While certainly it could be for legitimate reasons, when all of a
sudden a cluster of desirable, related items is ended early, I can't
help but wonder if there was a little backroom negotiation. I've only
done it a few times myself (usually the seller declines) but in all
cases is was because
In situations like this I like to e-mail the buyer with something like,
Hey, why did you end this auction early? I was planning to snipe for $50.
From several eBay accounts, if you have multiples. Make 'em think they're
losing money, next time they won't do it.
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This guy had lots of other interesting stuff as well for sale, was tracking
it myself only to find them all closed. Well, for a good enough offer I
guess anything goes, anyone can be tempted :)
I rarely ask myself, only done it once actually, couple of weeks ago but
that seller accepted. Not one
I did this once myself, and I felt very bad about doing it. A seller had, among some
other items, an Adventure in Serenia. I convinced him to sell it to me for a rather
cheap price. Then the next day he told me that somehow his ferret had gotten into the
Serenia and had eaten it up so badly
Impossible. Oldskool is a state of mind :)
I admit I didn't particularly enjoy trying to pull a fast one on the
bidding community at large. I suppose though that if a truly desirable
item appears, its good to chat w/the seller to, at a minimum, let them
know there are several interested
Hey guys,
This group has tackled the issue of a condition grading
scale. Does anybody think its worth trying to put together a
rarity scale? You knowto judge how common a game is. Id
recommend we call is the CURIOUS scale:
Common
Uncommon
Rare
Imaginary
Oddity
Unique
Shameless
Thinking about our Modern Classics discussion recently, I just saw
Planescape: Torment go for $64:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3072508588category=11050
Not bad for a fairly new game.
And sure enough loads of 'em popped up after it :-)
Marco
Hugh Falk schrieb:
Common
Uncommon
Rare
Imaginary
Oddity
Unique
Shameless placeholder to complete acronym
Better to have than having sex? ;-)
Anyway, I know this is ambitiousÂ…a lot more ambitious than the
condition grading scale, but what do you think?
Seriously, I think
