Amiga items on eBay -- advertising auctions on classiccmp

From: Eric Chomko <chomko_at_greenbelt.com>
Date: Fri Apr 27 13:00:48 2001

Rich Lafferty wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 09:45:52AM -0500, Jeffrey S. Sharp (jss_at_ou.edu) wrote:
> > Quoting "Claude.W" <claudew_at_videotron.ca>:
> > > Ebay or any other auction site does not "equate" ... with the
> > > "true-spirit" of collecting classic computers IMO... It has not
> > > helped a lot the collecting hobby IMO and has driven the price of a
> > > lot of stuff to ridiculous levels
> >
> > Prices get hight because *people* are willing to pay that much. It's
> > not eBay's fault, it's the people's fault. And if people will pay
> > that much (especially if it happens regularly), then that's what the
> > item is *worth*. There is nothing wrong with wanting what the item
> > is worth.
>
> Well, no -- the value (market price) of an item isn't what *one
> person* will pay, it's what *people* will pay ("what the market will
> bear"). EBay has a handful of features which almost certainly are
> designed to inflate prices through psychological factors, thus prices
> on eBay are *not* market prices. I agree that it's not eBay's fault
> and that it's the fault of at least two bidders in a particular
> auction, but what the item sells for on eBay and what the item is
> worth are two different things (and one is not necessarily higher than
> the other).

On the same token great bargains can be had due to pure luck,
the seller listing an item that he or she really doesn't understand or a
seller listing an item in the wrong catergory. It works both ways.

Eric


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> -Rich
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