices because other interests that once were in vogue are now too high in value, I am no way saying it will but this auction may well be an indication of how these items will now move in the future.

All the best

Gav

Dajak · 6th January 2008, 12:00 PM

Real quality has his price that is what we all have to live with , sometimes you get a bargain but the real quality stuf mostly cost money .

The only thing is are you willing to pay it , there are enough that are willing to pay the price .

Good stuff is also an good investment sometimes better than money on the bank .

Ben

ps in my opinion this kampilan is overpriced

CharlesS · 6th January 2008, 01:11 PM

But that's just it....if there were something extraordinary about the kampillan I would understand, but there's not anything about it that sets it far apart from the norm. So why aren't others...several on Ebay recently...going so high??

Am I missing something???

Lew · 6th January 2008, 01:24 PM

Charles

There is a simple explantion. The orbiting mother ship is beaming messages to these bidders so get out the aluminum foil and start making those silly hats

. I think this was a scam auction private bidders and all

Lew

CharlesS · 6th January 2008, 04:55 PM

Right on, Lew! I agree.

Bill M · 6th January 2008, 06:33 PM

NQAI (new acronym) No Question About It. Something wrong here.

Ben is certainly right. Good stuff should bring a good price and GREAT stuff should bring a GREAT price! BUT this is only fair to mediocre.

I can't figure this out. Have seen a few other auctions like it. The seller should have to pay high eBay fees for a $2025 sale. Unless the seller and bidder agreed to negate the transaction though eBay. This would be transparent to the auction page.

Then, maybe, someone puts up the kampilan in his shop and asks $2025 (or even offers it at a bargain price of $1695) and shows another buyer a copy of the eBay auction that it sold for a LOT of money?

I think that I have seen the pictures of the kampilan somewhere else and connected to someone else.

Just can't remember. They say the second thing to go is your memory. Can't remember the first... goes off babbling

Dajak · 6th January 2008, 06:47 PM

Hi Bill the problem did start when Ebay keep the ID secret off the bidders , Ebay is working froud in the hand off those sellers.

Why can t we see who is bidding very strange from ebay .

Ben

Battara · 6th January 2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

Charles

There is a simple explantion. The orbiting mother ship is beaming messages to these bidders so get out the aluminum foil and start making those silly hats

. I think this was a scam auction private bidders and all

Lew

HEY, HEY....what's wrong with those aluminum hats!

VANDOO · 7th January 2008, 04:03 AM

I WAS WATCHING THE KAMPILIAN ALSO AND WAS AMAZED AT WHAT IT WENT FOR. I AGREE THAT IT WENT FOR WAY TO MUCH MONEY BUT IT WAS A NICE ONE. I WOULD BE GLAD TO SELL ANY OF MY KAMPILIANS FOR THAT AMOUNT.

I BOUGHT THE NAGA SWORD HE WAS SELLING IT DID NOT GO CRAZY LIKE THE KAMPILIAN AND I THINK I GOT A GOOD DEAL .

VANDOO · 13th January 2008, 02:17 AM

UPDATE ON THE NAGA SWORD, THE SELLER HAS EVIDENTLY TAKEN THE PICTURES FROM OTHER PLACES AND NEVER HAD THE ITEMS TO SELL. FORTUNATELY FOR ME I WAS ABLE TO GET MY MONEY BACK AS I PAYED THRU PAYPAL. IT IS STILL BAD AS I WOULD RATHER HAVE HAD THE SWORD AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD DEAL, SOMETHING I HAVE NOT FOUND ON EBAY IN A VERY LONG TIME. I HAVE SEEN SOME GOOD DEALS STILL TAKE PLACE FROM TIME TO TIME BUT JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ONE AND WHEN I FINALLY THINK I DID ITS A SCAM.

PHOOIE!! OH WELL IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE I WISH THE OTHER WINNERS THE LUCK TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK ALSO.

AND AS FOR THE SCAMER "MAY THE FLEAS OF A THOUSAND CAMMELS INFEST HIS ARMPITS AND MAY HE BE PLAGUED BY A THOUSAND IRATE MOTHER IN LAWS FOREVER"

6th January 2008, 02:48 AM	#1
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	I hope I get a second chance offer then! Keep us all posted if you do see it come up for auction again, I would like to watch it run again, maybe I will yet get a second chance offer on the 2 items I missed, in which case I better use escrow for the purchase. Lets face it, we all want a bargain, that's why we look for these "sleepers" in auction houses and other places, it then in turns adds more value to our collections because we know the purchase value and true worth of these items. Who knows, this buyer may have 40 different varieties of this sword(are there 40?)and this may just be one example he/she doesn't have, to some, money is not important to fill in key missing pieces of a collection. I too have seen people pay high prices just to "keep up with the Jones". I have also seen many things suddenly come into vogue fetching high prices because other interests that once were in vogue are now too high in value, I am no way saying it will but this auction may well be an indication of how these items will now move in the future. All the best Gav

6th January 2008, 12:00 PM	#2
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Real quality has his price that is what we all have to live with , sometimes you get a bargain but the real quality stuf mostly cost money . The only thing is are you willing to pay it , there are enough that are willing to pay the price . Good stuff is also an good investment sometimes better than money on the bank . Ben ps in my opinion this kampilan is overpriced

6th January 2008, 01:11 PM	#3
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	But that's just it....if there were something extraordinary about the kampillan I would understand, but there's not anything about it that sets it far apart from the norm. So why aren't others...several on Ebay recently...going so high?? Am I missing something???

6th January 2008, 01:24 PM	#4
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Charles There is a simple explantion. The orbiting mother ship is beaming messages to these bidders so get out the aluminum foil and start making those silly hats . I think this was a scam auction private bidders and all Lew

6th January 2008, 04:55 PM	#5
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Right on, Lew! I agree.

6th January 2008, 06:33 PM	#6
Bill M Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Georgia Posts: 1,599	NQAI (new acronym) No Question About It. Something wrong here. Ben is certainly right. Good stuff should bring a good price and GREAT stuff should bring a GREAT price! BUT this is only fair to mediocre. I can't figure this out. Have seen a few other auctions like it. The seller should have to pay high eBay fees for a $2025 sale. Unless the seller and bidder agreed to negate the transaction though eBay. This would be transparent to the auction page. Then, maybe, someone puts up the kampilan in his shop and asks $2025 (or even offers it at a bargain price of $1695) and shows another buyer a copy of the eBay auction that it sold for a LOT of money? I think that I have seen the pictures of the kampilan somewhere else and connected to someone else. Just can't remember. They say the second thing to go is your memory. Can't remember the first... goes off babbling

6th January 2008, 06:47 PM	#7
Dajak Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 951	Hi Bill the problem did start when Ebay keep the ID secret off the bidders , Ebay is working froud in the hand off those sellers. Why can t we see who is bidding very strange from ebay . Ben

7th January 2008, 04:03 AM	#9
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	I WAS WATCHING THE KAMPILIAN ALSO AND WAS AMAZED AT WHAT IT WENT FOR. I AGREE THAT IT WENT FOR WAY TO MUCH MONEY BUT IT WAS A NICE ONE. I WOULD BE GLAD TO SELL ANY OF MY KAMPILIANS FOR THAT AMOUNT. I BOUGHT THE NAGA SWORD HE WAS SELLING IT DID NOT GO CRAZY LIKE THE KAMPILIAN AND I THINK I GOT A GOOD DEAL .

13th January 2008, 02:17 AM	#10
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	UPDATE ON THE NAGA SWORD, THE SELLER HAS EVIDENTLY TAKEN THE PICTURES FROM OTHER PLACES AND NEVER HAD THE ITEMS TO SELL. FORTUNATELY FOR ME I WAS ABLE TO GET MY MONEY BACK AS I PAYED THRU PAYPAL. IT IS STILL BAD AS I WOULD RATHER HAVE HAD THE SWORD AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD DEAL, SOMETHING I HAVE NOT FOUND ON EBAY IN A VERY LONG TIME. I HAVE SEEN SOME GOOD DEALS STILL TAKE PLACE FROM TIME TO TIME BUT JUST HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ONE AND WHEN I FINALLY THINK I DID ITS A SCAM. PHOOIE!! OH WELL IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE I WISH THE OTHER WINNERS THE LUCK TO GET THEIR MONEY BACK ALSO. AND AS FOR THE SCAMER "MAY THE FLEAS OF A THOUSAND CAMMELS INFEST HIS ARMPITS AND MAY HE BE PLAGUED BY A THOUSAND IRATE MOTHER IN LAWS FOREVER"