I saw a over 100 year old crock lid on e-bay for $1,000 and it had over twenty bids. I have sold some Vanagon parts that are expensive new and hard to obtain used in areas of the country. A lady in Montana bought captains chairs from me-easier to find them on e-bay if there is no local store . Maybe some items are worth paying extra for just for the convenience of shopping from home. Auctions get you if you are very competitive-your desire to win clouds your judgement of the value of the item-and the price goes up. And then a lot of people are just rich and can afford the higher price! Someone is forever selling the Westfalia pop-top labels on e-bay starting them out at the BUS Depot price. I know how that must feel, Bus Depot. I sold something on e-bay and the high bidder offered it to the Vanagon list for more. The Enough already. How is this supposed to help the Vanagon community? I have had my share of disappointments on e-bay. But that's auctions. Robert 1982 Westfalia 1987 Wolfsburg ----- Original Message ----- Wrom: WLSZLKBRNVW Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 11:21 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Interesting Westfalia Dometic condiment on ebay (ANVCW) absolutely NVCwha... I think that's the whole point. Some "hot" items sell on eBay for way more than they're worth. Look for a GPS and you'll find last years models selling for more than MSRP. VW parts? forgetaboudit. It's kind of a shot at eBay that a bottle of mustard is going for $55 million. Who knows, it might even be performance art. Unemployed Bum
At 10:23 AM 2/19/02 -0700, John Brush wrote: > >> $210,000 for a plastic bottle of MUSTARD??!!?? > >> > >> What am I missing? > >> > > >a sense of humor? ;<) > > >You know, I think its funny in a way, but OTOH, since I use ebay a lot, I >may be a bit put off by the way people are abusing it with this ridiculous >product. According to the contract one agrees to in order to bid, the >corn-head that bid 500,1000,000.00 or whatever it is, is legally liable >for paying that amount. <SNIP>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com |
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