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Re: eBay Craziness
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Thu, 23 Nov 2000 15:53:16 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Roy Wood writes:
> > While we're discussing eBay, can someone explain to me why it is that
> > people are willing to pay retail or more (not even taking into account
> > shipping!) for Lego items that are currently available in-stores or even
> > on-line? I just don't get it. Are they just clueless, or caught up in
> > the "excitement" of the whole auction thing?
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> > Any thoughts?
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> Perennial topic. Your guesses are indeed the accepted wisdom as to why, at
> that level of analysis.
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> I used to try to do something about it, but I gave up. People don't know
> what's available, and sellers take advantage of it. If they're too lazy to
> check, you can argue its their own fault, I guess. Caveat Emptor.
I sold opened arctic sets a few weeks ago which did return more than I paid
(although I did get them cheap). When I listed them, I thought they'd only
go for pennies to a UK buyer (low shipping). However, it transpired that the
sets I listed were not available in Japan – that is where they ended up.
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> Heck, it happened to me once.
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> But I don't like sellers that do it, and I try not to do (further?) business
> with them if I can help it.
> I fully disclose the source of all my items in
> my listings. For example:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=501974215
If you are trying to trawl for bids, do it in L.M.A. I'm pretty sure you
have had auctions which ended in the last month or so which you could have
referred to just as easily - assuming you had to refer to it in the 1st place(?)
Scott A
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> Any buyer who reads all the way to the end of the listing will learn where I
> got that set. Yes, I am selling it for substantially (80% or so is where
> they have ended up) more than I paid for it, but then, I actually have a
> rare set that I went to some trouble/expense to obtain.
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> ++Lar
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| (...) If you were being sarcastic, you left off a smiley. If you weren't, I resent the implication, which is false. It so happens that it is significantly easier to get a current reference than an expired one, so you can accuse me of laziness, but (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Perennial topic. Your guesses are indeed the accepted wisdom as to why, at that level of analysis. I used to try to do something about it, but I gave up. People don't know what's available, and sellers take advantage of it. If they're too lazy (...) (24 years ago, 23-Nov-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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