Date:         Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:55:44 -1000
Reply-To:     Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Subject:      Re: EBAY Sales Posts (Are they really necessary) longish reply
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Isn't "Good old used Mike Miller" an oxymoron of sorts?  Or maybe the oxy
part is superfluous, eh?

mick
hilo, hawaii

----- Original Message -----
From: Ben T <BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: EBAY Sales Posts (Are they really necessary) longish reply


> In a message dated 10/2/01 9:46:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> h2oboxer@OPTONLINE.NET writes:
>
> <<  But is it really necessary to announce to the list that someone
>  is selling stuff like headlight buckets( that you
>  can probably get in a junkyard). >>
>
>
> Well, this sounds like a response to my posting. I did post a subject
line.
> If you didn't like it you, should have exercised your delete key. Just as
I
> have often done when I get stuff from the list concerning enlarging my
> already er...... ego. Or back when we first got Snow Brown and the Seven
> Giants virus.
>
> Do you know how many people ask about where to get Vanagon specific parts
and
> complain about not knowing where to get them? The archive is full of
> inquiries asking about where to get his headlight bucket or that bracket.
See
> for yourself if you want to get annoyed even more. Do you have any idea
how
> many people actually know they can buy Vanagon parts on eBay? If people
> surfed eBay all day for this stuff, they would have no need to read
postings
> such as mine. They can simply delete it.
>
> As for long term value, postings concerning things for sale whether on
eBay
> or Yahoo or whatever help inform listees as to what certain parts can sell
> for. It also helps dictate the market. As an example: Once upon a time,
16"
> Syncro flares sold for $1000+. Wouldn't you know it? The moment the
postings
> from a competing vendor came in the price dropped to nearly half.
>
> Someone else had posted a very similar matter some month's ago. This
person
> was very irate. Just out of curiosity I checked out the item in question.
> Wouldn't you know it? The guy was one of the bidders. He was quite annoyed
to
> be overbid by someone on the list. He wanted to keep the eBay interest to
as
> few people as possible.
>
> I had posted an item for a friend last month on eBay. Then subsequently to
> the list. On the first two days of the auction, there were a total of 3
> people who looked at the item. Within the first 24 hours of posting on the
> list, there were over 150 hits. If all these people were constantly on the
> prowl on eBay, they must ALL just happen to view it at the same time and
not
> even notice by list posting.
>
> I don't living selling stuff on eBay. I don't even always sell my own
stuff.
> The aforementioned headlight buckets for sale are from another listee who
> doesn't have much of an idea what eBay is. Yet he sold about ten items
last
> month. I posted them for him. You can confirm this by pmailing me for his
> email address if you'd like.
>
> Anyway, it takes all kinds. I believe that if the list in general did not
> approve of such postings, eventually they will disappear. If such posting
> become prohibited on the list then I will stop placing them. However until
> that time comes, I will keep posting and reading such things as the list
> moderators permit.
>
> I am just as willing to read/delete/save/whatever postings such as yours
as
> long as the list admin. permits them to exist.
>
> BenT
> out of shape
>
> ps:
> FS: Good old used Mike Miller. Comes with 85 Westy. No minimum bid. We
will
> pay you to take him away. See on BiddieBay.com. = ) FOB Sacramento or
Fresno.
>