[Amps] Sales and greed

[Will Matney]

Tony,

I should have but I didn't think of it at the time. It must of been 
where they guy kind of ticked me off over the dollar amount LOL. If I 
see anything else like this, I'll be sure to let everyone know.

Best & 73's

Will Matney



Tony King wrote:

> 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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