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Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:04:30 GMT
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On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 17:11:28 GMT, Adam Yulish <bwappo@ee.net> wrote:
> ... Now, the "hot" graphic is the
> culprit. That one exists exclusively to infuse a sense of "this item's
> flying!".
And one that appears, I believe, because the seller agreed to give eBay
a bigger cut (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
> <snip> Ahhh--here is what I believe to be the saving grace of lego:
> Profiteers will eventually come in and start speculating on the big
> stuff. No doubt we'll see a *huge* wave of that when the Star Wars lego
> hits. But the *one* thing that lego has above most other toys when it
> comes to profiteering is that it's in pieces! For someone who's looking
> to make a buck, the set has to be "new in box" or some variation
> thereof. Profiteers don't have the time to go through a box of lego and
> decide what is complete, what's valuable, what other pieces they need,
> etc., and they never will. I believe lego is forever safe from
> profiteers because by virtue of being a *building* toy, and not just
> some "thing" like TransFormers, G.I.Joe, or model cars, the prerequisite
> time involved for any set that is not prepackaged is just too much,
> unless you love lego.
Nope. Profiteers will just claim a set is complete, without having
fully verified the contents.
Steve
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| (...) Unless they've changed things (and they may very well have), the "hot" graphic appears after an item incurs a certain quantity of bids. (...) I *hope* that becomes the biggest problem. It's much easier to determine how reliable a lego seller (...) (28 years ago, 11-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 (...) (28 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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