23 Jun
1998
23 Jun
'98
11:49 a.m.
At 09:41 AM 6/23/98 -0600, Jeff Kaneko wrote:
SNIP
So I posted it here, so some of our 'gang' could take a swing
at it. The asking price _seemed_ fair, although I personally
felt it was a tad high (more than _I_ would pay, anyway).
What I figured would happen, some one would call, offer the guy
$300, and that would be it. I had _no_ idea that this guy
was gonna jack up the price into the stratusphere ($1,000 ?
c'mon guys! Where's the enjoyment factor here?)
I don't think you need to apologize. You did the list a service
by announcing the availability of this machine.
On the other hand, the seller would be stupid to
accept the
first $300 if he gets a dozen offers of $300. I'll join the
complaints about sellers who don't know how to conduct a decent
online bidding war. Far too often my persistent e-mails will be
ignored, only to be summarily dismissed when the item has
been sold. Geez, at least give me a chance to outbid!
- John
I've reposted availability messages to the list and inevitably received
offers or requests for info. Depending how I'm feeling that day , I'll either
respond by pointing out that it was just a heads-up or else ignore the
message.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com