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Harold Buck
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In article <[email protected]>,
"Edward Dike, III" <edd(2+1)[email protected]> wrote:
> It may have been a "$7000 item" to someone, at sometime, but if it sells for
> $2000, it's now a $2000 item.
>
> as to sniping: Bid what you are willing to pay. And if someone else is
> willing to pay more.....
>
> the cruel realities of the marketplace.... for all involved.
>
> What the 'seller' did was clearly unethical, as he backed out of an
> agreement. Hopefully his actions will attach themselves to his reputation.
> Bidding low, winning, promptly paying, even if $1.00, would be completely
> ethical.
Well, and the whole point is that if he wasn't willing to sell for less
than $3500, or whatever, all he needed to do was set a reserve price.
The fact that he didn't--and presumably knew he wouldn't sell it for
under $2000, or whatever his minimum price was--is what makes him a
slimeball.
--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson
"Edward Dike, III" <edd(2+1)[email protected]> wrote:
> It may have been a "$7000 item" to someone, at sometime, but if it sells for
> $2000, it's now a $2000 item.
>
> as to sniping: Bid what you are willing to pay. And if someone else is
> willing to pay more.....
>
> the cruel realities of the marketplace.... for all involved.
>
> What the 'seller' did was clearly unethical, as he backed out of an
> agreement. Hopefully his actions will attach themselves to his reputation.
> Bidding low, winning, promptly paying, even if $1.00, would be completely
> ethical.
Well, and the whole point is that if he wasn't willing to sell for less
than $3500, or whatever, all he needed to do was set a reserve price.
The fact that he didn't--and presumably knew he wouldn't sell it for
under $2000, or whatever his minimum price was--is what makes him a
slimeball.
--Harold Buck
"I used to rock and roll all night,
and party every day.
Then it was every other day. . . ."
-Homer J. Simpson