Why do people mention ongoing auctions they want to bid on?
Can't resist pointing out that if I was thinking of bidding on a machine, I sure wouldn't post a link here, as people frequently do. They will ask the forum what they think of the machine or the price and include a link. Among the 30,000+ members who might see your post there is a fairly strong likelihood that someone else might want to bid against you. Also, if I was watching an auction, it would annoy me to have someone else post it here, just increasing the chance for competition. In auctions as in poker, don't tip your hand. Just saying. Good luck to bidders!
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I think sometimes the poster wants a second opinion on the quality of the machine and if it's a fair asking price. We have some very knowledgeable antique machine experts on QB and they can give good advice. There is always the posibility that someone could scoop their machine but it still beats wasting money on a poor decision.
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Originally Posted by Rose_P
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.... ask the forum what they think of the machine or the price and include a link. Among the 30,000+ members who might see your post ...
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Originally Posted by Tartan
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I think sometimes the poster wants a second opinion on the quality of the machine and if it's a fair asking price. We have some very knowledgeable antique machine experts on QB and they can give good advice. There is always the posibility that someone could scoop their machine but it still beats wasting money on a poor decision.
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maybe because they consider their fellow-board members a friendly helpful caring bunch of people- we come here to share, get advice and assistance and many people would never think anyone would be here to under-cut; take advantage of us in such a manner.
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Originally Posted by ThayerRags
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Could it be possible in some cases that the poster or a friend of theirs is selling the machine?
CD in Oklahoma In the early days of eBay we used to find clever ways of noticing good auctions that sometimes did not turn up in most people's searches, such as misspelling the key word in a title. For example, my husband wanted to find beer steins and a remarkable number of people would type "stien" in their listings. Then they'd sit and wonder why the exact same item sold for much more a few weeks earlier. Having a friend posting a link to that auction in a forum about beer steins might have created competition that was non-existent up to that point. |
I like how you think
I love your way of looking at thing...makes me thankful for gals like you.
Judy in Phx, AZ
Originally Posted by ckcowl
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maybe because they consider their fellow-board members a friendly helpful caring bunch of people- we come here to share, get advice and assistance and many people would never think anyone would be here to under-cut; take advantage of us in such a manner.
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Originally Posted by judy363905
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I love your way of looking at thing...makes me thankful for gals like you.
Judy in Phx, AZ |
Originally Posted by judy363905
(Post 5142914)
I love your way of looking at thing...makes me thankful for gals like you.
Judy in Phx, AZ |
I have not seen any but I would like to know where some one could go lol
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