[meteorite-list] Fw: The Sniper Mentality

[R N Hartman]

>From time to time I have put our micro membrane boxes as well as larger 
boxes on ebay, beginning at a minimum bid.  Without exception they are 
always bid right up to the list price on our website www.membranebox.com.  I 
seem not to be able to give any special auction deals!

Ron Hartman

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From: <Impactika at aol.com>
To: <lintonius at earthlink.net>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: The Sniper Mentality


> Years ago when I was still selling on Ebay, I had an interesting insight 
> in
> the sniper mentality.
>
> The auction was for a Tatahouine, about 4-5 grams, very nice but not
> exceptional. With minutes to go, two guys got into a sniping war, I don't 
> know if
> they were using a software or sitting in front of their computers but the
> batlle raged with bids coming in every couple seconds. And when it was 
> over,
> the "winner" had just paid triple what a similar Tatahouine was priced at 
> on
> my website.
> I admit that I had a good laugh on that!.
>
> Anne M. Black
> _http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
> _IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com)
> Vice-President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
> _http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)
>
>
> In a message dated 3/18/2010 1:34:37 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> lintonius at earthlink.net writes:
> Yeah Mike, that's nice.
> But more often than not, ebay tells me the item went for $1 over my max.
> I don't particularly like the tactic of sniping,
> but hey... if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
> Linton
>
>
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