"Mark T" <
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| > > "Antony Galvan" <
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| > > news:eh7_c.6756$w%
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| > >> perhaps you are all right...the truth is that i was contacted
| > >> outside of ebay by a friend of a friend who heard i was selling the
| > >> bike.
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| Most people weighing in on this subject, I suppose, would gladly bid
| and want to win an auction for really trick items at a super low
| price. The only thing is that while others would do the same,
| competition for these items can be fierce. Many of us get beaten on
| ebay by snipers who go a dollar higher 15 seconds before the auction
| ends.
|
| Mr. Galvan is not being honest. One can tell by the way he phrases his
| reply, first an admission then a vague "friend of a friend"
| explanation.
|
| I proudly admit that I would not feel unethical by winning the $7000
| item for $2000 yet I know I would feel a little wierd about being the
| seller and getting all worried at the last minute when the item was
| about to go for way less than I wanted and then trying to pull the
| plug on it denying the poor ******* who almost had it won in a fair
| contest.
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.
ED3