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eBay: Gerber 650 Military

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eBay: Gerber 650 Military
on: February 15, 2014, 01:54:47 AM
A listing for this has just appeared (and with a spare handle too).

If anyone is interested I should let you know I am digging deep into my pockets and have bid hard on this one (but if your pockets are deeper than mine, good luck to you   :pok: )
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #1 on: February 15, 2014, 07:54:30 AM
Very sporting of you mate. I usually just shut up about anything I am intending bidding on.



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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #2 on: February 15, 2014, 08:15:38 AM
Very sporting of you mate. I usually just shut up about anything I am intending bidding on.
That's what I normally do, but I know so many people on here want one of these and it is properly identified in the listing so it is going to get found anyway ......

Sometimes I've found out after the event that I was been bidding against fellow MTo'ers on "I want this one" items in the past and we've ended up driving the price higher, which benefits the seller more all the would-be buyers.  Some members even recognise the ebay buyer Ids of fellow MTo'ers and don't bid when they notice, which is very nice  :cheers: .

I wonder if an "MTo buyers cartel" would be against eBay policies ?  Where all interested parties submit their (honest) highest bid and the person with the highest figure gets to bid that and the rest don't bid.  That way we aren't unnecessarily driving the price up, but the right buyer would still win the auction.  I could see that working if we could meet up physically, but it requires a fair amount of trust and ethical behaviour from everyone to work on-line.  It is an interesting concept, anyway.
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #3 on: February 15, 2014, 08:32:05 AM
Hope you win Greg without having to sell any body parts.      :D
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #4 on: February 15, 2014, 08:53:20 AM
I was curious so I looked it up :) DANG! Good luck I hope you win.




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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #5 on: February 15, 2014, 08:53:57 AM
Hope you win Greg without having to sell any body parts.      :D

Oh well, to paraphrase an old saying:  "An MT fanatic's gotta do what an MT fanatic's gotta do ! "   :facepalm:
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #6 on: February 15, 2014, 11:15:46 AM
How many of us Aussies here? Hard to get a good deal as not many people want to sell overseas apart from evil bay.
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #7 on: February 15, 2014, 01:35:48 PM
How many of us Aussies here? Hard to get a good deal as not many people want to sell overseas apart from evil bay.
Quite a few Aussies on this forum, and people from many other countries as well.  This is a truly multi-national conglomerate  ;)

Some people refuse to sell overseas after one bad experience, unfortunately, and many fleaBay sellers don't want to do international either :(
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #8 on: February 15, 2014, 05:38:53 PM
Good luck Greg!


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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #9 on: February 16, 2014, 08:14:19 AM
Oh well, I'm out.  It's up to $US 342.78 and my pockets aren't THAT deep.

If anyone was holding back to be nice to me then feel free to unleash your big bucks and have at it  :pok:  unless i***m (189) is also an MTo member, in which case I wish you luck  :tu:

( I won't be upping my bid, I just don't want it that badly). 

In case anyone wants to check on it, here's a link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181324556039
« Last Edit: February 16, 2014, 08:17:35 AM by gregozedobe »
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #10 on: February 16, 2014, 08:46:19 AM
I'm sorry your out of the running Greg. I know you wanted it badly. Hopely another will come your way before long.
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #11 on: February 16, 2014, 08:47:06 AM
Oh well, I'm out.  It's up to $US 342.78 and my pockets aren't THAT deep.

If anyone was holding back to be nice to me then feel free to unleash your big bucks and have at it  :pok:  unless i***m (189) is also an MTo member, in which case I wish you luck  :tu:

( I won't be upping my bid, I just don't want it that badly). 

In case anyone wants to check on it, here's a link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181324556039


Hey Greg

Feel for you pal.

I just looked up the auction earlier...  :whistle:

With just under 5 days to go, I reckon that's gonna go for more than $500+

Y'know, maybe these silly prices we keep seeing are a direct result of MT'Os success.
Great news if you're the owner, bad news for us guys.

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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #12 on: February 21, 2014, 08:48:12 AM
Hmmmm, it turns out I wanted it a little more badly........ and I just won it (for more than I really wanted to pay)   :o .  Oh well, it's only money and I have been wanting one of these for a long time now  :D
« Last Edit: February 21, 2014, 08:57:35 AM by gregozedobe »
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #13 on: February 21, 2014, 12:25:45 PM
Hmmmm, it turns out I wanted it a little more badly........ and I just won it (for more than I really wanted to pay)   :o .  Oh well, it's only money and I have been wanting one of these for a long time now  :D

Congratulations  :tu:
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #14 on: February 22, 2014, 01:43:18 AM
Congrats


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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #15 on: February 22, 2014, 01:52:45 AM
Hmmmm, it turns out I wanted it a little more badly........ and I just won it (for more than I really wanted to pay)   :o .  Oh well, it's only money and I have been wanting one of these for a long time now  :D


The time to buy it is when you see it. Who knows when another one will come up for sale and how much it will go for. Congratulations on the score.  :tu:
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #16 on: February 22, 2014, 06:37:42 PM
Great score Greg.   :tu:    Now the wait begins. One day soon you'll be   :mail:      :D
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #17 on: February 22, 2014, 11:39:45 PM
Great score Greg.   :tu:    Now the wait begins. One day soon you'll be   :mail:      :D

Yeah, I love it on those days when the courier drops off a medium flat rate box full of all sorts of "pliery" MT goodness   :D :mail:  :mail:  :mail:  :mail:
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #18 on: February 23, 2014, 05:52:38 PM
Congrats Greg, that looks like a nice set, especially with it having two sets of handles. :salute:
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #19 on: February 23, 2014, 06:38:05 PM
I would really love to have one of those sets, but I could never bring myself to spend that much. :(

Can't wait to see  more pics of it when it arrives.


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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #20 on: February 23, 2014, 07:11:51 PM
I would really love to have one of those sets, but I could never bring myself to spend that much. :(

Can't wait to see  more pics of it when it arrives.


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I dont think Greg has a camera so you wait for pics will be a long one.     :)
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #21 on: February 23, 2014, 07:12:20 PM
:ahhh :ahhh :ahhh


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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #22 on: February 24, 2014, 01:03:51 AM
I would really love to have one of those sets, but I could never bring myself to spend that much. :(

Can't wait to see  more pics of it when it arrives.

I must admit that $100.00 is usually a significant psychological barrier for me, but I blew that big time on this purchase (which shows just how badly I wanted it).  I think I've only got 3 or 4 other tools that cost me much over $100, and they were all special (and rare) in some way.

Sorry, David's right - no pics (technologically challenged).
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #24 on: February 25, 2014, 09:45:56 PM
God I want that!  :drool:  Hmmm, how does one buy something like that without the wife noticing?  :think:


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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #25 on: February 25, 2014, 10:02:14 PM
Simple- have so many multitools lying around that she doesn't notice one more.  :D

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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #26 on: February 25, 2014, 10:05:52 PM
Simple- have so many multitools lying around that she doesn't notice one more.  :D

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I think I'd be covered there, its the "What did you spend $400 on?" that worries me!! :D


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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #27 on: February 25, 2014, 11:59:27 PM
Other MP650 on ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321333382892?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

I think we're witnessing a real turning point here.
Suddenly, our little hobby as grown up into a rich mans pastime  :facepalm:

So glad I'm not starting out.
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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #28 on: February 26, 2014, 01:14:20 AM
Before we started MTO you could get a Japan made PST on eBay for $25.   ::)

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Re: eBay: Gerber 650 Military
Reply #29 on: February 26, 2014, 01:36:06 AM
I really am amazed that collecting of multitools is so large, I couldn't imagine having that kind of money to put down on a tool that probably won't even be used due to its collect-ability.
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