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   From: phantomm@suddenlink.net   
      
   "Dana @ A-ONE"  wrote in message   
   news:d0fa3e53-de68-478d-9e67-f514f227b78c@d32g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...   
   > On Feb 14, 12:28 am, "phantomm_1"  wrote:   
   >> "Dana @ A-ONE"  wrote in   
   >> messagenews:ce66ecc9-0f07-4c2c-bf97-7365a4aa3a7a@v13g2000yqm.   
   ooglegroups.com...   
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   >> > On Feb 13, 10:25 am, "micrologix1...@yahoo.com"   
   >> >  wrote:   
   >> >> I was looking through the Atari listings and saw a Falcon listed by   
   >> >> this guy.  Scrolling through the listing, I noticed he said "While   
   >> >> there is no reserve on this auction I do retain the right to reject   
   >> >> the highest bidder!".  What a bunch of baloney!   
   >>   
   >> >  So, a couple of things come to mind -one, the seller may be too   
   >> > cheap to pay   
   >> > the reserve price fee, and two, if you don't like the conditions of   
   >> > his listing, you   
   >> > have the right to ignore the auction and keep looking.  This oerson   
   >> > might not   
   >> > be a class acr type of a seller, but it's his item to sell as he so   
   >> > chooses as long   
   >> > as he follows the rules.  When it doesn't sell, and he re-lists it a   
   >> > few times, he   
   >> > might get the idea he needs to determine a fair starting price (fair,   
   >> > as far as he's   
   >> > concerned, not a buyer's view).   
   >>   
   >> I agree with that.   
   >>   
   >> One of the problems with online Auctions is the seller doesn't really   
   >> know   
   >> what the   
   >> buyer can aford.   
   >>   
   >> If I was on a desert and needed water and had $2.00. I don't think it's   
   >> right for someone   
   >> to charge me $2.00 for each drop however.   
   >   
   >   
   > I don't think it's even a matter of not knowing what the buyer can   
   > afford.   
   > Rather, it's either a matter of knowing the value of an item or   
   > thinking that   
   > the item is "valuable" and commands a high(er) starting price.  And,   
   > the   
   > seller may be hoping that a potential buyer has no clue as to the   
   > item's   
   > worth, and bids unknowingly.   
   >   
   > As to your water example - if you wanted that water badly enough, you   
   > might just bid your money because you were worried another opportunity   
   > for   
   > water might not happen anytime soon!   
      
   Good point. 8-)   
      
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