Re: eBay auction

[Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>]

In article <L37ij.6366$pr6.3196@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com>,
 Mike Spurgeon <mike@spurgeon.net> wrote:

> Gregory Weston wrote:
> 
> > Assuming you're not the seller or a shill:
> 
> It matters not.  The winning bidder will meet them on pickup.
> 
> > I think the fact that the seller requires local pickup is a fairly large 
> > disincentive.
> 
> For you.  Not those in Kansas or nearby.  He's got 4 bids, all low.  It 
> will be fun to watch.

The person to whom I was responding made a broad suggestion to the group 
that "we" should go in on it together. I was simply pointing out that 
for a large percentage of "we" the local pickup issue was significant.

> > (For that matter, even if shipping was an option it'd 
> > likely dwarf the cost of the auction or the value of the merchandise.)
> 
> Then you don't have a proper appreciation for the value of the merchandise.

I'm not really up today for a debate over the distinction between how 
much something is objectively worth compared to the price that two 
people might be able to hammer out between themselves at any given point 
in time (which is very much subjective).