I have o’riordan set as a keyword in a saved ebay search, and put up daily emails about the Cranberries and a bunch of stuff I don’t want. I knew that eventually, someone, somewhere, would put an actuall O’Riordan whistle set online. Unfortunately, I no longer have the funds to participate in the bidding war. There’s 2 days left to go, and so far the whistles are only at about 2X retail ($300–D/C set). I hope this doesn’t step on any C&F’ers toes..i don’t recognize the TWO(!!!) bidders.
Interesting. The whistles look nice. The people on the auction doin’t have many auctions behind them. Having done much e-bay buying and selling, my experience is that many “new” (i.e. less than say 25 transactions) buyers tend to get caught up in “auction fever” and for a seller, that can be very good. The problem here is you’ve got a hot item comppounded by some new buyers. In many situations, it can translate into a seller’s serendipity (a high price).
Keep us posted on what it sells for. I guess the “musical priest” is not a member of an order that took a vow of poverty! Oh well,
St. Augustine said “He who sings, prays twice.” If there’s any truth to that, and assuming that singing includes making an instrument sing, maybe the item has a value to him that’s tough to price. It’s getting too late and I’m rambling! Good night zzzzz.
I learned long ago that if you were singing in a concert, and someone came up to you after the concert and told you how good you looked, that that was an insult. How are we supposed to know that these O’Riordans sound good? There is only one mouthpiece, and that mouthpiece might have been damaged in some way. Just because they look good and are by one of the best whistle makers, I wouldn’t take a chance on buying them off of eBay. I would rather wait two years.
And no, I am not replying with this kind of reply because I am bidding and don’t want anyone else to bid against me. If the seller really loved these instruments, he/she would put them up for adoption, right here on the “Board”. -JP
I have to wonder about eBay bidders who place bids ‘against themselves’ repeatedly, even on items without a reserve.
Rare instruments is one thing, but I’ve seen this happen on production guitars that I could walk into any local music store and buy off the rack… for less!
JohnPalmer is right about pictures or the seller not giving all the whole and nothing but the truth.
Several years back an owner of the same kind of O’Riordan’s set that is up auction, suffered seperation of the two piece mouthpiece. He sent it away and Pat fixed it. But the photograph on Ebay gives no clue what so ever.
That is the only incident that I have heard of, of an O’Riordan mouthpiece seperating, my set after seven years is still fine.
On 2002-03-03 23:24, Wandering_Whistler wrote:
. . .Unfortunately, I no longer have the funds to participate in the bidding war. There’s 2 days left to go, and so far the whistles are only at about 2X retail ($300–D/C set).
But you can live vicariously through others’ index fingers and wallets. Bid away people! I need a high score so I can print out the end of auction page for these to send to my renter’s Insurance company as “Replacement Cost.” A fast and furious final minutes will be expected. I plan on watching. . .
Oh, by the way, I think Pat is still accepting orders, but he states up front that he may be retirering before your number comes up. It’s a roll of the dice. . .
There is a two year waiting list for O’Riordan whistles, or you can get them right now in this auction. Why am I selling something so hard to get? My two years of waiting are up, and I need to sell these to get the others.
Does this strike nobody else as odd? Or is this kind of bizarre logic (to put it kindly) to be expected from people who put themselves on 2-year waiting lists repeatedly?
On 2002-03-04 12:04, StevieJ wrote:
From the seller’s comments:
There is a two year waiting list for O’Riordan whistles, or you can get them right now in this auction. Why am I selling something so hard to get? My two years of waiting are up, and I need to sell these to get the others.
Does this strike nobody else as odd? Or is this kind of bizarre logic (to put it kindly) to be expected from people who put themselves on 2-year waiting lists repeatedly?
Sounds like a whistle speculator or scalper, only with a big mouth. Has to sell at double the price to get the others, so he can sell those at double the price. Like W.C.Fields said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
(Will trade beanie babies for an O’Riordan)
Tony
WhOA Baby,
Congrats to the new owner! And thanks for the help. E-bay sometimes amazes me.
$old! for $385.00 + $10 S&H + Insurance.
For a total of $395.00.
I served my two years and got them for $170 ($125 and $45 for the spare tube) for the pair last year right from Pat.
Printed out and saved for insurance purposes (replacement value). This, other than the silver thingy (engraved Copeland D) that costs more used than new.
Oh, I forgot about all the rip off auctions on e-bay (usually listed “VERY RARE VINTAGE 1843 ENGLISH PENNYWHISTLE KEY OF D FIDDLE GUITAR ACCORDIAN SCOTTISH VIOLIN CONCERTINA IRISH BOZOUKI WELSH TWINKIE AUTOMOBILE TINWHISTLE PERSIAN RUG CELTIC” just stamped out in 2001) that start a $11 Clarke original that sells for a starting bid of $25 plus $12 s&h with the magic 10-folded “book” (that comes with two pages, front page and back page) in three languages that shows you where to put your fingers.
You know, I placed my order 2yrs and 3mos ago. I’m starting to wonder if Pat misplaced my order and whether I should bother him. If anyone is talking to him soon, would you mention my name and say Tony was wondering…
Thanks,
Tony