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Re: another thought on "Bid Siphoning"
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lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 4 Oct 1999 18:08:58 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Indranil Basak writes:
> > How come you don't mention the source of your Blue Hopper in Serious • Collector
> > listings? Is it selective amnesia?
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> Serious Collector does not allow modification or amplification of listings.
> (1) If you check the timestamps carefully you will realise that all, or most,
> of my listings on SC were done before eBay... except for this one:
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> http://www.seriouscollector.com/auction/lot.cfm?lotID=A1870
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> which DOES mention it. The initial eBay listings did not mention it in the
> body, I didn't think through that I should be listing that info till after I
> had done some. So I had to tack it on the end.
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> Contrast THIS one: (listed early, info added as mod)
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=172409813
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> with this one (listed after I realised, info in body)
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=173320277
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> I have to ask, is there an issue here?
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> If so, please come out and state what it is. I am reading something into your
> tone which may or may not be there, but which, if it is, I don't like. In • fact,
> since I've not seen you around much before these comments, why don't you tell
> us a little more about yourself? Are you one of the McD scalpers here to stir
> things up? Other than one post 4 weeks ago I've not seen you at all here
> before. This is an open and friendly sort of place, we usually are pretty good
> about discussion. Say what you mean.
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> I welcome feedback and if you have some constructive input on how to improve
> things I'd love to hear it.
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> 1 - Derick has explained before why that is. I don't happen to agree, but I
> understand. Cancelling and relisting would be disruptive and not worth the
> benefit, at least as I perceive the benefit. Feel free to convince me. I have
> canceled listings before to correct things when it was the right thing to do.
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> ++Lar (web posted) larryp@novera.com
> Novera, now a part of TSISoftware
> www.tsisoft.com
You don't like my tone? Come on now, don't be so defensive. This whole
McDonald's Drive-thru Soap Opera seems to have you rattled a bit. My point is:
full disclosure of information should be FULL disclosure. Not an afterthought
on some listings.
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| (...) Uh, can you read? If so, then you'd see that he CAN'T go back and edit the SC listing, something he would gladly do. Your tone was a bit smart-alecky, seeming to imply, as your current message does, that Larry is something less than a (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) Serious Collector does not allow modification or amplification of listings. (1) If you check the timestamps carefully you will realise that all, or most, of my listings on SC were done before eBay... except for this one: (URL) DOES mention it. (...) (25 years ago, 4-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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