Ebay Bitching! Need to vent? Vent away! - Collecting Tiki

E ErichTroudt Tiki Socialite SoCal Joined: Mar 27, 2002 Posts: 634	E ErichTroudt Posted posted on Thu, Jan 27, 2005 1:25 PM If I'm not mistaken, a "Buy it now" can only be added to an auction if there are no bids and it has more than 12 hours left before closing. Many people here are quoted as saying "wait till the last minute to bid", yet don't like it if the buyer adds a "buy it now" during the auction. Can't have it both ways. Someone closing an auction early because they are contacted by a buyer to sell it privately is wrong. Its wrong that the seller does it, it wrong the the buyer does it. Once again, people here complain, but I'd be willing to bet over half the people on this board have done it, either as a seller or buyer. People complain about Ebay in general, yet they seem to forget that most of us would never even have an opportunity to see some of these mugs no less have an opportunity to buy them without ebay. Most of us have learned something from ebay. We learned the names of mugs, seen rare pieces, and discovered things that we didn't know existed. We learned the market value of our collection. People complaining about others spending $100+ on mugs needs to stop. These people have the money and the desire to fill their collection. I can't hate them for that. I'm sure they work hard for their money, have goals, and desires just like the rest of us. Complaining about them is jealously. Sometimes I've noticed when a mug sells for crazy money, a few more show up directly after. People that figure, "hey, I like that mug, but I'll take 200+ for it". In other words, sometimes high priced mugs cause a few more to be available. Ebay has some problems, and people will always do underhanded things in any business. All you can do is bid hope you get it, and treat others as you would like to be treated.

If I'm not mistaken, a "Buy it now" can only be added to an auction if there are no bids and it has more than 12 hours left before closing. Many people here are quoted as saying "wait till the last minute to bid", yet don't like it if the buyer adds a "buy it now" during the auction. Can't have it both ways.

Someone closing an auction early because they are contacted by a buyer to sell it privately is wrong. Its wrong that the seller does it, it wrong the the buyer does it. Once again, people here complain, but I'd be willing to bet over half the people on this board have done it, either as a seller or buyer.

People complain about Ebay in general, yet they seem to forget that most of us would never even have an opportunity to see some of these mugs no less have an opportunity to buy them without ebay.

Most of us have learned something from ebay. We learned the names of mugs, seen rare pieces, and discovered things that we didn't know existed. We learned the market value of our collection.

People complaining about others spending $100+ on mugs needs to stop. These people have the money and the desire to fill their collection. I can't hate them for that. I'm sure they work hard for their money, have goals, and desires just like the rest of us. Complaining about them is jealously. Sometimes I've noticed when a mug sells for crazy money, a few more show up directly after. People that figure, "hey, I like that mug, but I'll take 200+ for it". In other words, sometimes high priced mugs cause a few more to be available.

Ebay has some problems, and people will always do underhanded things in any business. All you can do is bid hope you get it, and treat others as you would like to be treated.

Post #137741 by ErichTroudt on Thu, Jan 27, 2005 1:25 PM