Zippo Lighter - American Embassy Paris September 22, 2006
Posted by Andy Roberts in : randomness , trackbackI’m selling my ‘American Embassy Paris’ zippo lighter by eBay and the bidding has reached £50.02 already, but that’s not enough to match the reserve and there’s only 23 hours left.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280029086630
It was Frankie’s idea:
This Zippo lighter features an American Embassy of Paris logo, and dates back to 1973. These lighters were given only to American Embassy of Paris staff - this lighter was given to my father (on whose behalf I am selling the item) by a young girlfriend (at the time) whose father was working at the embassy (perhaps as a Spook??). The lighter is in good, working condition, although will be shipped without any fuel.
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eBay keeping sending me e-mails trying to persuade me to lower the reserve (which can be done up until the auction ends). I haven’t done that - but let me know if you want to. I guess the price will sneak up a bit in the last few minutes…
It only sneaked up by £1. What should we do another time to get closer to the reserve?
There’s a few extra ‘promotion’ options on eBay (make item bold, etc), but I’m not sure how much they help, and they cost extra… I guess you could do some off-eBay promotion on forums and the like…
P.S You owe me the listing fee!
HI, I was the highest bidder. Let me know if you are looking to relist the lighter on Ebay or selling elsewhere. How much were you looking for? My highest bid was £65 but there was no one else up against me to push it up. Not that it would have made much difference!!! If you can give me an idea of your price, maybe we can sort something out.
Regards,
Kevin
The reserve I specified was £100 but I would probably come down a little bit and agree to sell in an auction that peaks just below. I’ll let you know when I decide to relist. Or I could just keep the lighter.
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