Need contact information for dkdkk

Bob Shannon bshannon at tiac.net
Sat Jul 16 08:41:53 CDT 2005


You don't set what an item is worth.

The highest bidder does.

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> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Doc Shipley wrote:
>
>>    I came into a small inheritance last spring and paid stupid money for
>> several Amiga items off eBay.  I wanted them, I had wanted them for a
>> while, I could *afford* them, and I bid on them till I won them.
>>
>>    Stupid?  I dunno.  My spousal equivalent sure doesn't understand why
>> hat stuff is worth so much to me.  But I have to say that a year later,
>> I'm still getting my money's worth.  I'd say that subjectively, each
>> piece was worth what I paid.  What its objective value might be, I don't
>> give a damn.  It ain't for sale.
>
> When you start to become a problem by bidding 4-10 times what any one
> particular thing is worth in non-eBay dollars as this Dennis fellow does
> then I'll be sure to point you out as well.
>
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