Re: [CR]French group on Ebay

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Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 15:20:44 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]French group on Ebay
References: <CATFOODI8VqzjjKXMHn000004f9@catfood.nt.phred.org> <005501c33cf9$b4198340$ad4628d5@bruce>


Bruce Robbins wrote:
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> With an opening bid of $2000 I can't see this one taking off. I had a look at the components and can't get them to add up to that sort of figure.
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> http://ebay.com/<blah>
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> Anyone willing to open the bidding?

It's never a good idea to start an auction with a high opening bid, in my opinion. You never get potential bidders involved by doing this. The whole point of an auction would be to get a bunch of people competing for an item, pretty much the opposite of this method.

Chuck Schmidt L.A.

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