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Re: Naive Sellers (Was Re: 4561 alternates (was: sale at kbkids)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 12 Dec 1999 12:45:50 GMT
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John Neal wrote:
> Tom Stangl wrote:
>
> > But you know, Emmanuel is a big boy - I'm SURE he knows by now that he can
> > raise prices on some sets without problems, and make more money, but he
> > doesn't. His reasons are his own, I will not question them.
>
> What makes you so sure? Some of his prices are SO far below MV ($38 for a
> 4547??) that I wonder. You won't question them because you don't want to look
> a gift horse in the mouth. At what point do you say as a friend, "dude, you
> need to be charging more for some of this stuff"?
Emmanuel KNOWS he can charge more. Time after time, he has gotten sets that
people have requested, and he has sold them out virtually instantly. He HAS to
know he could raise the prices and still sell them out. But he doesn't/hasn't.
Again, his reasons are his own. On those special lots he gets, he also doesn't
take pre-orders, to give everyone a fair shot.
He DOES know what he's doing.
> > Besides, who knows, maybe he's having convicts dig them out of the ground in
> > AU <duck>.
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> ROFL
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> > More likely he has found some of the larger warehouses that have misc stock
> > taking up space, and he gets them for pennies on the dollar.
>
> Rationalization. Nice try.
Well, he CERTAINLY has to be making at least something on them, or he wouldn't
stay in business, would he?
> > In any case, I CAN'T afford to ask him to charge me more, if he doesn't want
> > to. Maybe you can, *I* can't.
>
> I don't mind taking advantage of Toysmart deals or Walmart or K-Mart, but
> fellow LUGNETers is a different story. When I read about the Friday madness
> sale, my first thought wasn't, "D'oh! I missed out", or "D'oh, those lucky
> bums", but "He just gave away $1000s for nothing". Bummed me out.
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> YMMV,
> John
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> >
> >
> > John Neal wrote:
> >
> > > Tom Stangl wrote:
> > >
> > > > Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > PS, I think it's time to start a thread in off-topic.debate about how
> > > > > unfair it is that someone else got all the 4547s from DYA and I didn't
> > > > > get any, right? :-)
> > > >
> > > > <snort>
> > > >
> > > > That Larry, he's a funny one!
> > >
> > > Seriously though, buying 4547s for $38 from Emmanuel is like taking candy
> > > from a baby. I hate to see a good trader like Emmanuel literally screw
> > > himself out of $1000s. I would feel funny being the "lucky" buyer.
> > >
> > > -John
> > > (follow-up to debate)
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
> > > > | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
> >
> > --
> > | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
> > | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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