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    Join Date: Sep 2014

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    Default on line auction bidding cock up

    i spotted a pair of yamaha ns-1000m speakers listed in auction and bid £400 on them via the saleroom.com.
    i was watching the auction live on my mobile and when the bidding passed my £400 i thought id have 1 more bid,trouble is it keep saying 'your the highest bidder'! the auction ended i won them for £500,the total including buyers comission comes to £608

    my worry is i didnt bid £500! im going to contact the saleroom.com tomorrow and explain,have i got any chance?
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    Usually go for £1000 plus so what's the worry lol.

    If perfect working order I'll buy them off you for £608 😁

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    thats another worry,they could have blown drivers too

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    Yamaha NS1000m Speakers

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    Are you sure you bid £400 and not £4000?
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    If you didn't bid £500 why do they think you did?

    I'm guessing it is not like an eBay auction where you can bid £500 and pay only £1 more than the last highest bid. It is a proper auction so you bid £500 that us what you pay even if the previous bid was only £401

    Your bid is a contract so if you don't pay they can take civil action to recover the debt.

    On the plus side if they are working fine you got a huge bargain.
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    Salerooms are dangerous places;even online. You have to be very strict with yourself and not go above your level. If you were typing in a value quickly you could have pressed 5 instead of 4 i guess.
    as to the driver being blown, I ont know if they are available. Only plus is others were prepared to pay close to what you did so they are probably still a decent buy if you source a driver
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

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    [QUOTE=jamie123;865071]thats another worry,they could have blown drivers too

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    Quote Originally Posted by andyrlb View Post
    Check the magnets on the woofers mate if you do get them as Yamaha used an inferior adhesive on the magnets so they become dislodged and even fall off .
    Good luck


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    Drivers no longer available from Yamaha or any supplier even though some have them listed as available.



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    Quote Originally Posted by struth View Post
    Salerooms are dangerous places;even online. You have to be very strict with yourself and not go above your level. If you were typing in a value quickly you could have pressed 5 instead of 4 i guess.
    as to the driver being blown, I ont know if they are available. Only plus is others were prepared to pay close to what you did so they are probably still a decent buy if you source a driver
    as far as i know grant they are in full working order but not tested,my worry is i get them back and all the drivers are buggered but id have to be very very unlucky for that to happen,fingers crossed,touch wood!

    i phoned up the company that handles the online bidding and they say i did bid £500,it would appear i did indeed do as you said and type the 5 instead of the 4!

    i might chuck the supex sd-900 super cartridge on the bay to soften the blow
    My System
    John Wood KT88 Amp.
    Paradise Phono Stage
    Sony TTS-8000 Turntable.
    PMAT-1010 MK6 Tonearm.
    Ortofon Cadenza Bronze
    Sony X555ES Cd Player
    Yamaha NS1000m Speakers

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    if drivers are ok then its a decent buy. probably make a profit on them easy enough after tidying
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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