ebay (in defense) and Larry's daughter question
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Lucy Danko
****@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
Wed, 20 Jan 1999 23:38:58 -0400
id: ****@oak.cats.ohiou.edu
Manderin-- I have to tell you about the key point you seemed to have
missed when it comes to ebay. See, the person selling the calendar
probably started selling it at $12.99 -- what it cost him/her. It's the
demand from the rest of the world (I got the LAST U2 calendar here) to
have the calendar (poster, cd, etc) that people BID on the items and
someone who had a lot of money REALLY wanted that calendar, poster, cd,
etc. that they bid $49.00 for it.
missed when it comes to ebay. See, the person selling the calendar
probably started selling it at $12.99 -- what it cost him/her. It's the
demand from the rest of the world (I got the LAST U2 calendar here) to
have the calendar (poster, cd, etc) that people BID on the items and
someone who had a lot of money REALLY wanted that calendar, poster, cd,
etc. that they bid $49.00 for it.
I bought a poster on ebay. It started out at $5.00. I paid $15.00 for
it... why? because I wanted it and so did someone else and we went into
a bidding war and I won. So, people are only getting ripped off if the
item STARTS ridiculously high, not if they bid on it that high. K?
As for anyone -- has the name of the (has to be beautiful) daughter of
Larry and Ann been released? If it has, i missed it, could someone
e-mail me and tell me.
Lucy ****@ohiou.edu