[rollei_list] Re: Sniping on eBay
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:32:33 -0800
This highlights an important issue. Ebay is not a purchase, it is a
sporting event. It is about winning and losing. If I need a specific
item I need the item. Machismo, andrismos, need not enter in. I will
go find the item from a seller who will deal with me, and I will walk out
of the store with it in my hand and get back to work. It is a tool, not
a trophy.
Ebay is splendid, if you wish to "shop victoriously," as their current ad
proclaims. If you are seeking a tool, asap, forget it. "Maybe" is not
part of my toolkit.
P.J. Nebergall
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:41:53 -0500 Marc James Small
<marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hmm. Again, I am really not looking for all that=20
> much any more but when I do find something on=20
> eBay which I wish to acquire, I figure out my=20
> high bid and toss that in towards the end. I=20
> HAVE been known to do this in the last fifteen=20
> seconds but am more inclined to do it an hour or=20
> two before closing and then avoiding the auction=20
> until it is over. The point is is that this is=20
> my maximum bid. By maximum, I mean maximum. If=20
> my maximum is $173.47 and I am outbid at $17 I6.39,=20
> so be it: someone valued it more highly than I=20
> did. I don't do feeding frenzies well and my=20
> maximum is my maximum, no more and no less, and so be it.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh b=E0s fir gun ghr=E0s fir!
>
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