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So I have this boat that needs or wants lots of parts. I can?t even splash it until I redo the transom and maybe the floor. But I look for things that will make it a nice boat.
One of the things is a Power Tilt & Trim and being the motor is a 1974 135 Evinrude they can be hard to come by. I?ve read where ezmobee posted ?As a former owner of a '73 Johnson 85 that I desperately wanted to add TnT too.....I wish you luck, you're gonna need it. The newer units won't work.? And ?They are near impossible to find and when they show up on eBay they go for $400+!!!! I have been looking for over 2 years.? And then there?s the whole Calco vs. Prestolite issue.
So I?m looking around yesterday and I see a PTT with the Prestolite Pump that will fit for $75 and 10 hours to go. I stick it on my watch list and come back to it about 5 hours later. I decide to test the waters and see if someone has already put in a big bid, as hoping and needing this to get to my house for about $200 max, there?s $40 shipping on it. My wife needs root canal work this week, so boat parts are low on the list right now. I bump the bid up to $87 and I?m good. An hour later it?s up to $99.00, I?m out. I get home a little late from work, take the kids to swimming and get back home where I learn the furnace has decided to stop working, blower not turning on. I take a quick look, yea, like I?ll really fix it. Decide to stoke up the wood stove since its 15 degrees outside. I get a break and fire up the laptop, there?s about 20 minutes left and it?s still at $99. I?m thinking I have a chance here!
With 2 minutes to go it?s now up to $110. The heart starts pumping a little faster. I?m on the laptop and wireless so I?m trying to guess how soon to enter my bid and still hit that last second win. At 30 seconds left the price goes to $115. I type in my max bid and wait, enter, and.... confirm. My laptop freezes and nothing happens or so it seems. My heart pounding, I wait, I usually get notice if I won or have been out bid, but nothing happens. Nothings moving so I finally click check my status. My bid made it in with 5 seconds remaining.
Now B***l I don?t know who you are, but you beat me out by $2.50 with your bid at 4 seconds to go, so I?m a little ticked. I hope you are a member of this forum and will enjoy that PTT that was a very good deal at $202.71 delivered to your door. If by chance the buyer is ezmobee, you finally got one for under $400, and I?d be happy with that. I have a sneaking feeling that B***l bought it to flip it, because average people don?t have 3514 transactions on Ebay and I will soon see it on Buy it Now for $400+!!!
Disappointed, yes, mad, no, I?ll put the $200 towards the furnace or the transom and continue the quest for a PTT. :facepalm:
That?s my story what?s yours.
One of the things is a Power Tilt & Trim and being the motor is a 1974 135 Evinrude they can be hard to come by. I?ve read where ezmobee posted ?As a former owner of a '73 Johnson 85 that I desperately wanted to add TnT too.....I wish you luck, you're gonna need it. The newer units won't work.? And ?They are near impossible to find and when they show up on eBay they go for $400+!!!! I have been looking for over 2 years.? And then there?s the whole Calco vs. Prestolite issue.
So I?m looking around yesterday and I see a PTT with the Prestolite Pump that will fit for $75 and 10 hours to go. I stick it on my watch list and come back to it about 5 hours later. I decide to test the waters and see if someone has already put in a big bid, as hoping and needing this to get to my house for about $200 max, there?s $40 shipping on it. My wife needs root canal work this week, so boat parts are low on the list right now. I bump the bid up to $87 and I?m good. An hour later it?s up to $99.00, I?m out. I get home a little late from work, take the kids to swimming and get back home where I learn the furnace has decided to stop working, blower not turning on. I take a quick look, yea, like I?ll really fix it. Decide to stoke up the wood stove since its 15 degrees outside. I get a break and fire up the laptop, there?s about 20 minutes left and it?s still at $99. I?m thinking I have a chance here!
With 2 minutes to go it?s now up to $110. The heart starts pumping a little faster. I?m on the laptop and wireless so I?m trying to guess how soon to enter my bid and still hit that last second win. At 30 seconds left the price goes to $115. I type in my max bid and wait, enter, and.... confirm. My laptop freezes and nothing happens or so it seems. My heart pounding, I wait, I usually get notice if I won or have been out bid, but nothing happens.
Nothings moving so I finally click check my status. My bid made it in with 5 seconds remaining. Now B***l I don?t know who you are, but you beat me out by $2.50 with your bid at 4 seconds to go, so I?m a little ticked. I hope you are a member of this forum and will enjoy that PTT that was a very good deal at $202.71 delivered to your door. If by chance the buyer is ezmobee, you finally got one for under $400, and I?d be happy with that. I have a sneaking feeling that B***l bought it to flip it, because average people don?t have 3514 transactions on Ebay and I will soon see it on Buy it Now for $400+!!!
Disappointed, yes, mad, no, I?ll put the $200 towards the furnace or the transom and continue the quest for a PTT. :facepalm:
That?s my story what?s yours.
