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Re: Ebay bidding

To: "Donald H Locker" <dhl@chelseamsl.com>, <firespiter@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Ebay bidding
From: "Laura G." <Laura.G@141.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 17:53:19 -0800
> When I lost the original Herald/Spit/Vitesse/GT6 shop manual by $1, I
> was bummed, but then realised that since that was the bid increment,
> there was no way to know how much I really lost by.  It is possible
> that the person who overbid me did so by $200 (if he/she considered
> the manual to be extremely valuable, for instance), or maybe by just
> $5.  In any case, I wouldn't try to outbid.  Leads to a bid frenzy
> that can jack the price beyond reason.  (Sorry, Laura, I'm not into
> it for the fun.)

I like the fun of it-I really don't like to shop-or spend money that much.
Ebay
puts a little bit of fun into it. I usually watch the item, but don't bid
until the
last day. And I don't go over my limit. (I'm the same when I play the slot
machines
-two cups-one for the winnings I'm going to keep and the other for the money
I'm going to play with-and when that cup is gone, I leave.)

I was really happy to get my gear shift knob-I first saw it in TRF Christmas
catalogue-
it's like the original! But, when I found it on eBay-that was great! I
managed to get it for
$5 less than TRF (excluding S&H)-and that $5 less included postage! Yeah!!!
Another
eBay triumph (no pun) for the SpitfireGirl!

Laura G.
Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!

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