Re: outrageous

2001-04-23 Thread dave o'brien
A scroll of mail from petit miam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:36:23 -0700 (PDT) Read it? y >You know I don't like all black cameras ;) Yeah, it's that Hakka thing they do before taking pictures; it ruins the element of surprise. dave ps: for Merkins and other non-rugby types, the

RE: outrageous

2001-04-19 Thread petit miam
You know I don't like all black cameras ;) > Hey, it's an "all black, professional grade camera". > Who could > resist buying it? Especially with that dedicated > Vivitar flash. > :-) > > Len __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things y

Re: outrageous

2001-04-18 Thread Tom Rittenhouse
Yep, and they will buy a $5 item for $10 and pay a $15 shipping charge and tell you what a bargin they got. Treena Harp wrote: > > It is a never-ending source of amazement to me that people will go to garage > sales and argue over a nickel's difference in the price of an object whose > conditio

Re: outrageous

2001-04-17 Thread Treena Harp
It is a never-ending source of amazement to me that people will go to garage sales and argue over a nickel's difference in the price of an object whose condition can be seen, and then go to ebay and pay a ridiculous price for an item -- sometimes more than new and virtually unseen -- because unles

Re: outrageous

2001-04-17 Thread Chris Brogden
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1231060518 > > Where do these folks find these buyers? $265 BIN! But no one's bought it yet. The first bid was for $9.95, not the BIN price. chris - This message is from the Pentax-Discus

RE: outrageous eBay prices

2001-01-06 Thread Rob Studdert
On 6 Jan 2001, at 8:56, Len Paris wrote: > A "miserable failure" is a bit strong in this case, don't you > think? I get the picture of hand wringing, tearing of hair, and > much weeping and wailing after "miserable failures". Somehow, I > don't think these actions could be justified. > > The w

Re: outrageous eBay prices

2001-01-05 Thread Paul Jones
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 11:08 PM Subject: Re: outrageous eBay prices > Yep, high prices sometimes occur, but lowball bidders like me are out > there too. My last ME Super cost $55, and my SMC-F 70-210/f4-5.6 cost > $54. B

Re: outrageous eBay prices

2001-01-05 Thread William Kane
Um, Just a thought . . . the high bidder has a 26 rating on eBay . . . so he's not a 'newbie' to ebay . . . it's possible this guy is a collecter and saw an Excellent ME Super and couldn't resist? Illinois Bill 1/5/01 1:33:24 PM, Chris Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 5 Jan 200

Re: outrageous eBay prices

2001-01-05 Thread John Francis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/5/01 1:27:17 AM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << thinking of putting a black ME Super with a 50/1.4 "M" up on eBay. > So I was checking out some of the prices that ME Supers have sold for > before. I came across one c

Re: outrageous eBay prices

2001-01-05 Thread Robert P. VanNatta
occasional bidding wars to bring interesting results there. Sometimes it is the otherway also. There are several high end lenses moving through at the present time and they all look pretty cheap. ---anything worth over $500 is 'high end' on ebay. Chris Brogden wrote: > I'm thinking of puttin

Re: outrageous eBay prices

2001-01-05 Thread Mark Roberts
If you can find the ad to which you're referring, perhaps you could copy the text for all of us. I'm sure there are people on this list who might want to sell a ME Super someday and would appreciate the benefit of this guy's salesmanship! > >I'm thinking of putting a black ME Super with a 50/1.