[TenTec] Selling stuff-pet peeve

[Joseph Koppi]

If you're looking for a piece of equipment, why wait until it's advertised
and risk missing your opportunity.  Instead, list your own Wanted-to-Buy ad
and solicit the piece of equipment in which you are interested.  That way,
you may get to pick from two or more respondents; now, suddenly, instead of
being one of many rushing to buy a single piece of equipment, you can be the
person who has the pick of the litter.

Joe Koppi, W0SU
St. Paul, MN

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carter Grabarczyk" <k8vt@ameritech.net>
To: "tentec" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 5:04 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Selling stuff-pet peeve


>
> Well group,
>
> I'm probably just getting grumpy in my old age and /or have too much
> time on my hands. Anyway, here is my pet peeve:
>
> When someone is selling something on this reflector, many times it is
> offered to the first one that replies. This is the problem; i.e., it
> becomes an e-mail race. Whose ISP is faster or goes through fewer links?
> Who is available to continually hover over the computer all day? (Heaven
> forbid if you have some kind of appointment or (gasp) actually had to be
> at work).
>
> I'm sure there are many ways to handle these types of sales, but one
> obvious suggestion comes to mind. Just post your "for sale" message, and
> give a cutoff date/time (2 days, 1 day, whatever). At that time, the
> seller just writes down the name or call of everyone interested and
> draws it out of a hat. Not eBay, not an auction, it just goes for the
> originally advertised price. Maybe not the greatest way but certainly
> more fair than the e-mail horse race.
>
> Flame thrower OFF
>
> 73/Carter/K8VT
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