Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Just bought CD player to go with my new head unit!

I’ve won my second auction in as many days, for the OE CD player for the 900. Crucially, it comes with the mounting cage. The reserve price was $50, and that is the amount I paid.

I’ll post some time next week when all of my 15 year-old audio equipment arrives and I have the chance to hook it up.

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Monday, October 15, 2007

Just won a replacement stereo on eBay

This morning I had a new search message from eBay, detailing all of the new items for sale at eBay motors under Saab and Audio. The message had arrived over the weekend but I didn’t see it until this morning. One of the items was an OEM head unit from a 1992 Saab 900s, with removal tools, audio manual, and radio code. Pretty much exactly what I’m looking for.

In any case, when I read the message I discovered that there were only about 30 minutes remaining on the auction, and also that no bids had been made. Acting on the info I gleaned from my friend and fellow eBay newbie Amy, I waited until there was less than 1 minute in the auction, and entered the maximum amount I would be wililng to pay, which was $56.78 (non-even numbers per Amy’s info). I remained the only bidder, and picked up the radio for its opening bid of $24.95. I”m thrilled. I’ll keep you posted on how/whether it works.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Outbid again!

OK, in my hunt for the new stereo I was outbid in the last 7 seconds. How does that happen?

You can click on the image to view the screenshot larger, and see that I was outbid by a first-time bidder four seconds after my final bid was placed. How does that work? Any eBay experts want to give me some advice on how to win an auction?

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