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| | | (...) Actually, I just had a even screwier variation on this. I had an email solicitation that follows (minus identifying details): My name is Chris. I have set 4555 Frieght Loading Station and 4537 Twin Tank Transporter, due to finances I have to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | I'd go with bad manners and you were not overreacting. But then, that's just me. Steve Martin wrote: <ersatz auction story> (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Bill Katz
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| | | | | | Larry Pieniazek (lar@voyager.net) wrote: : I'd go with bad manners and you were not overreacting. But then, that's : just me. : Steve Martin wrote: : <ersatz auction story> Definitely bad manners. I had a similar experience recently when buying a (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Bryan Wong
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| | | | | (...) I don't think you were over reacting. I'd be pretty pissed if that happened to me too. Let's say I was selling something for $100 (not auctioning) and you agreed to pay me that amount. Then someone else offers me $150. It would be very unfair (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Christopher L. Weeks
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| | | | | | (...) First, I'd like to say that I'm in agreement with everyone else, that's an invalid way to conduct business. The note in response was dead on. In the scenario that Bryan writes above, if I were the seller, I would offer to buy it back from the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | (...) Not overreacting. Definitely poor manners. (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Chris Dee
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| | | | (...) I think your reaction was entirely justified. But being one of only a few Chris' active on LUGNET and eBay I resent the potential bad publicity you have given to anyone named Chris and any doubts you may have put in the mind of anyone dealing (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Steve Martin
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| | | | | (...) nothing (...) verify (...) this. (...) I just wanted to back up Chris Dee's assertion that it wasn't him. I just used the person's first name so he would know (actually, I guess it could be a she) that it was him when he read it. But I didn't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Agreed: Newbies take note, Chris is one of the good guys. If there were any tendency to not stick to deals, I would tend to say it shades in the "well I can't charge you that much after all, so let me do some discounting" direction... (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Mark Lindsey
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| | | | | (...) nothing (...) verify (...) this. (...) I will vouch for Chris. We had a deal completely outside of any sanctioned forum and he not only sent the items, he actually waited until I could afford the piece. That is class and a fine example of how (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Christopher Lannan
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| | | | (...) nothing (...) verify (...) this. (...) It wasn't me either! Chris L. (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | So now we're going to get every Chris out there declaiming? Prolly would have been better if the origninal poster used an obviously fictitious name (Zaphod Beeblebrox, anyone?) or no name at all. Ok, prove me wrong, whoever the actual Chris is, post (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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