Pipe, Tobacco, and E-Bay Acquisitions

[Bruce]

If you had not entered your last bid, I would have based my max bid on the last visible bid, and that could have been lower than your max bid. But since the bid was bumped up within the last few minutes, I based my max on that, and I knew that someone else was very interested in it......thus raising my max even more.

Sorry that I stole that from you. But I have been watching for a Joura for a long time, waiting for the right shape at the right price to come along.
This one was a sleeper.......no grade on it, but the grain is stellar. I have a feeling that if this pipe was made today, it would be an Infinity Grade and would sell for around $1200 to $1500.....if not more.

[Papichulo]

Originally Posted by hollywood

good luck!! I've got a couple more i'm going for tonight.

I will cross my fingers for you too! FYI, I am going after a Punto Oro and a GBD Root Briar. Hopefully, none of my fellow gorillas snipe me

[hollywood]

Originally Posted by Bruce

If you had not entered your last bid, I would have based my max bid on the last visible bid, and that could have been lower than your max bid. But since the bid was bumped up within the last few minutes, I based my max on that, and I knew that someone else was very interested in it......thus raising my max even more.

Sorry that I stole that from you. But I have been watching for a Joura for a long time, waiting for the right shape at the right price to come along.
This one was a sleeper.......no grade on it, but the grain is stellar. I have a feeling that if this pipe was made today, it would be an Infinity Grade and would sell for around $1200 to $1500.....if not more.

I figured the grading would have been very very high if it would have been marked. I've been eyeballing that one for a long while. i should have just gone for it, but I got too cute. It happens. I'm just glad somebody I know got that one!

Let me know how it smokes!

[Bruce]

It's impossible to tell who is bidding now days if the bids are over a few hundred bucks.......Ebay blocks the bidders ID's. If I would have known that Hollywood was bidding on that, I would not have even bothered, unless he was outbid and did not counter.

But the way I bid is I don't enter the bid until the last 4 to 5 seconds in order to knock out sniping programs.

[Papichulo]

Originally Posted by Bruce

It's impossible to tell who is bidding now days if the bids are over a few hundred bucks.......Ebay blocks the bidders ID's. If I would have known that Hollywood was bidding on that, I would not have even bothered, unless he was outbid and did not counter.

But the way I bid is I don't enter the bid until the last 4 to 5 seconds in order to knock out sniping programs.

I guess if us gorillas are more active in this thread we should communicate pipe pursuits to lessen the impact on both wallets so to speak. Makes since. But once you get to that last <1 minute things are a rocking.

Bruce, can you post a pic of the pipe you just won? Cheers

[hollywood]

Originally Posted by Bruce

It's impossible to tell who is bidding now days if the bids are over a few hundred bucks.......Ebay blocks the bidders ID's. If I would have known that Hollywood was bidding on that, I would not have even bothered, unless he was outbid and did not counter.

But the way I bid is I don't enter the bid until the last 4 to 5 seconds in order to knock out sniping programs.

That is the way to do it! I usually wait, but got too anxious and shot my w... well, just bid too low, too early.

My ebay name is woodhopper3. I think I remember yours?

[Bruce]

Hey, at least you got that Kai that I was also looking at....for a good price too!

[hollywood]

FINALLY! I just won one!!

Here's the new baby of mine ........

[txdyna65]

!#@%$# I lost out on a Radice Underwood in the last seconds

looked at the guys buying history, like he needed another pipe lol

[Bruce]

Hey Hollywood:

Just looked at the bidding history......you would have been outbid by another guy.....the who REALLY wanted this thing...."a...a". His max was $300 bucks. He has been bidding on this pipe from the start...even raised his max a few times.

So I didn't steal it from you!
Damn....feel much better now!

BTW: That Kai is a nice little pipe.......I really wanted that one too! But the price of the Joura took me out of the game on this auction.

[Papichulo]

Originally Posted by hollywood

FINALLY! I just won one!!

Here's the new baby of mine ........

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Wow, that is a beautiful pipe!!!!!

[mr.c]

sweet pipe dave, good to see your night wasnt a bust.

[mr.c]

[SIZE="3"]I guess it IS better when you win it, cause this wanker could have went to mccranies and
bought all 3 tins for about $27 shipped[/SIZE]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...TODAY.m238.lVI

[Papichulo]

Originally Posted by mr.c

[SIZE="3"]I guess it IS better when you win it, cause this wanker could have went to mccranies and
bought all 3 tins for about $27 shipped[/SIZE]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...TODAY.m238.lVI

That is crazy

[Bruce]

That really struck me as odd. This is current RF and easily available. The guy who bought it is a member of other pipe boards.....seen his handle around. I would have thought he would have known better.