Acquiring Neofinetias Via EBay

[MattWoelfsen]

I was seriously out gunned on this OOMUSOU 大無双 in tonight's Seed Engei auction! In fact my opening bid was so small that it didn't even register. In less than 10 seconds, this plant went from $35 to $67. LOL!

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by MattWoelfsen

I was seriously out gunned on this OOMUSOU 大無双 in tonight's Seed Engei auction! In fact my opening bid was so small that it didn't even register. In less than 10 seconds, this plant went from $35 to $67. LOL!

You too? Hehehe. I threw in a $50 bid sometime in the final seconds and was on top for about 2 seconds. No matter; I already have its cousin Beni-musou.

Displayed below including automatic bids:

c***u ( 107Feedback score is 100 to 499) US $67.02
Nov-25-13 19:46:37 PST

s***l ( 27Feedback score is 10 to 49) US $66.02
Nov-25-13 19:46:38 PST

c***u ( 107 ) US $51.00
Nov-25-13 19:46:37 PST

jayfar2011 ( 20Feedback score is 10 to 49) US $50.00
Nov-25-13 19:46:28 PST

jayfar2011 ( 20 ) US $48.99
Nov-25-13 19:46:28 PST

u***n ( 455Feedback score is 100 to 499) US $47.99
Nov-25-13 19:46:34 PST

jayfar2011 ( 20 ) US $35.00
Nov-25-13 19:46:28 PST

Starting Price US $35.00
Nov-22-13 19:46:41 PST

[Joyorchid]

Ya, I wanted that one too, but I forgot until about an hour after the end. Oh well.

[MattWoelfsen]

Bidders were highly selective. There were several plants that did not have any bids. I wonder if we will so those plants again?

[coffeecup]

You guys are turning into creepy online stalkers…

[MattWoelfsen]

COFFEECUP!!!! I was reading this thread and drinking my coffee and I literally chocked! Shame on you!

I do admit, when you live in the cold tundra of the United States, and your cable is out--again, the only REAL entertainment is watching all these people bidding on itty bitty little plants.

I like your idea of holding back and saving pennies for the holidays. I'm at the point where I cannot buy any more plants in fear of getting Neofinetia Cocktails..."care for a little scotch over Neo Ice Cubes?"

[rangiku]

Originally Posted by coffeecup

You guys are turning into creepy online stalkers…

Turning?

[Jayfar]

Originally Posted by coffeecup

You guys are turning into creepy online stalkers…

Actually ebay made this more difficult in recent months, since they now obscure the userIDs in the vendor and buyer feedback. Previously, they only obscured the IDs in the auctions. Also they use different fake IDs for the users in the auctions versus in the feedbacks. I used to be able the figure out identities by correlating the feedback score values.

[Jayfar]

15 listed by japaneseorchids for Friday night.

[MattWoelfsen]

Originally Posted by Jayfar

15 listed by japaneseorchids for Friday night.

It is unseasonably cold for the next two weeks. This Saturday Fort Wayne is expected to reach 40*F for two days then a cold front moves in with day time temps expected to be around 20*F. I think that is too cold even for Neofinetia. So I'm just going to watch and see how others do with their bidding.

Jayfar, I did notice how obscure eBay has made bidding. It makes harder to recognize whose who. This is why, if I was inclined to bid, I do not bid on folks who have less than 100 feedback--which I fall into. But I have enough of these plants, and wish the newer bidders success in acquiring these plants. I figure, the more people own them, the less rare they become, which means less cost for acquisition. At least that is my theory!