P3D Re: CONTURA

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

> for the item. IMO this particular idea is the scurge of the devil... Why
> not just list the item with a starting point that is the minimum that
> you will accept? I have wasted time bidding on items in the past and
> even won the auctions, but because I didn't reach the reserve price, so
> I did not get the item. What a waste of time for everyone involved!
> Anyway it seems the Contura was set with an extremely high reserve and
> no one ever got to it with all the bidding that was going on. So, no one
> got it...
> 
> Done venting now... =)

I've noted that on both this list and another list, people get really
upset with reserve auctions on ebay.  This I really don't understand
(especially because most aren't reserve ones, and most of those that
do, have a low reserve).

I know it "wastes" time to bid on something who's reserve price is
one that would have been passed by had the reserve price been the
minimum bid instead, but at least when *I* make ebay bids, it takes
me only 15 seconds.  I can't see getting bent
out of shape for my having 'wasted' that amount of time (but then
I'm not spending ten hours a night of my free time generating a
CDROM either :-).

In the Contura listing, I made a bid knowing full well that
my bid wasn't even close (the seller *did* hint as to 
what the approximate reserve price would be).  I did it
purely for fun.  Blew my 15-seconds of time absolutely
friviously!!!!  And LOVED IT!!!!!    :-)

Mike K.



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