Post #38634 by Trader Tiki on Wed, Jun 11, 2003 5:58 PM

what if this supposide TC'er outbid other TC'ers on the initial auction in order to acquire said object, and then turns around to sell it at a profit.

Would you still say that's "supporting"?

Yes.
Because it's the transaction of one TC'er buying from another that's supporting. The idea of on TC'er bidding over another, not so much. But, if one is willing to spend more money than the other, that's the nature of the beast, prize is "won", and the buyer shall be off to venture onto greener pastures.

Besides, it's not like we're dealing in million dollar antiques here. I went to the flea market the other day and got 12 tiki mugs for 4 bucks, including some S&P shakers from the Kon Tiki in Phoenix (defunct as of '97). If someone outran me to that blanket, I'd be irked, but stuff happens.

I think it's shitty, yes, but I don't think there's anything you can do about it except for search past eBay offerings of a similar object when bidding on something, which is far too complicated to do, so, feh.