Frustration

Isn't it frustrating when you spot a scarce stamp on ebay hidden
amongst more common material, put in a good bid, and find that several
others had spotted it too.

The seller of the Trieste Postage Due set (lot 200202405541)
had not realised that the 25 lire was the very scarce version with a
short hyphen in AMG-FTT. The bidding of a set advertised as CV $48.75
went for over $200.

I told the seller why this was happening after I had reached my limit.

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
.... Famous Quotes: "...and tits doesn't belong on the list!" - G. Carlin

"Tony Clayton" wrote :

Isn't it frustrating when you spot a scarce stamp on ebay hidden
amongst more common material, put in a good bid, and find that
several
others had spotted it too.

Always happens to me...

The seller of the Trieste Postage Due set (lot 200202405541)
had not realised that the 25 lire was the very scarce version with a
short hyphen in AMG-FTT. The bidding of a set advertised as CV
$48.75
went for over $200.

I told the seller why this was happening after I had reached my
limit.

Please do NOT input any knowledge to a seller. That's contrary to any
charter I'm aware of.
;-)

--
Best regards,
Bruno

Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
"bc92" found these unused words:


"Tony Clayton" wrote :


Isn't it frustrating when you spot a scarce stamp on ebay hidden
amongst more common material, put in a good bid, and find that
several
others had spotted it too.

Always happens to me...


The seller of the Trieste Postage Due set (lot 200202405541)
had not realised that the 25 lire was the very scarce version with a
short hyphen in AMG-FTT. The bidding of a set advertised as CV
$48.75
went for over $200.

I told the seller why this was happening after I had reached my
limit.

Please do NOT input any knowledge to a seller. That's contrary to any
charter I'm aware of.
;-)


"Charter" ???

eBay has no 'charters'!

You are always welcome to ask any seller a question, correct mis-information
or ...

When in doubt, actually read the information in the HELP pages supplied on
eBay's site.

I often pass on plating information when not successful, so that the new
owner may have more information about his collection. Only caveat - I do it
-=after=- the listing has closed, as -=my=- choice of timing.

BAD information -=in=- the listing, I offer suggestions ASAP. Sometimes they
pull and correct, sometimes they know, and are dodgydealers.


I think you missed the smiley face at the end of the msg.
John

"MySelf" TurkeyLips.com wrote:
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
"bc92" found these unused words:

I told the seller why this was happening after I had reached my
limit.

Please do NOT input any knowledge to a seller. That's contrary to
any charter I'm aware of.
;-)


"Charter" ???

eBay has no 'charters'!

You are always welcome to ask any seller a question, correct
mis-information
or ...

When in doubt, actually read the information in the HELP pages
supplied on
eBay's site.

I often pass on plating information when not successful, so that
the new
owner may have more information about his collection. Only caveat -
I do it
-=after=- the listing has closed, as -=my=- choice of timing.

BAD information -=in=- the listing, I offer suggestions ASAP.
Sometimes they
pull and correct, sometimes they know, and are dodgydealers.


I think you missed the smiley face at the end of the msg.
John

Thanks, John, that's a pal :-)

A small joke that misfired.

I still feel not so keen about displaying too much information to a
seller. That is only my personal charter, let's say.

--
Best regards,
Bruno (a buyer, of course)

"bc92" wrote in message
...
"MySelf" TurkeyLips.com wrote:
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
"bc92" found these unused words:

I told the seller why this was happening after I had reached my limit.

Please do NOT input any knowledge to a seller. That's contrary to any
charter I'm aware of.
;-)


"Charter" ???

eBay has no 'charters'!

You are always welcome to ask any seller a question, correct
mis-information
or ... etc. (Sir Ryan)

I think you missed the smiley face at the end of the msg.
John

A small joke that misfired.

Bruno (a buyer, of course)

It is difficult to imagine a knight in shining armour (chevalier sans peur
et sans reproche) outside the battle field :-)

--
Victor

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In a recent message "bc92" wrote:

"MySelf" TurkeyLips.com wrote:
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
"bc92" found these unused words:

I told the seller why this was happening after I had reached my
limit.

Please do NOT input any knowledge to a seller. That's contrary to
any charter I'm aware of.
;-)


"Charter" ???

eBay has no 'charters'!

You are always welcome to ask any seller a question, correct
mis-information
or ...

When in doubt, actually read the information in the HELP pages
supplied on
eBay's site.

I often pass on plating information when not successful, so that
the new
owner may have more information about his collection. Only caveat -
I do it
-=after=- the listing has closed, as -=my=- choice of timing.

BAD information -=in=- the listing, I offer suggestions ASAP.
Sometimes they
pull and correct, sometimes they know, and are dodgydealers.


I think you missed the smiley face at the end of the msg.
John

Thanks, John, that's a pal :-)

A small joke that misfired.

I still feel not so keen about displaying too much information to a
seller. That is only my personal charter, let's say.

Personally, I like to tell someone why a lot is realising much higher bids
than expected, as part of their general education.

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK : http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
.... Not a computer nerd; merely a techno-weenie.

Quote "
What about listing an 1841 2d blue claiming it's an 1840?
Similar "I don't know much about stamps, but this is a RARE ... "


Regretfully many seem to do similar things on internet auction sites, I
have seen several wrongly described ( not sure if deliberate or not ) but
it is worrying to see that many buyers bid regardless

There was one about 12 months ago or so, purporting to be a collection of
the scarcer penny plates, all those shown were SG40, ( and poor copies at
that ) but the bidding was going into silly money

David

On Mar 3, 6:33 am, Tony Clayton wrote:
In a recent message "bc92" wrote:



"MySelf" TurkeyLips.com wrote:
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
"bc92" found these unused words:

I told the seller why this was happening after I had reached my
limit.

Please do NOT input any knowledge to a seller. That's contrary to
any charter I'm aware of.
;-)

"Charter" ???

eBay has no 'charters'!

You are always welcome to ask any seller a question, correct
mis-information
or ...

When in doubt, actually read the information in the HELP pages
supplied on
eBay's site.

I often pass on plating information when not successful, so that
the new
owner may have more information about his collection. Only caveat -
I do it
-=after=- the listing has closed, as -=my=- choice of timing.

BAD information -=in=- the listing, I offer suggestions ASAP.
Sometimes they
pull and correct, sometimes they know, and are dodgydealers.

I think you missed the smiley face at the end of the msg.
John

Thanks, John, that's a pal :-)

A small joke that misfired.

I still feel not so keen about displaying too much information to a
seller. That is only my personal charter, let's say.

Personally, I like to tell someone why a lot is realising much higher bids
than expected, as part of their general education.

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK :http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
... Not a computer nerd; merely a techno-weenie.
I did this recently with an eBay seller. He had an, apparently,
unremarkable sheet of Barwani SG 36B for sale. I finally got it for
over $US 300, and was willing to go way beyond that, because it was
from the very rare Setting VI, with a printing of only 800 stamps.
The bidding frenzy resulted in a number of other, completely
unremarkable, Barwani sheets appearing on eBay at fancy prices. They
didn't sell.

A little knowledge ...

Tony the Antipodean

On Mar 4, 3:27 am, Asia-translation
wrote:
On Mar 3, 6:33 am, Tony Clayton wrote:

In a recent message "bc92" wrote:

"MySelf" TurkeyLips.com wrote:
Sir F. A. Rien wrote:
"bc92" found these unused words:

I told the seller why this was happening after I had reached my
limit.

Please do NOT input any knowledge to a seller. That's contrary to
any charter I'm aware of.
;-)

"Charter" ???

eBay has no 'charters'!

You are always welcome to ask any seller a question, correct
mis-information
or ...

When in doubt, actually read the information in the HELP pages
supplied on
eBay's site.

I often pass on plating information when not successful, so that
the new
owner may have more information about his collection. Only caveat -
I do it
-=after=- the listing has closed, as -=my=- choice of timing.

BAD information -=in=- the listing, I offer suggestions ASAP.
Sometimes they
pull and correct, sometimes they know, and are dodgydealers.

I think you missed the smiley face at the end of the msg.
John

Thanks, John, that's a pal :-)

A small joke that misfired.

I still feel not so keen about displaying too much information to a
seller. That is only my personal charter, let's say.

Personally, I like to tell someone why a lot is realising much higher bids
than expected, as part of their general education.

--
Tony Clayton
Coins of the UK :http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
... Not a computer nerd; merely a techno-weenie.

I did this recently with an eBay seller. He had an, apparently,
unremarkable sheet of Barwani SG 36B for sale. I finally got it for
over $US 300, and was willing to go way beyond that, because it was
from the very rare Setting VI, with a printing of only 800 stamps.
The bidding frenzy resulted in a number of other, completely
unremarkable, Barwani sheets appearing on eBay at fancy prices. They
didn't sell.

A little knowledge ...

Tony the Antipodean