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07-27-2003, 06:49 PM
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win 98 se for $38 on ebay. why?
I notice that there are people spending up to $38 to buy the win 98se update disk on ebay when one can get it for $19.99 from a Yahoo vendor. Are the Ebay sellers offering something special, or do people tend to overspend on ebay?
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07-27-2003, 06:53 PM
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Overspend in the excitement of participating in an auction and in the hopes of getting a bargain.
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07-28-2003, 01:09 AM
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I've sold stuff on Ebay. I wish they would over spend on my items, lol.
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07-28-2003, 10:52 AM
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Why pay spend $100 when you can spend $500!
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07-28-2003, 12:00 PM
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Quite frankly, the disk is grey market. It's worth what people will pay. Sometimes, legacy stuff is worth more presently than when they were new.
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07-30-2003, 02:33 PM
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ff2k2 has it:
the excitement of the auction tends to rob the bidder of his good senses...something will hold a strange attraction when put in a competitive setting. |
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07-30-2003, 02:57 PM
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I'm one of those who would probably pay the $38 on ebay rather than the $19 from a yahoo vendor.
I would be buying it for a customer who will be underwriting the cost. So the money isn't the deciding factor. The question is of accountability. I would rather have an individual's name and address rather than one of the drop ship companies name and address. I don't need to be involved with a counterfeit piece of software, and an individual is less likely than a yahoo dealer to be involved in that business. But that is just my choice. |
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