on line auction bidding cock up

[jamie123]

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?

[mikeyb]

Usually go for £1000 plus so what's the worry lol.

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

[jamie123]

thats another worry,they could have blown drivers too

[CageyH]

Are you sure you bid £400 and not £4000?

[Macca]

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.

[struth]

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

[andyrlb]

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

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[andyrlb]

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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[jamie123]

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

[struth]

if drivers are ok then its a decent buy. probably make a profit on them easy enough after tidying