RE: [CR]Ebay ethics, last minute bidding, sniping etc....

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:45:20 -0500
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>
Subject: RE: [CR]Ebay ethics, last minute bidding, sniping etc....
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At 12:15 AM 24/02/2008 +0000, greg piwonka wrote:
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>i sorta think the problem is the idea that your "winning" something...rathe
>r than buying something.

Yeah, that expression has never sat right with me. "Winning" seems to imply getting something for nothing or a tiny fraction of what it's worth by pure chance. In an auction, I purchase something for what it's worth to me and if it's worth more to someone else bidding, then it's theirs.

John Betmanis
Woodstock, Ontario
Canada