22 Feb
2002
22 Feb
'02
9:21 a.m.
How's this for clueless eBay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2004963299
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Eric Dittman
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22 Feb
22 Feb
10:09 a.m.
First off, it's not eBay, it's the lister. eBay is just a clearing house.
Second, why is it "clueless"? I don't know anything about VAXen, so is
that
a great deal? An unlikely deal? Or is someone fixing to get totally
screwed?
--John
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From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Eric Dittman
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 18:22 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: eBay - Completely Off
How's this for clueless eBay?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2004963299
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Eric Dittman
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10:19 a.m.
First off, it's not eBay, it's the lister.
eBay is just a clearing house.
Second, why is it "clueless"? I don't know anything about VAXen, so is
that
a great deal? An unlikely deal? Or is someone fixing to get totally
screwed?
Yes, it is the lister, but I was talking about another clueless
eBay listing, which implies the lister.
It is clueless because the person listing the item has no
idea what they are listing, and rather than just giving
the part numbers and letting the bidders look up the
information they post completely wrong information.
If people would spend just a couple of minutes searching the
net they could avoid this problem.
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Eric Dittman
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11:59 p.m.
At 07:09 PM 2/22/2002 -0500, John Chris Wren wrote:
First off, it's not eBay, it's the
lister. eBay is just a clearing house.
Second, why is it "clueless"? I don't know anything about VAXen, so is
that
a great deal? An unlikely deal? Or is someone fixing to get totally
screwed?
Or for that matter, who hasn't met a "liquidator" who made a
living by being able to poker-face "Well, I think it might
be worth about fifteen-hundred..." when in truth they have
no idea what it is, but all they know is that it came on a pallet
along with all the rest of the haul from Place XYZ?
At least this guy said "To be honest, VAX is not something
we have an expertise in, so this could be diamond in the
rough, or not."
On the flip side, I'm reminded of advice from "The Tightwad
Gazette". The fastest and easiest way to get a discount?
A method always worth trying? Hold your palms up, shrug
your shoulders and say, "What, no discounts for loyal,
returning customers?" You have nothing to lose, and all
to gain. Three seconds of talk might get a 25% discount.
What's the per-hour ROI on that?
- John
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