Ilford and eBay insanity

OK, I need a new set of vc filters since I cut up my old set for the B22 I
replaced with a Beseler 45. Go to eBay right. Put bids on three different
sets and this last one goes for over $35.

Go to Freestyle: 25 count box of Ilford RC glossy 8X10, ilford book, and 6
inch filter set: $29.

Could make money buying from Freestyle and selling on eBay..

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In article OB0Pd.19281$uc.133@trnddc08, ??? wrote:

OK, I need a new set of vc filters since I cut up my old set for the B22 I
replaced with a Beseler 45. Go to eBay right. Put bids on three different
sets and this last one goes for over $35.

Go to Freestyle: 25 count box of Ilford RC glossy 8X10, ilford book, and 6
inch filter set: $29.

Could make money buying from Freestyle and selling on eBay..

As they say: "Knowledge is power..."

It's really important to know if the price offered/available in a
auction is a fair price to pay and resist a temptation to buy something
that you "gotta have".

A rule of an auction is that, with a very few exceptions, another one
will come along. It can be like trying to stop putting quarters into a
slot machine but, remember, try to bid with sense...

??? wrote:

OK, I need a new set of vc filters since I cut up my old set for the B22 I
replaced with a Beseler 45. Go to eBay right. Put bids on three different
sets and this last one goes for over $35.

Go to Freestyle: 25 count box of Ilford RC glossy 8X10, ilford book, and 6
inch filter set: $29.

Could make money buying from Freestyle and selling on eBay..




One of the worst examples I have seen was an eBay auction of a chemical
listed by Aircraft Chemicals. The vendor invited potential bidders to
look at its on-line catalogue of chemicals. The final eBay price for
the chemical exceeded the price at wich the same chemical could have
been bought from Artcraft by phone or email. How can anyone be that
stupid?


Francis A. Miniter

On Friday 11 February 2005 03:24, ??? wrote:

OK, I need a new set of vc filters since I cut up my old set for the
B22 I
replaced with a Beseler 45. Go to eBay right. Put bids on three
different sets and this last one goes for over $35.

Go to Freestyle: 25 count box of Ilford RC glossy 8X10, ilford book,
and 6
inch filter set: $29.

I've been trying to make sense of this type of stupidity myself (Out of
all the other types). When bidding, I decide the maximum I want to pay
and if I win, I win, but if I'm outbid, I loose. I won't try to outbid
that bidder, because it's more than what I think the item is worth.
However, there are some people where winning is more important than
cost. Or perhaps "having" is worth any amount. That's why auctions can
be so profitable.

Could make money buying from Freestyle and selling on eBay..

I'm sure some sellers do.

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Stefan Patric wrote:
On Friday 11 February 2005 03:24, ??? wrote:

OK, I need a new set of vc filters since I cut up my old set for the
B22 I
replaced with a Beseler 45. Go to eBay right. Put bids on three
different sets and this last one goes for over $35.

Go to Freestyle: 25 count box of Ilford RC glossy 8X10, ilford book,
and 6
inch filter set: $29.

I've been trying to make sense of this type of stupidity myself (Out of
all the other types). When bidding, I decide the maximum I want to pay
and if I win, I win, but if I'm outbid, I loose. I won't try to outbid
that bidder, because it's more than what I think the item is worth.
However, there are some people where winning is more important than
cost. Or perhaps "having" is worth any amount. That's why auctions can
be so profitable.


Some people just don't know any better. Some people see the first bid
and think it's a great deal so they bid. A good reason not to bid early.
Some people are buying for other reasons. Shipping from say B&H to me would
add a fair bit. So it's some times cheaper to pay more for the item
and less for shipping. The worst times IMHO are Christmas. Lots of people
buying for others. The beginning of the school year. Lots of stuff being
bought for students with the parents credit card.



Nick

"Nick Zentena" wrote
Stefan Patric wrote:

Go to Freestyle: 25 count box of Ilford RC glossy 8X10, ilford book,
and 6 inch filter set: $29. [went on ebay for $35 for filters alone]

I've been trying to make sense of this type of stupidity myself

Old, old saying: "There are two infinities in the universe: God's patience
and man's stupidity."
When bidding, I decide the maximum I want to pay and if I win, I win,
but if I'm outbid, I loose.

Same here, with the caveat that I place the bid 5 seconds before the
auction closes.

That turns it into a blind auction, probably the fairest type of auction
going (for the buyer).

The worst times IMHO are Christmas.

The best time #1, IMHO, is after Christmas: folks selling to pay
the Christmas bills by getting rid of cameras/lenses/darkrooms
that were replaced by the gift of a new digital trinket made from
recycled milk jugs and beach sand.

Time number #2 is the run-up to April 15. [US income tax day for the
int'l crowd]

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In article ,
"Nicholas O. Lindan" writes:

"Nick Zentena" wrote

When bidding, I decide the maximum I want to pay and if I win, I win,
but if I'm outbid, I loose.

Same here, with the caveat that I place the bid 5 seconds before the
auction closes.

That turns it into a blind auction, probably the fairest type of auction
going (for the buyer).

I agree with this analysis; however, I've seen discussions in which people
get very angry at this "sniping" behavior. They try to present their point
of view as being logical, but I've just never gotten it. I suspect it goes
back to the "gotta have it" sort of mentality, or perhaps a fundamental
misunderstanding of how eBay bidding works.

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