From: phantomm@suddenlink.net   
      
   "phantomm_1"  wrote in message   
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   > "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   
   googlegroups.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-)   
   >   
   >   
   Just want to add that I don't know anyone as "claude_b"  but I have seen   
   something similar to this before.   
      
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