--- Guy Glorieux <guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "George L Smyth" <glsmyth@yahoo.com>
> > >
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1395685792
> >
> > I'm not sure that "overpriced" even begins to describe it. <g>
>
> > george
>
> What's most amazing about eBay is that someone will probably buy it at
> that price...! The trick for the seller is to describe the item as
> "limited edition" or "rare" or any word that suggests there may not be
> another occasion to get that particular item. Buyers then flock like
> sheeps and bid the price up to unbelievable levels...
>
> Guy
Don't get me wrong, I love eBay, but this sort of thing just makes me shake my
head. The most outrageous thing I ever saw there was a used Kleenex (it went
for 25 cents).
Sometimes people need to think "why" an item would be a limited edition.
Cheers -
george
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