[rollei_list] Re: Sniping on eBay

Peter, I'm convinced.  Could you please point me to the nearest used
Rolleiflex dealer in rural Oregon.  Thanks.

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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