Susie,
Another good point.
This whole subject is silly, in my opinion.
In my experience, most of the truly rare Spridget "stuff" on ebay goes for a
reasonable bid, why I don't know.
Last year I "won" a bid on a rare period finned valve cover for an A-series
engine that no one else bid on, $35.00 plus shipping. Weird. I have purchased
numerous factory parts manuals and automotive literature for cheap on ebay as
well. Where were all of the other bidders?
I have seen bidders drive the price of period Healey models to over $100.00 one
day and then literally watch them sell for $20.00 the next week.
So to quote the old Wendy's commercial, where's the beef?
Another point that everyone seems to miss is that if you/we are talking about
"parts" at auction, these are not rare pieces! Come on! Call Just Brits,
Motorhead, University Motors, Mini Mania, Seven Enterprises, Winner's Circle,
etc. and order the parts you need.
The interesting thing about ebay is that in the worldwide ebay community, you
will find that few things are truly rare and many things that people think ARE
rare, come up again and again and again.
Bottom line, I have no problem with refraining from bidding against a friend,
but I do have a problem with an organized effort to manipulate bids or peer
pressure to do so.
And one last thought before I leave, won't you feel foolish when you step aside
for a friend and he loses the item to another bidder for a price that you would
have paid?
Ohhhhhh Boyyyyyy, this subject is getting tired.
I'm going to listen to my new Dead CD's.
Jay Fishbein
ldsp wrote:
> Suppose.....Suppose.....certain people (on the list) always find
> the best parts (on e-bay) first....due to daily searches (I search every
> couple of days) Does that mean I can NEVER bid on something I need too?
> Because So and So will get mad? Come on, It is an auction......Highest bid
> wins, right?
>
> Susie
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
> To: Robert Weeks <lists@woozy.com>
> Cc: Stefan Roundy <stefanr@bealenet.com>; spridgets@autox.team.net
> <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, December 10, 1999 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: E-bay
>
> >Robert Weeks wrote:
> >>
> >> I think you are taking this waaaaayyyyy to seriously. Nobody is trying to
> >> fix bids or start a spridget cartel on ebay. No one suggested
> "pressuring"
> >> members to stay away either. The original suggestion was about common
> >> courtesy and stepping aside when your friend has bid on something that
> they
> >> may need. That's what gentlemen do.
> >
> >EXACTLY! Robert.
> >
> >I felt real bad out bidiing someone on ebay by .50cents when I got an
> >Email from Alan saying "Thanks Buddy!" I did not know who was behind the
> >Ebay bid name.
> >On the chat list a year ago we agreed to not bid against each other.
> >
> >--
> >Frank Clarici
> >Toms River, NJ
> >Too many Sprites (again)
> >There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> >http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
> >
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