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(...) I'd say if you have multiple sellers competing to the point that lower prices are offered that annoy you then you don't quite HAVE that seller's market. If you as a seller want $1,000 for your set that normally fetches $200 it doesn't matter (...) (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Exactly the point I was making. I'm glad you agree at last. (26 years ago, 6-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Not agreeing at all. You tried to construct this straw man to justify your "ownership" of a thread and your reaction to someone else posting to it in what you viewed as competition with your auction. You don't own the thread. The toyshop owner (...) (26 years ago, 7-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Actually, Mike, if you're the _only_ one offering that set at that time, the random guy willing to pay $1k _might_ not be a moron. Just like people willing to pay 2-3 times retail for SW sets _now_ aren't necessarily morons, just very, very (...) (26 years ago, 8-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) While I suppose there are people to whom $800 is so insignificant that it isn't worth waiting for another to come along, I don't know any of them. I can't imagine even Larry doing that, primarily because it has been my experience that foolish (...) (26 years ago, 9-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Have you heard about this guy William H Gates the third? He throws away $800 _million_ because he can't wait till someone else launches a few satellites. Jasper "tongue-in-cheek"Janssen (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, Billy doesn't really exist in the same world as the rest of us. Hell, if he does what he's said he'll do with his money and gives 95% of it away to science and charity he'd still have more than any sane person could spend in a few (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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