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Re: Why do sellers do........
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Wed, 11 Apr 2001 21:48:54 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, William R. Ward writes:
> "mfuss903" <mfuss903@aol.com> writes:
> > Ok, I was looking on EBAY for printed legos and I have come across a few
> > listings now and in the past of lots of printed parts were being offered ~
> > ok, so whats the big deal you ask? Well why if you were selling a lot of
> > printed parts would you have some, or even most of the parts *upside down* I
> > see this more often than one would think, what are the sellers thinking?
> > When I see this there is never a list of what you are getting, just
> > something like 'see the pic' I guess kudos go out to the sellers who make
> > sure you can see all the printed parts in the pic, lol! So what are you
> > wondering why sellers do?
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> Probably because the more time you spend preparing an auction, the
> less economical it becomes. Scatter out the items to be sold, take
> one or two snapshots with the digital camera, upload, and repeat for
> all the auctions you're running. If you spend a lot of time getting
> it just so, you waste time, and time is money.
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> At least that's my guess...
There's a more sinister variant reason: Because the seller
intends to replace the .jpg on his or her server once you've
won the lot, deliver what's in the new .jpg, and be immune
from real complaint (as you can't tell what they did on *their*
server...).
Of course if they have a lot of good feedback the optimist's
analysis above is probably correct. But that's why I never
bid on any auction that calls to an outside file for its
inventory--photographic *or* text--if the seller has only a
handful of feedback.
all best,
Lindsay
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| (...) Probably because the more time you spend preparing an auction, the less economical it becomes. Scatter out the items to be sold, take one or two snapshots with the digital camera, upload, and repeat for all the auctions you're running. If you (...) (23 years ago, 10-Apr-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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