23 Jun
1998
23 Jun
'98
3:14 p.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
That's the way it works. If the offer says $300, first one gets it. If
the offer says _minimum bid_ $300, that's different. Of course if the
offer says $300 obo, then if the best bid after a week is $50, in theory
that should cover it.
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
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
No, he wouldn't be stupid, he'd be honest. I'm sorry, but if I offer
something for sale and quote a price, then the first person to offer that
price gets it, no matter how many other offers I get, and no matter how
much those other offers are. I've decided what I think it's worth, and
that's the end of it.