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Re: Superdrive sold on eBay



On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:05:19 -0500, Zorin the Lynx <yakko@zorin.org>
wrote:

>That's what makes eBay so annoying for buyers and such a nice thing for 
>sellers.
>
>The audience is so big, that you're bound to find at least two people 
>who have so much money that they don't mind overpaying just to win the 
>auction. Hence, your item sells for a bundle, and normal people who 
>aren't rich get screwed.
>

There have been one or two times, where the amount I bid, was
more-or-less determined by the amount of wine I had just drunk. :)

I would wake the next morning and think 'ACK!', though I would
promptly pay if I had won (it has never been over $100 either, so I
wasn't the subject of this discussion).

There was one time, where there must have been somebody drinking
harder stuff than I, as they out-bid me anyway!

In a way, these occasional high bidders may be good in that they may
encourage some hoarders to sell some of their stash.