Ebay Mistake
j allen
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So, I was bidding on one auction for a vintage HK receiver. My fiancee was watching my auction stuff while I was at work. The one I was bidding on exceeded our agreed max price, so she went to bid on the next item on the list. She accidentally bid on the next two items, and now I'm looking at having two vintage HK receivers show up; one tube, on solid state. Fortunately, I've got the money to cover both purchases, but I got a huge kick out the phone call I got at work with her freaking out about having accidentally spent 'all' my money. 
No real harm done, just thought I would share a funny story.
JA
No real harm done, just thought I would share a funny story.
JA
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Good one! Now you can pick the best and sell the other one. Vinyl, the final frontier...
Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want...
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Have you ever heard of a service like eSnipe? Set it and forget it, no mistakes, no over bidding and the cost is a whopping .01c per dollar paid for the item.
It amazes me that people actually "man" an auction placing bids and monitoring it in real time. eSnipe and similar services do this all for you. If you had been using eSnipe this never would have happened.
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
You think she can spend your money now, wait until you're married. This is just a training period.>
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It amazes me that people actually "man" an auction placing bids and monitoring it in real time.
H9
Think of hunting vs buying your meat on line.
Vinyl, the final frontier...
Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... -
If you had been using eSnipe this never would have happened.
H9
Aha, but then I would have missed out on a few good laughs at work today. Also, I may get the tube one restored all nice and give it to my dad for his birthday, which would solve another one of my conundrums (what do you buy for someone who has everything?). And, guilt over this incident will probably get me out of a trip to the movie theatre. All in all, I've really lost nothing.
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I once sold an item on ebay, quoted the guy $20 for shipping, he bought it for 60 + the 20 shipping, it ended up costing about 50 for shipping because of the box size....
Yep... Bascally gave it to him for free really...Receiver
Harman Kardon HK 3490
Speakers
Polk Audio Monitor 50s
Subwoofer
Klipsch KSW-100
Cables
AudioQuest Rocket 33s 10ft
AudioQuest Optilink1 2m
AudioQuest Alpha-Snake 25ft Interconnect
AudioQuest HDMI-1 2m
Alienware X51 R2
PS4
Samsung Smart TV 40" 1080p 3D -
Aha, but then I would have missed out on a few good laughs at work today. Also, I may get the tube one restored all nice and give it to my dad for his birthday, which would solve another one of my conundrums (what do you buy for someone who has everything?). And, guilt over this incident will probably get me out of a trip to the movie theatre. All in all, I've really lost nothing.
JA
Ha.....Ha.....well played my man!
H9"Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul! -
Have you ever heard of a service like eSnipe? Set it and forget it, no mistakes, no over bidding and the cost is a whopping .01c per dollar paid for the item.
It amazes me that people actually "man" an auction placing bids and monitoring it in real time. eSnipe and similar services do this all for you. If you had been using eSnipe this never would have happened.
H9
I like Gixen. It's free tryware, and I liked it so much, I paid the 6 bucks for the year. It definitely made that back in spades just in a single auction. -
I like funny stories...
Although I'm thinking about Ben right now, I had a funny thing (story) happen yesterday. These funny things in our lives help balance out the bad stuff and hopefully more funny or strange out weigh the bs.
I think your HK gear will sound pretty good. I agree with some other posters; I also have the NAD stuff and it's neutral to warm sounding also.
Let us know, we'll be waiting..;)Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
tony millard wrote: »These funny things in our lives help balance out the bad stuff and hopefully more funny or strange out weigh the bs.
Let me know when I can start laughing. I keeping wiffing at all the effing curve balls life's been throwing at me.:eek:
I remember when it was easy to hit those curve balls out of the park!:D -
Good(ish) news! In the last 15 minutes, I got outbid on the tube amp. I was going to go ahead and buy it for a few bucks more, since I had already readjusted my budget to include that purchase, but then I noticed that the price had gone up by almost $100! :eek:
All's well that ends well, eh? -
hearingimpared wrote: »Let me know when I can start laughing. I keeping wiffing at all the effing curve balls life's been throwing at me.:eek:
I remember when it was easy to hit those curve balls out of the park!:D
Laugh the whole time, man. It makes the strikes easier to deal with.
