Author: Keith Evans
Date: 20:55:07 12/10/04
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On December 10, 2004 at 22:09:04, Ismenio Sousa wrote: >On December 10, 2004 at 22:01:01, Andrew Platt wrote: > >(...) >> >>I've long ago given up finding any logic behind the prices of things on eBay. >>Sure you can get a bargain occasionally but you also see far more cases where >>people end up bidding more for a used item than you can buy it for new. >> >>Andy. > >You have a point Andy! I've seen that before. One example I have is pretty >silly: I was looking for a Burger King toy, I think about a year ago, and I saw >someone paying about 5 times the price you could get for one of them at the >restaurant! It was the toy of the week!!! I thought, well, maybe the person is >not in the US and wants it really bad. Wrong! I checked the buyer's profile and >he/she was in the US! Go figure! > >Ismenio People have paid up to $13 for a Carol Kaye guitar/bass pick that you can buy from Carol Kaye's website for 30 cents. That's more than a 40x markup! Carol Kaye decided that she would start offering items on EBay if people don't want to visit her store since she doesn't like to see people get ripped off like that.
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