Auction outfit in Canberra - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2018, 08:55:39 am
content: I recently learned of an auctions outfit in Canberra.https://www.allbids.com.auIt's a 'consignment' auction house. Looks like sometimes they sell interesting tech stuff. Although it suffers from:* Being in equipment-starved Oz, so prices are ridiculous.* Their categories tree structure is not tech-aware. Typical.* Has that 'bids extend the auction close by 5 minutes' annoying feature, that makes snipe bidding nearly useless.* 22.5% 'buyer's premium' + GST ... are they kidding?* You can't save the full size item pictures, even if you won it. Screenshot of small size image or nothing. Whyyyy?20181122 Edit to add:* Finished items get removed from your watch list ONE DAY after end of bids. So better save a link. It remains to be seen how long they'll retain old listings, but so far the links below still work.A few recent items:https://www.allbids.com.au/c/office-business/pro-audio-video/hp-141a-vintage-oscilloscope-6-1013882https://www.allbids.com.au/c/office-business/pro-audio-video/vintage-electrical-test-and-data-equipment-1013883https://www.allbids.com.au/c/office-business/pro-audio-video/electrical-test-and-data-equipment-pallet-lot-1013884https://www.allbids.com.au/c/office-business/pro-audio-video/hp-vintage-service-test-set-on-trolley-5-1013881https://www.allbids.com.au/c/office-business/scientific-instruments/lot-of-5-electronic-bench-equipment-1013543https://www.allbids.com.au/c/office-business/scientific-instruments/hp-8563a-spectrum-analyzer-50hz-265ghz-1013534Sigh...https://www.allbids.com.au/c/office-business/scientific-instruments/hp-8981a-vector-modulation-analyzer-1013547All way out of my price range, sob.. But I did get one thing at a decent price that I wanted:https://www.allbids.com.au/c/office-business/pro-audio-video/eimage-data-scanpro2000-microfilm-reader-1014535So, another time-sucking auction site to watch.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2018, 09:42:52 am
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on November 21, 2018, 08:55:39 amCtrl-Shift-Printscreen ( Windows) works

author: JackJones
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2018, 10:19:17 am
content: Or if you want to get fancy, dig through the source code.https://abstorageeastaus.blob.core.windows.net/auctions/27716/large/27716-4.jpghttps://abstorageeastaus.blob.core.windows.net/auctions/27716/large/27716-4a.jpg

author: ebastler
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2018, 10:31:01 am
content: Oruse Firefox, click on the preview picture to go to the large view, thenhold the shift key while right-clicking. This will open the context menu (which is otherwise supressed) to copy the link, save the image etc.

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: November 21, 2018, 12:08:01 pm
content: Quote from: ebastler on November 21, 2018, 10:31:01 amAh ha, thanks. I did not know about that one. Works! Or Ctrl-Shift-Printscreen.As for digging in the source code, I do that fairly often but that site's code confuses me.It still counts as a negative against the site, that they would attempt to inhibit save of images.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: November 21, 2018, 12:45:34 pm
content: Quote from: TerraHertz on November 21, 2018, 08:55:39 amI use the Imagus plugin which shows the image full size when you hover, then simply right click save as. 2500pix wide image saved

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: November 22, 2018, 03:44:41 am
content: Yeah $3565 + shipping for the Spectrum Analyser... sigh here too. (although shipping looks reasonable)