Well, here is my 2 cents!!. Ebay is in business to hold auctions, and to
sell to the highest bidder, unfortunatly Andrew, That wasn't you this time.
My philosophy when bidding on e-bay is simple. If I feel like having a part,
and it is a difficult to find part. I bid early, check back often, and bid
high, very high. Towards the end of an auction no one knows what will
happen. Waiting to the end sometimes is a good thing, you get a better deal,
especially if the winning bid isn't high at the time. (also known as
sniping, not against e-bay policy, but not the greatest thing when you want
an item) It's a buyer's market out there. In addition, he is right on the
money on the harrassment issue, it's not very cool to attack somebody just
because you didn't get your item. I don't personalize things like that, just
adds to much stress to life, it is a far better thing to just say damn, I
didn't get my part and let it go at that, besides I am almost certain
whoever this was is not conspiring agains't keeping you from winning these
e-bay auctions. On a brighter note, just what exactly do you need for that
car I am sure someone on the list might have a spare part.
Gerardo Magana
67.5 2000
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Murphy" <solex67@hotmail.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 8:50 PM
Subject: OT-ebay ettiquet
> Recently I bid on a part that I really wanted. Now I have lost auctions
> before, but this time it really bummed me out. I put what I thought was a
> very high maximum bid for the part and watched the auction closely.
>
> For three days I was the high bidder. Sure enough, in the last minute of
the
> auction, someone bid one dollar higher than I and "sniped" the auction
away
> from me. For some reason it pissed me off and I sent an email to the
person
> saying they were a jerk for bidding at the last second for a part. Stupid
of
> me, but I was mad and I do stupid things sometimes just like we all do.
>
> The guy writes back and says he does not have to justify himself to me and
> that he "just happened" to see the auction at the last second, decided he
> wanted the part, and bid high enough to beat my bid by a dollar. He then
> says I am harrasing him, he's forwarding my email to ebay and for me to
> never to write to him again.
>
> Right.
>
> The guy is a liar. No one bids in the last minute after "happening" on the
> part. He's a roadster guy. He checks ebay all the time. The fact that he
got
> so angry with me proves he felt he needed to rationalize a poor act. He
> should have just trashed my email and said to himself "The guy should get
> over it". I did. I still am. I could care less what this guy thinks of me.
>
> Folks, Ebay sniping is poor behavior. We all want the great parts. I
pledge
> to this list that I will bid early and will bid my maximum amount when I
do.
> Life is too short to screw people over.
>
> No one else need agree to this or even comment on it. Sometimes it's OK to
> do the right thing.
>
> Take Care,
>
> Andrew Murphy
> SoCalROC
>
>
>
>
>
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