21 May
2002
21 May
'02
2:05 a.m.
Doc wrote:
There's another guy who bids on virtually everything I want...
I "know" him, in that I've personally dealt with him from
time to time... I don't think he's a subscriber here, but
at any rate, I usually let him have the items, and just
shrug it off (like a large removable disk drive subsystem
that I honestly would have had trouble with shipping).
But I always get a big, big wide grin when AEK bids against
the guy, and generally wins...
BTW, the guy in question is a decent guy, didn't want to
make it seem otherwise, it's just the his collection has
no public face of any kind, and so it's like this stuff
is just being sucked into a black hole...
-dq
I've also noticed tacit cooperation
concerning eBay auctions. If I
recognise a bid as made by a list member, I don't bid against them, and
that seems to be the norm.
Or, you soon realize that you shouldn't bother bidding
against AEK. <grin> 
21 May
21 May
2:21 a.m.
On Tue, 21 May 2002, Douglas H. Quebbeman wrote:
> Doc wrote:
>
> > I've also noticed tacit cooperation concerning eBay auctions. If I
> >recognise a bid as made by a list member, I don't bid against them, and
> >that seems to be the norm.
>
> Or, you soon realize that you shouldn't bother bidding
> against AEK. <grin>
So who _is_ AEK?
Doc
4:18 a.m.
Certainly, I didn't want it to seem as though this was
"bad". Al Kossow has won an auction of mine and I
think he does have a website with very useful stuff on
it. Ebay is a fairly pure form of capitalism. It's
just me crying in my beer about not having pockets as
deep. Still, if one gets lucky, and finds something
misclassified or I can catch someone sleeping
(sometimes literally, at 2:00 AM), bargains can STILL
be had on eBay.
--- "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dougq(a)iglou.com> wrote:
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Doc wrote:
> I've also noticed tacit cooperation concerning
eBay auctions. If I
>recognise a bid as made by a list member, I
don't
bid against them, and
that seems
to be the norm.
Or, you soon realize that you shouldn't bother against AEK. <grin>
There's another guy who bids on virtually everything
I want...
I "know" him, in that I've personally dealt with him
from
time to time... I don't think he's a subscriber
here, but
at any rate, I usually let him have the items, and
just
shrug it off (like a large removable disk drive
subsystem
that I honestly would have had trouble with
shipping).
But I always get a big, big wide grin when AEK bids
against
the guy, and generally wins...
BTW, the guy in question is a decent guy, didn't
want to
make it seem otherwise, it's just the his collection
has
no public face of any kind, and so it's like this
stuff
is just being sucked into a black hole...
-dq
4:57 a.m.
Oddly enough, eBay should reflect the highest prices. instead, some view it
as producing the lowest. I'm not sure where this logic comes from.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Loboyko Steve" <sloboyko(a)yahoo.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: computer sales -- now only on e-bay???
Certainly, I didn't want it to seem as though this
was
"bad". Al Kossow has won an auction of mine and I
think he does have a website with very useful stuff on
it. Ebay is a fairly pure form of capitalism. It's
just me crying in my beer about not having pockets as
deep. Still, if one gets lucky, and finds something
misclassified or I can catch someone sleeping
(sometimes literally, at 2:00 AM), bargains can STILL
be had on eBay.
--- "Douglas H. Quebbeman" <dougq(a)iglou.com> wrote:
bidding
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Doc
wrote:
> I've also noticed tacit cooperation concerning
eBay auctions. If I
>recognise a bid as made by a list member, I
don't
bid against them, and
that seems
to be the norm.
Or, you soon realize that you shouldn't bother against AEK. <grin>
There's another guy who bids on virtually everything
I want...
I "know" him, in that I've personally dealt with him
from
time to time... I don't think he's a subscriber
here, but
at any rate, I usually let him have the items, and
just
shrug it off (like a large removable disk drive
subsystem
that I honestly would have had trouble with
shipping).
But I always get a big, big wide grin when AEK bids
against
the guy, and generally wins...
BTW, the guy in question is a decent guy, didn't
want to
make it seem otherwise, it's just the his collection
has
no public face of any kind, and so it's like this
stuff
is just being sucked into a black hole...
-dq
5:30 a.m.
Richard Erlacher wrote:
Oddly enough, eBay should reflect the highest prices. instead, some view it
as producing the lowest. I'm not sure where this logic comes from.
I think this do to auto-magic computer bidding. The bid stays at $1.00
until the last 5 minutes where the computer with the fastest net
connection wins the bid 5 cents more than the other bids coming in for a
grand total of about $974.70.
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
5:52 a.m.
Yes, I use sniping software too, but I still set an upper limit. The
environment is, after all, an auction, which is an open market, and the item
for sale should bring whatever price the market will bear. What bothers me,
of course, is that many buyers don't consider alternative sources, e.g. the
"new" prices offered on pricewatch, for example, before setting their upper
limit on the sniped bid. As a result, people develop inflated ideas about
what something should bring, based not on realistic pricing, but on the
stupidity of some bidders. What bothers me is that it shows up in the reserve
prices some sellers set.
Of course, one always has the right to keep his money ...
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: computer sales -- now only on e-bay???
Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> Oddly enough, eBay should reflect the highest prices. instead, some view
it
as producing
the lowest. I'm not sure where this logic comes from.
I think this do to auto-magic computer bidding. The bid stays at $1.00
until the last 5 minutes where the computer with the fastest net
connection wins the bid 5 cents more than the other bids coming in for a
grand total of about $974.70.
--
Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
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