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Re: Why do I beat my head against the wall?
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lugnet.market.auction
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Thu, 29 Oct 1998 01:13:27 GMT
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Robert Farver writes:
> All I can suggest is to realize that this is the way eBay works, and if you • want
> to win a set, the best way is to snipe.
Rob, no offense but I really don't want to hear about how eBay works. I know
how it works. I know they can run their auctions any way they want, and I know
that if I want to win at all costs, I have to be willing to rearrange my life
around the end times of auctions I care about.
I just need a quick fix of moral backbone. (1)
Maybe complaining about it and then being told to shut up (2) is what I need.
OTOH: I've dealt with Thomas before. I no doubt would have been very happy to
do a side transaction with him on this lot of stuff, as would many other
RTLers, and I imagine he would have got just about as much. Is the extra 10
bucks worth rewarding a sniper?
++Lar
1 - and as a good libertarian I know there ain't no such thing as a quick fix
of moral backbone.
2 - what y'all are doing.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: Why do I beat my head against the wall?
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| Aaahhhhh, shutup and deal with it. <duck> Seriously, you and I BOTH know if you truly want something on EBay, you WILL have to rearrange your life around the end time. I have had to wake up at 3am to make sure I got something I wanted. Sucks, but I (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Why do I beat my head against the wall?
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| (...) Don't know if it will help offset the pain of loosing such a choice lot, but I think eBay needs (at least an option of) going/sold aucions with a minimum of x time (1 day?) between the high bid submission and winning the item. It may draw some (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: Why do I beat my head against the wall?
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) Well, there are two reasons I use eBay to sell Lego: 1) When I'm not sure what something is worth and want to let the market determine value. 2) When I want to sell and item quickly. In this case, I wasn't sure (...) (26 years ago, 29-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Why do I beat my head against the wall?
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| (...) All I can suggest is to realize that this is the way eBay works, and if you want to win a set, the best way is to snipe. It's snipe or be sniped when the item is highly sought after. I've found that it's often best to post a low bid early and (...) (26 years ago, 28-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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