From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sun Nov 07 2004 - 08:40:11 PST
I, too have pondered that, Lar. I suppose that it is just naivete or, as you
put it, a personal involvement that defies reason, the thrill of the hunt
syndrome..
If everyone who wanted to buy an item bid at the last second, what a cluster
that would be!
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio@worldnet.att.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 10:40 AM
Subject: [MV] eBay mil veh stuff
> everette et. al.,
>
> I never bid till the last 7 seconds. Can you or anyone explain to me the
> logic of bidding before the close? I bid the max I'm going to pay, not to
> "win" against someone else.
>
> What confounds me is why people bid in advance and run up the price!! I
see
> newbies with low feedback bidding because they're personally involved in
> winning the fight. But, I have yet to understand why anyone would
advertise
> their interest in an item by bidding in advance.
>
> Tons of my mil vehicle stuff have come from eBay...great
deals...especially
> if the sell listed it improperly and I found it.
>
> Curious minds want to know, why bid before the closing moments???
>
> Lar
> www.antiquetelephone.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "everette" <194cbteng@bellsouth.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 9:34 PM
> Subject: [MV] new - to me - ebay scam
>
>
> >I bid on at item offered on ebay - did not have real need for the item
but
> > it was priced cheap so I bid, was outbid and I made one more bid and
> > stopped. Day or so after sales closed I got an email from seller - at
> > least
> > said was seller - Stating that the purchaser had backed out and if I was
> > still interested I could have the item for my last bid plus one dollar,
I
> > replied "sure how do I complete the sale?".
> >
> > I then got a reply that said -- I will call you and you give me your
> > credit
> > card, or debit card information and I will ship merchandise.....
> >
> > All sorts of bells and whistles went off in my head, I am going to give
> > this
> > information over the phone to some individual I never heard of!!!!!!!!!!
> > not
> > very likely
> >
> > Everette
> >
> >
> >
> >
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