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Re: When complete isn't quite
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 1 Feb 2000 23:27:21 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
> Mr L F Braun wrote in message <388FDD3A.B1037332@pilot.msu.edu>...
> > Geeze. No wonder the bid's low! However, if the big blue IG flag is
> > there, it's almost worth it--I've been paying $4 apiece for those
> > flags. The boat mast is also a welcome part. I'm not sure it's worth
> > $9 all told, though.
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> Looks like it has the flag. It does also have the latticed window.
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> > This post is complete, except for text...I wonder: Could you put up an
> > auction for an item that has an "exception" for virtually every piece?
> > For example, a small and valuable set that is complete except for this
> > piece, that piece, and the other piece, to the point where only a
> > handful of basic bricks and plates remain? If so, I wonder if anyone
> > would bid it up?
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> Yea probably. I think it would be a good way to get a negative feedback.
> People wouldn't read the whole thing, and in their rush to snipe this great
> set, would bid it up, and then come screaming when they received this little
> packet of bricks. I think you would also be deserving of the negative
> feedback since you really sort of misrepresented things (though the buyer
> should also have read all the fine print). I think the auction above is
> close since it is missing most of the special parts. It's also very
> misrepresentative to title the auction "complete" if it is missing more than
> one or two very minor parts, and even any missing parts would be a
> misrepresentation.
You may have a point here--the bid is up to $11.50 with twh hours left.
best
Lindsay
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| Mr L F Braun wrote in message <388FDD3A.B1037332@p...su.edu>... (...) Looks like it has the flag. It does also have the latticed window. (...) Yea probably. I think it would be a good way to get a negative feedback. People wouldn't read the whole (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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