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USMC 1892 Dress Shoulderboards & EGA's


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Bob Hudson

There is one weak link in this item's auction: it is scheduled to end at about 4:30 AM Pacific Time Friday, 7:30 AM Eastern Times. I have seen some items come in real low because they ended at times when many bidders are still asleep or doing such things as rushing to get to school or work. Granted some bidders use automated programs but never underestimate the buying frenzy on live bidders with auction fever.

 

Ebay studies have shown that overall the best auction results come when items end at 4PM Pacific Time on a Sunday, but barring that, it's good to have them end at some time in the evening when people on the west coast are home from work and folks on the east coast haven't gone to bed yet. If you want to maximize it for European and Asian buyers as well, the best ending time is 3PM Pacific Time on a Saturday or Sunday.

 

Well, it will be interesting to see who's up bright and early Friday for this one.

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Bob Hudson
Well, it will be interesting to see who's up bright and early Friday for this one.

 

Yep it had to be one of our East Coast members - the Californians were all still sleeping at 0430. Looks like it was a nice deal for all concerned.

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A pair of matching M1892 USMC enlisted epaulettes sold on EBay last night for $156...

 

330383192978

 

The stuff is out there!

Bobgee

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This is one of those things where the title gave no clue as to USMC origin:

 

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There were several bidders, but maybe only one of them realized what they were really bidding on:

 

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Sounds like this is becoming the Ebay monitoring forum.....

 

Becoming? You should see the M-1 helmet section over the past few years - nothing gets past the helmet collectors.

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Sounds like this is becoming the Ebay monitoring forum.....

 

well, eBay is the primary way we track values these days. as long as personal details don't come out, which is hard with the user confidentiality now, I don't see a huge problem. I for one am not obsessive enough to keep track of eBays handles vs concealed codes

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