Theory : 171


Marketplace / Theory / 171	170 \| 172

Subject:	Re: Do people contact the sellers for better descriptions?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.market.theory
Date:	Sat, 28 Aug 1999 01:28:23 GMT
Reply-To:	cjc@/saynotospam/newsguy.com
Viewed:	382 times

Scott Smallbeck <scotts@contactics.com> wrote: > I was expecting some other competetion at the end but it never came. Do > most bidder simply take a look at the description and reject it out of hand > if it is a bad description? I would think that most non-LEGO people would > have a hard time drafting a quality description that commands the highest > bids and following up on these lots would be worth the effort. If something strikes me as sloppily done or incomplete I ignore it. My time is worth too much to me to spend it verifying that something that appears to be junk actually is. That probably means I miss out on lucky deals like yours, but I don't mind. -- The pieces you want and nothing else - easy online bidding! http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction Sure, you could pay someone to run your LEGO auction. Or, you could run it yourself for free: http://www.guarded-inn.com/bricks/ (Still in beta)

Message has 1 Reply:

		Re: Do people contact the sellers for better descriptions?
Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) hand (...) I will put a small amount of effort in if I think there is a chance that the item(s) are of interest, but I have to say that a sloppy dfescription may also be a reflection on the integrity of the (...) (25 years ago, 30-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

Message is in Reply To:

		Do people contact the sellers for better descriptions?
I recently won a very nice lot of LEGO on Ebay for what turned out to be a very low bid. The item description was obviously incomplete as it started out stating there were 13 sets and then only 6-7 were listed before the description was truncated. I (...) (25 years ago, 27-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

5 Messages in This Thread:

Entire Thread on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:: Nested: All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear: All | Brief | Compact

Custom Search