Didja ever notice that

the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

On Jun 15, 12:21*pm, "Bob F." wrote:
the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

Well, I must have been drunk when I paid a Buy-it-now price of $232.50
for a complete DVD boxed set of all the episodes of "Mama's Family"
starring Carol Burnett.

But I paid; it was a debt of honor.

oly

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:21:06 -0400, "Bob F."
wrote:

the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

I've been a sucker a couple of times percentage wise, though dollar
wise it was not that much. That is, I might pay $10 for a $5 coin if I
just got-to-have it, but I won't pay $150 for a $100 coin.

But usually I just put such auctions on my watch list and hope for a
price reduction since a small percentage of sellers will lower the
price when they relist.

Bob F. wrote:
the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

I have wondered about that. Maybe it's for the person that absolutely,
positively has to have the item at (almost) any cost. I must admit that
I've used that option a couple times myself. But, the BIN price wasn't too
bad.

"Bob F." wrote in message
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the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?

Dude... I posted this in a reply to you a few days ago.

What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

"Bob F." wrote in message
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the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

But have you ever noticed auctions with a BIN option that get a few lower
bids (removing the BIN option) and then end up going for a final amount that
exceeded the original BIN? I've seen more than one of those recently. Some
people get funny and emotional when it comes to auctions.

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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"Bob F." wrote in message
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the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

But have you ever noticed auctions with a BIN option that get a few
lower bids (removing the BIN option) and then end up going for a final
amount that exceeded the original BIN? I've seen more than one of
those recently. Some people get funny and emotional when it comes to
auctions.

I've noticed that.
I've also tracked auctions that did not sell, were relisted and then
sold for a higher price!

"Bob F." wrote in message
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"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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"Bob F." wrote in message
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the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

But have you ever noticed auctions with a BIN option that get a few lower
bids (removing the BIN option) and then end up going for a final amount
that exceeded the original BIN? I've seen more than one of those
recently. Some people get funny and emotional when it comes to auctions.

I've noticed that.
I've also tracked auctions that did not sell, were relisted and then sold
for a higher price!

You must still be pouting from the last smack down I delivered to you.

Despite all prevention efforts, oly wrote in
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On Jun 15, 12:21*pm, "Bob F." wrote:
the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

Well, I must have been drunk when I paid a Buy-it-now price of $232.50
for a complete DVD boxed set of all the episodes of "Mama's Family"
starring Carol Burnett.

But I paid; it was a debt of honor.

oly

And as much as I hate to admit knowing it - Mama's Family starred Vicki
Lawrence, not Carol Burnett. Though Carol did make a few guest
appearances...

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"Slor" wrote in message
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Despite all prevention efforts, oly wrote in
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On Jun 15, 12:21 pm, "Bob F." wrote:
the "Buy-It-Now" prices asked on eBay are generally ludicrously
high?
What's the thinking behind that?
"Gee, maybe I'll catch a drunken sucker!"?

Well, I must have been drunk when I paid a Buy-it-now price of
$232.50
for a complete DVD boxed set of all the episodes of "Mama's Family"
starring Carol Burnett.

But I paid; it was a debt of honor.

oly

And as much as I hate to admit knowing it - Mama's Family starred
Vicki
Lawrence, not Carol Burnett. Though Carol did make a few guest
appearances...

Mama's Family was a spinoff from a series of skits performed on Carol's
show.