(fax) holy cow - boxset $2k

[Chris Lawless]

I've seen a lot of listings like that lately. I wrote to one guy who was
selling an old Michael Shrieve LP I was looking for and asked if he could
do better on the price, and I got a very snotty "I'm sure some other
seller will be able to accommodate you" response. Later, I found the
album at a show for only $10, as well as a whole bunch of other things I
was looking for that the seller also happened to be offering. So I wrote
back to him, told him how much money I saved by not buying any of his
auction, and mentioned that acting like a dick isn't exactly a way to
endear people into being buyers. Oddly enough, he got defensive.  

I can be a bastard sometime. I admit it freely.  :-)

The best way to drive these kind of prices down is to not purchase
anything that's marked up that much. If someone had actually laid out two
grand for that box set, it would have set a precedent for that seller to
continue to charge exorbitant prices. Better he keep throwing money away
on listing fees.


Chris L.



"Graham Banting" <gbanting at gmail.com> wrote:

>>There's lots of guys on Ebay (and GEMM) who try to sell FAX stuff way
above
market price. I've always wondered how much they end up losing on listing
fees before they catch the hint. <<

 
Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca> wrote:

>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170064751157

I don't know the value of the vinyl, but I'm thinking $2k is a bit 
excessive? <<