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In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Mike Stanley writes:
> Mike Poindexter <lego@poindexter.cc> wrote:
> > Well, that is mighty white of you. First off, I can have anything I will
> > outpay you for. I will match your bids Larry - across the board.
> >
> > Second off, this is an offer to buy, not an auction, so please do not send
> > follow-ups to lugnet.auction.
> >
> > Third off, your response just seems rude and you have pissed me off. For you
> > to come out like that just strikes me as a jerk thing to do, perhaps I
> > misjudge, perhaps I don't. Either way, I will revise my offer to the
> > following:
>
> Hrmmm.... having dealt with Larry in many ways I don't see what he did
> as a "jerk thing to do" - it's just an honest thing. Larry likes the
> same kind of parts you do, and it seems like, with some of them, he
> either likes them more or is willing to pay more for them.
>
> Just like I wouldn't get mad if someone offered to SELL parts for less
> than I was selling them at JABA, I wouldn't get mad if someone offered
> to PAY more than I was willing to pay for parts either.
>
> If you'd posted a list of Castle-oriented parts that you'd like to get
> at prices that were less than I'd pay, I wouldn't think myself a jerk
> if I offered to pay more than you. It wouldn't hurt you at all -
> you'd still have your money. And if I were willing to pay more than
> you the seller would have more money for his parts, which is a Good
> Thing, and I would have the parts I wanted, which is a Very Good
> Thing.
>
> Free market. Live it, love it.
It is not that he offered more that offended me, but rather the tone. It
seemed smug, but perhaps I read it with the wrong tone. It is hard to apply a
tone to text accurately, but sometimes simple statements may look different to
other people. Either way, I hold no grudge against Lar. I am sure that I do
things people think are rude. Sometimes they are wrong, sometimes they are
right. It just happens.
I agree with the free market system. If he wants to offer more, fine. It
just means I have to pay more to outpay him. Of course, auczilla is also
selling new parts that have never been used and also has little risk of
failure to receive product. Would you send $100 to a guy you didn't know just
because he had the same items as Auczilla had for $100? You may still be
interested in them, but may only offer $80. Also, Auczilla prices can be
inflated by 15% due to early payment. That puts a $4.50 window down to
$3.825. Those are two reasons Auczilla should have higher than straight deal
prices.
Either way, my offer still stands, if anyone has some train windows they don't
need.
Mike
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| (...) No, I'd say Larry is smug sometimes. I don't really see that as a bad thing - I'm just used to it. (...) Maybe. New people buy from me all the time. I'm not unknown to most people, but I see several new bidders who have registered and placed (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| (...) Hrmmm.... having dealt with Larry in many ways I don't see what he did as a "jerk thing to do" - it's just an honest thing. Larry likes the same kind of parts you do, and it seems like, with some of them, he either likes them more or is (...) (25 years ago, 28-Jul-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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