Author: Steve B
Date: 04:33:37 08/21/05
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Welcome back Sir Clive! > >I have missed a week of action as I have been on holiday! hopefully you enjoyed your holiday not much action ..oh wait..yes earlier in the week there was a MINT IN BOX Tasc R40(V2.5)-SB30 which was offered on Ebay with a "BUY NOW" of only $50!! :)) > >I, like Dick have thought the same in an auction for a nice chess computer where >no bids have been placed. If you bid you do give away your interest but it might >prevent the seller from selling off E-Bay as a bid has been placed (If the >seller is honourable). well if the seller is honorable there is no need to place the early bid in the first place and if not honorable then i think the early bid wont really matter however it might make a difference to some sellers.. as i mentioned somewhere along the thread here.. i have seen auctions closed with many bidders on board > >If another collector like yourself is interested then this shouldn't matter, as >you will place your max bid at the end anyway. I notice you say you would >increase your max bid if you saw another well-known collector bidding, why? >Surely it is your maximum bid and you are not prepared to go over this price. i wasnt being all that serious, but it is true that collectors do compete against each other as well and would tack on another 5%-10% on a bid just to know they won it from a competitor this is only human nature and very few Collectors have my "Spock like" ability to seperate all human emotion from the cold calculations necessary in formulating ones bidding price Beam Me Up Scotty Regards Steve >
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