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Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 03:55:57 GMT
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Jasper Janssen <jasper@janssen.dynip.com> wrote:
On Sat, 6 Mar 1999 17:38:02 GMT, cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley)
wrote:

If you as a seller want $1,000 for your set that normally fetches $200
it doesn't matter how many buyers you have - you still won't make it.
Unless, of course, you find the random moron who would be willing to
abide by your wishes instead of using common sense.

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 impatient... And probably quite
simply with enough money that they don't really care if it costs them
that much to get stuff _now_ instead of in a few months.

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 people don't do as well by themselves
as Larry obviously have.  And throwing $800 away on impatience is
foolish.

$100 maybe.  $200 perhaps.  $800?  Nope.

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  Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge
 
(...) 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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  Re: Mini Auction - 6273 - Rock Island Refuge
 
(...) 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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