Date:         Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:35:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer_jupiter@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Nice set of Vanagon Alloys on Ebay
Comments: To: gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG
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I was going to drop this but...

The seller has the choice to  set a lowest price, has the choice to set a
reserve, has the choice to set a buy it outright price.
If he or she is stupid enough to put a price that doesn't cover their costs,
that's their problem. My job as an EBay buyer ain't to protect the seller.

And yeah, I did like it then. Nobody on this list makes out when we all bid
against each other, except of course, the seller. My point.

tim in EBay CA.


>On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Aristotle Sagan wrote:
>
> > You use EBay for your reasons, I'll use it for mine. Certainly my
>concern
> > has nothing to do with MAXIMIZING the profit a seller makes. That is
>where
> > you are cornfused. Part of being an Ebay buyer is being able to find
>that
> > little nugget. And yes, getting it for 1/2 or less what I would pay for
>it
> > anywhere else.
>
>i.e., "I liked ebay better when no one else knew about it and you could
>cheat sellers out of a fair price for their items."
>
>As the saying goes, "It's worth what someone will pay for it."
>
>              _ _
>   __ _ _   _| | |  | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE)              Ypsilanti, MI
>  / _` | | | | | |  +-----------------------------------------------------
>| (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org
>  \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full.  To the
>  |___/             pessimist, the glass is half empty.  To the engineer,
>                    the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."


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