And yet another unknown CT-100

[Phil Nelson]

I'm sure everyone wishes you luck. Bringing it in the passenger cabin will help protect against temperature change and hard knocks, but air travel still involves some pressure changes -- perhaps a good real-world test of your sealing methods

Phil Nelson

[TubeType]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

I'm sure everyone wishes you luck. Bringing it in the passenger cabin will help protect against temperature change and hard knocks, but air travel still involves some pressure changes -- perhaps a good real-world test of your sealing methods

Phil Nelson

Phil,
Yes, those were my thoughts, too.
In the cargo hold there would be at least two temperature and pressure cycles before deplaning at JFK.
I always feel pretty crappy after that hop and I'm in the cabin. If the 15G's seal makes it intact, it will probably last for a while.

[miniman82]

Went for $5600.

[ohohyodafarted]

Who's the winner????????????????

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Who's the winner????????????????

Not me, if I raised the bids, it was only for a microsecond.

John

[TubeType]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Who's the winner????????????????

Not me. I went to bed early last night. I must be getting old.

P.S.
I talked to Jerome last night. He may be grounded in France by the Icelandic ash cloud.
Shouldn't we be prepared for his 15GP22 presentation via the internet at the 2010 ETF convention?

[Phil Nelson]

If Jerome's presentation consists of Powerpoint screens, as many do, a two-way Internet videoconference isn't absolutely necessary. He can email the Powerpoint file to ETF in advance, to be displayed onsite for his segment. If his narration is already written out, then a proxy at the conference can read it. If not, Jerome can address the audience extempore via speakerphone from France, and say "next slide" when it's time for a new slide.

Questions & answers could also be done via speakerphone. Unless an answer requires him to draw pictures or hold something up to show the audience, displaying a picture of someone's talking head doesn't add much to the experience.

Just some thoughts . . .

Phil

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by ohohyodafarted

Who's the winner????????????????

Not I. My bid sat there as the high bid for about a week, until the last minute as usual. I was almost afraid I was going to win it, and I have no idea how I was going to get it safely to California. Fortunately, I was outbid at the end, seriously outbid. Silly me.

[miniman82]

Same here, my tiny little $3500 bid was fleeting as well.

[Phil Nelson]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

I was outbid at the end, seriously outbid.

The price of this TV doubled in the final 60 seconds. Automated last-second bidding is so common that it's pretty pointless to watch "old fashioned" bids (or make one) before the last few seconds. It's not like you're going to sneak past everyone and score a $5000 item for $50 when nobody is watching. On eBay, the world is watching and robo-bidders never sleep.

Phil

[jeyurkon]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

The price of this TV doubled in the final 60 seconds. Automated last-second bidding is so common that it's pretty pointless to watch "old fashioned" bids (or make one) before the last few seconds. It's not like you're going to sneak past everyone and score a $5000 item for $50 when nobody is watching. On eBay, the world is watching and robo-bidders never sleep.

Phil

On occasion I've done well when an item was placed in the wrong category making it less visible to those who would normally bid on it. Then the world isn't watching. That's pretty rare though.

IMHO robo bidding only works because of human nature. If we were to bid only the maximum amount that we were willing to spend and not increase it when we saw we were about to lose, then robo bidding wouldn't change anything. Robo bidding works because we don't have self control.

John

[Dave S]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

It's not like you're going to sneak past everyone and score a $5000 item for $50 when nobody is watching. On eBay, the world is watching and robo-bidders never sleep.

We've had several very entertaining success stories told at our club by folks who did bid low and then held their breath that nobody else was watching. This usually happens on poorly described, miscategorized items.

--Dave