Re: Ebay Newbie Made Life Tougher for Ebayer


"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4324673F.8AAD5577@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> "Watson A.Name - \"Watt Sun, the Dark Remover\"" wrote:
> >
> > I'm wondering if this propagated to other servers.
> > "Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the Dark Remover""
<NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote in message news:11i31halkni65aa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Ebay Item number: 7542264595
> > >
> > > Looks like a newbie (only 5 feedbacks) and another Ebayer got into
a
> > > bidding war, ended up over $22 when you include the shipping. I
bid
> > on
> > > and bought the same manual a year ago to replace the tattered one
I
> > > already had, and I think I paid less than half that, postage
included.
> > >
> > > I bought a few unusual and unique old germanium transistors on
Ebay
> > and
> > > figured they were worth a couple bucks apiece max, so I bid a bit
> > high,
> > > because at the time I didn't know if there would be another
> > opportunity
> > > to get them (later it turned out that the seller did have several
more
> > > auctions of the same). Some idiot luser with zero feedbacks bid
up
> > the
> > > price almost to my max, so I ended up paying a lot more than the
later
> > > auctions. This luser later had a negative 3 feedbacks, the SOB
won a
> > > few bids, then NPB'd the sellers. I'm beginning to think that he
> > might
> > > have been a shill for some seller.
> > >
> > > Yeah, yeah, I know. Like Jimmy Buffett said, "..but I know, it's
my
> > own
> > > damn fault." Parrot head!
>
>
>
> Both made it to Earthlink's news servers.

Well, then, I guess no one cares if they become a victim of a shill on
Ebay. Wait until it happens to them.

Speaking of parrot heads.. I was behind an SUV that had stickers that
said,

{ WWJBD } --------- What would Jimmy Buffett Do?

{ SEARCHiNG FOR MY LONG LOST SHAKER OF SALT }

{ CHANGES IN LATITUDES }
{ CHANGES IN ATTITUDES }


Must be a real parrothead!

> --
> ?
>
> Michael A. Terrell
> Central Florida


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