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To: Adam Bradley <ambradley@attbi.com>
Subject: Re: ebay
From: "Patrick J. Horne" <horne@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:12:01 -0500 (CDT)
Ditto for my 67.5 1600. There was a lot of last minute bidding, but we
never got above the reserve. I ended up getting the car for $400 under
reserve.

Peace,
Pat

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On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Adam Bradley wrote:

> I bought my last car that way ('67 RL411) and got it $200 under the opening
> bid "reserve not met" price.  Definitely doesn't hurt to ask!
>
> At 08:16 AM 8/21/2002 -0700, Brian St. Jacques wrote:
> >With one item I had on ebay the first bidder emailed me stating that he
> >really wanted the part and asked if I would end the auction early (totally
> >legal on ebay) for what he was willing to pay. I gladly accepted and the
> >part only ended up being posted for a couple hours. Sometimes it doesn't
> >hurt to ask the seller, you may be able to strike a deal and both be happy.
> >Although many sellers are just waiting for those last few minutes of the
> >auction to see if a bidding war starts. Some of my auctions have ended this
> >way as well and I can not say that I was disappointed that the part sold for
> >more money. That is just the nature of the ebay beast.
> >
> >
> >Brian
> >'68 1600
> >
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> Adam Bradley
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