[Amps] Sales and greed

Tony King amps at w4zt.com
Tue Nov 16 22:48:54 EST 2004


Gosh Will,

If you'd decided not to bid on it, you should have given us a heads up... 
There might have been someone on the list that would have wanted it ;)

73, Tony W4ZT


At 07:45 PM 11/16/2004, Will Matney wrote:
>This don't have to do with amps but is a very good lesson. I was looking 
>at a hipot over on eBay and thinking about bidding on it. I have one just 
>like it and wanted a second. The only bid so far was a whole whopping 
>$1.00. Well, I was prepared to bid as high as $45.00 for it in the end. I 
>really didn't have the cash handy so I e-mailed the seller and asked if 
>payment on December 4th was okay. I have done this several times, and 
>never have a problem. Anyhow, I get an e-mail back saying, "No, that's too 
>long!" , note the exclamation point. Well of course I didn't bid but still 
>watched the item as it had about 4 hours to go. Finally time rolled by and 
>it was over. I went to take a look to see what it went for. It went for a 
>whopping total of $1.25 and I about fell over laughing! I think there's a 
>moral to a story here somewhere. I guess he just couldn't wait 18 days for 
>his/her $1.25 which I doubt will cover the listing cost =) Makes you think 
>that there may just be that higher person watching over you and dealing 
>out lessons! I never did doubt we didn't.
>
>Link to item:
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3851984917&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
>
>Best & 73's
>
>Will Matney
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