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Re: Wow, check out the size of this ship! (Not my auction)
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:09:23 GMT
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eBay has a new reserve policy, I think which says the minimum must be at
least 25% of the reserve. Maybe he wants $2,000 for it. Whatever he
wants, I think $500 is too much.
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Have fun!
John
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my weird Lego site:
http://www114.pair.com/ig88/
David Eaton wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.market.auction, Nick Goetz writes:
> > It looks like the model they put in the LEGO Imagination Centers.
> >
> > BTW: If you have something that big and are expecting a lot of money, why
> > would you start at $500 and still have a reserve? Why wouldn't you just
> > start at your minimum required price? If someone could explain this I • would
> > really appreciate it.
>
> Well, my only thought is that it prevents people from bidding under $500 at
> all... it could be that if the seller gets 1 bid for $500 and no other bids
> that the seller re-thinks his reserve price and sells it for $500... • however,
> if there was no initial minimum, that first and only bid would turn into
> something like $1... so it's a little more protection. Hence, I guess it • might
> be like a fallback reserve price.
>
> Otherwise, you're right. It doesn't make much sense at all... I either • would
> have set the initial bid to $1 and had a reserve or set the initial bid to • my
> reserve price.
>
> > Will Middelaer wrote in message ...
> > > Just look at all of those gray bricks. Of course, they are probably all • glued
> > > together :-(
> > >
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=198118331
>
> On that note-- yeah! It looks cool, but... It's so useless! What would you • DO
> with it? It's over 100 pounds, so you can't hang it anywhere easily in your
> house... It's so big that displaying it on a table would be awkward... It's • not
> really all that impressive anyway in terms of a model, except in sheer • size...
> and it's all glued together, so you can't use the pieces! (Or at least I'm
> assuming it's glued... that's probably one reason why it's so heavy! If it • were
> just solid bricks, it'd most likely weigh about 50 lbs, rather than three • times
> as much-- MAYBE 100 lbs with the batteries/lights/motors/whatever that's
> inside it, but I think that'd be pushing it for just bricks & • electronics...
>
> Anyway, that's my $.02-- I don't think I'd pay $5 for it, let alone $500. • It'd
> just take up valueable LEGO space in my place. You'd have to PAY me to take • it!
>
> DaveE
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