Epay questions

[Jon Skagfeld]

Originally Posted by Vets Dottir 2nd

So the bidders DO outbid themselves, at every rejection, up to the point
of MAX of what they are willing to part with for the item ... cool ... thanks for
explaining that all to me Tony. I think Ma Yappy is getting it now

I can see how an undisclosed reserve can hook in bidders to at least start in the running and get the the competitive spirit happening ..............................

I've been spending tons of time the last couple or so day in money info and collectors sites and checking out the Canadian coins and paper money action in epay ... even joined a serious collectors forum and am learning all sorts of neat things. One thing is I won't just look at the face value of money so I don't shortchange or get shortchanged anymore ... I'll check out not only the serial numbers but also the bill/coin and everything about it.

Amazing how often I get older perfectly crisp and brand new looking 20's in my wads of cash from bank machines, and I go "Oh look. Ever neat" and spend it not thinking twice ... that face value $20 I passed on ... who knows, could have been worth HUNDREDS and maybe more. I kid you not!

I'm learning the money stuff and how to spot and recognize special things that add value and hopefully will be able to assess/grade proper values soon etc. I'm having fun in that forum and learning something new ... like MLU is great people and education and has been a learning curve for me, this other forum another kind of learning curve with people who know their stuff, like you folks do, and guide new people

Do any of you in here collect money? (I know you're all big spenders on blitz bits so probably are broke though because you spend your old money on old vehicles )

IF any of you have any CANADIAN coins or paper money, especially the paper, and want to find out if it's worth more than face value or what it might be worth, if you send me a PM or an email and tell me what you've got, I'll try and find out it's value it for you and if it's sought after by collectors and maybe I can even connect you with a buyer if you want to sell. Whatever. This all as a random act of kindness on my part to you/whoever MLU-ers as a way for me to both contribute back to MLUers and as a way for me to actively practice and learn this stuff.

Now, I'm tired ... free flow yappityyapyapyap ... I'm done!

Hey, Karmann Ghia...Where the hell were you about 5 months ago when I decided to unload a whole bunch of Cdn coins?

Included were Canada Goose Silver Dollars, 1943 Tombac nickles, Industry nickles, 1967 Centennial coinage sets.

As it turned out, I got a fair buck for them...but...coulda been more?

(Where the hell is the "Compose" button so I can see the whole gamut of smilies?)

Originally Posted by Jon Skagfeld

Hey, Karmann Ghia...Where the hell were you about 5 months ago when I decided to unload a whole bunch of Cdn coins?

I was where I always am almost literally 24/7/365 - tucked in my apartment.

As to your coins, I've only been browsing and learning about Canadian coins and paper money in the last couple/3 days so I wouldn't have had a clue as to values for you then and don't know much yet at all, nor could I have bought anything.

Those Tombacs I think, in spite of the historic commemorativeness, aren't worth much at all in terms of "money value" - Kinda sad, that

I don't know how much you got for your goodies so don't know if you got a good price or not. If you feel pretty happy and like you weren't ripped off. then you probably did good? I could try and find out the current going
"standard values estimates" if you wanted me to, just for the heck of it.

I think money collectors are about as nuts as old army vehicle collectors ... it seems that they get hooked hard and forever and if they want something bad enough they'll offer and/or pay more, sometimes WAY WAY more, than going standards. It's fascinating learning what people collect and why ... wow!

(Where the hell is the "Compose" button so I can see the whole gamut of smilies?)

You can't see all 36 smilies in the box at right of the compose screen, only room for 26? to show at a time methinks ... BUT ... when you have a compose reply/post window up, look at the top of the compose box at all the options, and you will see a SMILIE face ... that will show you a dropdown menu of smiles, scroll to the bottom of that list to "see all smiles" (whatever) and click ... a new box should pop up showing all 36 of them ... take your pic.

A pain to have to go through all of that just to get at them all ... but it's that or learn how to type them in manually using the keyboard. Until and unless all 36 smilies can be made to show beside the compose box, we're kinda stuck doing it the long way

Longwinded as ever, I am, I am

Karmann Ghia