Date:         Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:44:33 -0700
Reply-To:     BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         BenT Syncro <syncro@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 86 weekender for sale "best offer" near Santa Cruz, CA
Comments: To: Peter DiFalco <peter.difalco@GMAIL.COM>
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On Mar 17, 2010, at 11:17 PM, Peter DiFalco <peter.difalco@GMAIL.COM>
wrote:

> http://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/cto/1648938752.html
>
> Owner is soliciting ridiculous offers and "no bidding war". Is that
> supposed to mean ridiculously high offers? Could read that either
> way. Well, somebody more local than I should try it out and see.
>
> -Peter


The way I read it is give me a lowball offer like what I am likely to
get OR make a ridiculously high offer that I can't refuse for fear if
losing a good deal while I screw around with the lowballers. Sounds
pretty clear and ridiculous at the same time. If the Seller wants an
auction, they should list on Ebay with a Buy-It-Now price. That is
exactly what he or she is doing.

This is just my personal opinion. Craigslist should be left as a
community resource. People using it purely for business and setting ip
auctions should use a pay service such as Ebay where that sort of
activity is encouraged. Of late, too many of these auction and
commercial type ads have been clogging up CL.

Rant off.



BenT