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Re:[OM] A curious e-mail

Subject: Re:[OM] A curious e-mail
From: plp@xxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 23:56:58 GMT
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>Paranoid person that I am, I feared that da Bay was trying to
>"entrap" me into selling outside the system.

Don't worry about that.

>Idea #2 is that the potential buyer was trying to buy the item
>for less than the minimum bid ($10).  Hmmph, I'll keep it if I
>can't get $10 out of it.

This is probably correct.  I've had people offer me less than
the starting bid or offer to buy it at my reserve price, some-
time during the auction and sometimes after the auction ends.

>I resisted to write back to the person, WELL, THEN WHY DIDN'T
>YOU BID?

That's what I would have written.  Sometimes I will counter-
offer to get the sale, if I think the item is difficult to sell.


Pete





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