On Mar 10, 2006, at 4:15 PM, [email protected] wrote: > gee, i just had a flash. this may be unpopular, but my opinion is > that if > these bidders have the money to toss at toys and luxury goods such as > these, they just might also have the brains to do the research and > protect > themselves...without our "help." and if they don't, well, it's not > our > responsibility to bail them out. > > caveat emptor is the rule on ebay, whether we like it or not. if > we can > detect problems with the representation of an item from the > listing, so > can they...and if they can't, why are they spending the big bucks? > there > are tons of instant-gratification freaks out there on ebay - why > hunt it > down and do the research and leanr about stuff when i can just > click-and-grin? it also just may be that they have plenty of > disposable > income. disposable like burning it, or flushing it, or tossing it > out of > a window...or buying a fake clock! > > that's my 2 cents' worth...or you can Buy It Now for a quarter!!!
I bid 35 cents! I have to completely agree with Peter. This is clearly a case of ill informed bidders with auction fever. I, for one, enjoyed the show. Loran
