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Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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Thu, 11 Feb 1999 00:59:47 GMT
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> > ... Now, the "hot" graphic is the
> > culprit. That one exists exclusively to infuse a sense of "this item's
> > flying!".
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> And one that appears, I believe, because the seller agreed to give eBay
> a bigger cut (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
Unless they've changed things (and they may very well have), the "hot"
graphic appears after an item incurs a certain quantity of bids.
> > <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.
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> Nope. Profiteers will just claim a set is complete, without having
> fully verified the contents.
I *hope* that becomes the biggest problem. It's much easier to
determine how reliable a lego seller is than to deal with the inflated
prices of new set scalping.
Adam
bwappo@ee.net
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| (...) And one that appears, I believe, because the seller agreed to give eBay a bigger cut (someone correct me if I'm wrong). (...) Nope. Profiteers will just claim a set is complete, without having fully verified the contents. Steve (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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