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(...) absolute (...) be (...) no (...) Desire to be Moral What Desire? Actually this is probably instilled once again from parents, We are told to "Be Good" "You'll get a reward if you do what I say" that sort of thing. It's also probably an (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(No this is not intended to be flame bait) I recently sold several older toys that I had obtained about 15 years ago, and I had _NO_CLUE_ on a value of these. (BTW, they were Zoids by Tomy) The _ONLY_ reason I decided to go with EBay v. direct (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) itself) (...) There is an exception to every rule. Including this one. Holy paradoxical statements, Batman! :) James (URL) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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(...) I certainly understand your point of view, but to me, the "big evil" of e-bay is not buying from it, but selling to it. (I go into more detail on other posts - I'll spare people yet another explanation. For now. :) ) Selling on e-bay sends (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <more snipping> (...) Oh, I'm not arguing against the minimum incriment! My point is that its a very seductive trap that e-bay uses (and most auctions, to be fair) to get more money out of the marks. Most people, everytime they're outbid, they (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Oh, No. Not again. Jeff ;) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Reminds me of a little joke I heard a while back ... Person A: There are _NO_ absolutes. Period. Person B: Are you sure? Person A: Absolutely. (for the humor impaired ... the first statement is an absolute in and of itself) -- Lee Jorgensen, (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I think it depends on the auction format and location, but for the most part I believe it falls into the "just evil" category. For those of you that didn't know, if you run an eBay auction without a reserve price, you *are* allowed to bid on (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Fair enough. :) Relatively few people receive that cashflow from eBay's operation/existence. Many more receive cashflow and/or save time by finding the items they've been looking for, so I don't consider eBay's money-making for its owners a (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<snipped a lot of stuff that has already reached conclusion> (...) I agree. I find that the former appear when selling unusual items, and the latter appear when selling big items. The rest tends to even out. (...) I think (2) only occurs when the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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