Re: ebay (was '69 martin 69k !)

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

Oh, my no...I have my standards! Just candy from babies, cars from 
little old ladies (once bought a '64 Dodge Dart for $75), and 
four-tracks from people "upgrading" to ADAT's.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com

> Have you ever taken coins from a blind man's tincup as well? Hehehe.
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> ---- Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com> wrote: 
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>> My technique almost always is, I admit, to do that evil swoop in at the 
>> last minute, or last ten seconds, having not shown interest in it 
>> before. I suppose it makes it less of an auction, but unlike a real 
>> auction (which I attended many times in Pennsylvania as a kid), you 
>> don't get an additional minute to think about your next bid each time 
>> another bid comes up. Here it's a game of trying to snag it at the best 
>> price by a certain time, and bidding early just sends the message that 
>> things might get competitive and makes the other bidders possibly up 
>> their max bids. It is definitely a very intelligent thing to set a 
>price 
>> and stick with it, in my first couple of auctions (I've bought 25 
>things 
>> or so) I realized that I could get caught up in the game and exceed my 
>> limit, so I actually do better coming in at the end without time to 
>> raise my max, too.
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>> I realize I may be a bastard.
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>> just my 2 cents...no, wait, 3 cents...
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>> Daryl Shawn
>> www.swanwelder.com
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>>>>> The best way is to just put in your max and forget about it, don't 
>watch it till the end - you either got it or not, both is good...<<
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>>> agreed. bidding wars are of limited appeal as a sport. have you 
>noticed how everything is "rare" aswell?
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>>> basically, if you start low on something relatively obscure, & no-one 
>else bids, & you lose out at the last minute by 50 cents, it was the 
>seller. the seller outbid you so he could relist it when the market's 
>ready to pay more for whatever it was. he was just testing the water, so 
>to speak.
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