13 Oct
2005
13 Oct
'05
8:14 p.m.
On 10/13/2005 at 10:53 PM William Donzelli wrote:
There are plenty of extremely valid 2nd chance offers.
In the surplus
business, it is extremely common to buy a lot of one item, and if one of
the auctions does extremely well, only a foolish seller would not try to
take advantage of the deal. I use them all the time, and yes, they do work
enough times that I keep using them.
I'm talking about high-priced "one of a kind" items here, not lots. For
example, if this seller were to ask me about a second chance on this
instrument, I'd be very leery:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Civil-War-era-Eb-Allen-Hall-Rotary-Valve-Tuba_W0QQitemZ7
357151870QQcategoryZ16213QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
(It's an antique tuba with an opening bid of $50K).
--Chuck