Fellow parts hounds:
I think we should all refrain from recreational bidding, although sometimes a guy will bid early just to get the ball rolling. If you want or need something desperately on eBay, it is folly to bid early because you are only bidding against yourself and increasing the price. Unless it is one of my auctions, in which case your early and frequent bids are paramount.
As an aside, I think Paulie's Stella needs a few more bidders.
Rick Chasteen, Kansas City
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <OROBOYZ@aol.com>
> To: <sgpnet@earthlink.net>; <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 7:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Bidding Protocol on Ebay?
>
>
> > In a message dated 6/12/2001 7:16:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > sgpnet@earthlink.net writes:
> >
> > << If a CR member places a bid at (or near) the beginning of an
> > auction, does that entitle him or her to have sole rights to the
object?
> >>
> >
> > I guess if you were bidding and I recognized you and if I felt I wanted
> you
> > to have it more than me.... but that has to do with our relationship,
not
> the
> > CR. Not long ago I had some folks kindly defer bidding on an eBay item
to
> my
> > benefit, which I considered an act of consideration and kindness, but
they
> > certainly were not obligated to do that!!
> >
> > But, although it is nice to know which bidders are CRers and then have
> that
> > information to base your decision on, in general, I think we have agreed
> that
> > if you want it you should go ahead and bid on it!
> >
> > Is that right? Do all of us more or less agree here?
> >
> > Dale Brown
> > Greensboro, North Carolina