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Re: Thoughts on having preferred customers in auctions
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 27 Jan 1999 10:43:54 GMT
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Michael Ulring wrote:
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> I'll first say that I have a small number of fellow Lego enthusiasts who
> are somewhat closer friends than the rest of you [1]. This group of
> individuals, some local and others who are outside the US, have either
> been very generous in their dealings with me, or we've just gotten to
> know each other over the course of dozens of emails or numerous
> get-togethers.
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> So, when I was contemplating the start of my new Town auction (which
> I'll shamelessly plug, it's at:
> http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/2436/townauct.htm) I realized
> that there are a few sets that more than one of my friends may have an
> interest in. What is the best way to offer these sets to them without
> sacrificing the value they could bring to me in an auction, or showing
> favoritism between a number of my friends? I wouldn't really feel right
> asking for top dollar from these friends, but I am trying to make back
> some of the money I recently spent on large collections. So what am I
> to do?
Stop trying to tailor reality to fit every nuance of your sensibilities.
An auction is the fairest way to dispose of things in return for value
but it is incompatible with certain other goals, e.g making everyone
happy. Let auctions be auctions.
JSA
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| (...) James has a point. Regarding your idea of giving a discount - I can say that I would definitely feel it was as unfair as any other tactic that would drive up the prices in an auction, and if I knew the auctioneer was going to do so, I'd be far (...) (26 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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