principals in online selling? (was: IMSAI 8080)

From: Lawrence Walker <lwalker_at_mail.interlog.com>
Date: Tue Jun 23 18:49:16 1998

> At 09:41 AM 6/23/98 -0600, Jeff Kaneko wrote:
> >
> >So I posted it here, so some of our 'gang' could take a swing
> >at it. The asking price _seemed_ fair, although I personally
> >felt it was a tad high (more than _I_ would pay, anyway).
> >
> >What I figured would happen, some one would call, offer the guy
> >$300, and that would be it. I had _no_ idea that this guy
> >was gonna jack up the price into the stratusphere ($1,000 ?
> >c'mon guys! Where's the enjoyment factor here?)
>
> I don't think you need to apologize. You did the list a service
> by announcing the availability of this machine.
>
SNIP
> On the other hand, the seller would be stupid to accept the
> first $300 if he gets a dozen offers of $300. I'll join the
> complaints about sellers who don't know how to conduct a decent
> online bidding war. Far too often my persistent e-mails will be
> ignored, only to be summarily dismissed when the item has
> been sold. Geez, at least give me a chance to outbid!
>
> - John
>
 I've reposted availability messages to the list and inevitably received
offers or requests for info. Depending how I'm feeling that day , I'll either
respond by pointing out that it was just a heads-up or else ignore the
message.

ciao larry
lwalker_at_interlog.com
Received on Tue Jun 23 1998 - 18:49:16 BST