Am I missing something?

[jhuggett]

OK so a bit ago I put a bid in on this pipe that I actually figured would win and was surprised to see the ending result. Am I missing something? This is a Stanwell seconds brand is it not?

eBay

 

[puros_bran]

Somebody got bit by the Stupid Bug!

Knock the 1 off the price and its still at least $8 to expensive.

Stanwell is kinda messed up when it comes to 'Royal Danish'. The name has been used both as a brand and as a line within the parent brand..

This one is a Vario second, considering you can buy a Vario well under the Buck mark all I can assume is someone wanted it Real Bad due to the 'off the chart' shape.

 

[PegLegEd]

I watch a lot of Ebay auctions! It looks like snipe bidding to me sometimes!

 

[jhuggett]

I actually looked at my bid history on that and the initial bid I put in I wasn't sure would win but I was going to go back and up it. By the time I did it was over what I was willing to go.

Thought for sure there was something about that pipe I just didn't know that made it worth more.

 

[PegLegEd]

I actually looked at my bid history on that and the initial bid I put in I wasn't sure would win but I was going to go back and up it. By the time I did it was over what I was willing to go.

Thought for sure there was something about that pipe I just didn't know that made it worth more.[/qu
juggett puros_bran i agree with y'all pipedia say's it is a second just putting in 3 cents on vender.

 

[Frost]

It is pretty old and unsmoked, but still a 2nd of a brand that is pretty budget friendly to begin with. Perhaps there is a rabid Stan collector out there that was somehow missing exactly this piece from his collection, or maybe he knows something about it that the rest of us don't!

 

[Dock]

Whoa! That pipe's worth less than $35.00 J! It appears to be an old Vario second. I've bought similar at flea markets for ten bucks or less. This one I really just don't get. Perhaps a wife buying a gift for her husband. She didn't know it's real value and just kept bidding? Shill bidding? Who knows.....

 

[ftrplt]

Another fine EBay example of "irrational exuberance!" FTRPLT

 

[DoverPipes]

HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!! :lol!:
Must be a newb :x

Granted, the seller has had some cool pipes, I've noticed a lot of "out of this world" final bids on many of the items.........hmmmm???

 

[Carlos]

It was a good auction layout with plenty of nice pictures. Fair hype in the text. Seeing as how it is income tax return time. I am not surprised.

 

[Winslow]

There was a diamond inset in the shank,that's one of my old pipes.

Winslow :sunny:

 

[Anonymous]

Jason,

If you want to bid again.

Link Ebay

I think if you spot the six differences they give you a cookie.

Toon