| Originally Posted by Holstrom4 http://cgi.ebay.com/MAC-BOOT-BLACK-L...QQcmdZViewItem Check out the shipping... Geeze, that would cost probably .73 with delivery conf. to ship. From CA to IL shipping was $10.71. What a rip off!! |
| Originally Posted by caffn8me Another caveat is that although the item description says "Standard Purchase Protection Offered." you can't claim because this item is ineligible due to payment only being accepted by MoneyGram, Western Union or wire transfer. In other words, you have no safety net. |
| Originally Posted by AlliSwan ... if marex/marezx whaever her name is bids on an item, every other bidder can pretty much give up any chance of winning it... |
| Originally Posted by AlliSwan Just one more thing to add regarding the "ethics" of starting a postcard auction at $20 versus Gigi's PT eyeshadow--Gigi started her auction at 99 cents, yes, but the reserve was set at around $50, the price she wanted to get for it, which I believe is more than fair. With a reserve, such as with that auction, she basically IS starting the auction at $50, not 99 cents. |
| Originally Posted by Bettycakes I've been watching these too recently, and I suspect marezx is not a authentic bidder but someone there to drive up the price. There's another bidder too but I can't remember the name right now. Guess we'll see how long it takes for some of these 'only one left' and 'last one' postcards to reappear on ebay. Either that, or s/he is a very rich, very crazed larger than life MAC addict! |
| Originally Posted by SonRisa What if the seller paid that amount for the postcard though? No one knows if they got it for free or not. Yes they start out free, but I've seen quite a few of the people who frequently bid on those postcards, and win them for a lot of money, turn around and sell the same card months later. And even then, it's not them being greedy unless they buy the card for say $50 and make it "Buy It Now" @ $100. If they paid $50 for it, kept it in mint condition and then needed money fast for whatever reason, they put it on Ebay. It's the bidders that decide what they want to spend. I don't think setting a reserve is ridiculous especially if you paid that amount for the item. I could however be wrong. Maybe the seller did get them for free. Who knows? I like to give people the benefit of the doubt until they prove otherwise. |
| Originally Posted by AlliSwan Oh, Risa, I'm not knocking either seller--I was just defending Mona because someone was calling her "greedy" and saying that "at least Gigi started her auction at 99 cents and not 19.99" (again, sorry to bring so many ladies into this, it's just for the sake of example).... I was just reiterating that a) I don't think it's "greedy" to set a price at what you want for an item, especially if that's what the market is paying, and b) Gigi didn't start the auction at 99 cents. I just think that a person should know eBay before calling one person greedy and another person fair for having similar auctions. |
| Originally Posted by gigiproductions at the end of the day its PAPER |
| Originally Posted by caffn8me So is a $100 bill. It's only worth something because someone (generally the Federal Government) has told you it is! Look what happened to the Iraqi currency when Saddam was toppled. It suddenly became worthless. Same thing happens if you buy too many RMB notes in China (the RMB or Renminbi is the Chinese unit of currency) and bring them back to the USA. You cannot convert them back into Dollars. They become effectively worthless until you are back in China unless you can find someone who is prepared to buy them off you for their future trip there. Postcards are the same - inherently they have no value but they can have a value if people are willing to pay something for them. eBay works because the buyers each set their own personal value on something. Whether the item they are bidding on is worth that to someone else or not is rather irrelevant. |
| Originally Posted by Bettycakes I've been watching these too recently, and I suspect marezx is not a authentic bidder but someone there to drive up the price. There's another bidder too but I can't remember the name right now. Guess we'll see how long it takes for some of these 'only one left' and 'last one' postcards to reappear on ebay. Either that, or s/he is a very rich, very crazed larger than life MAC addict! |
