[78-L] R Johnson auction

[Taylor Bowie]

I have seen this happen a number of times on eBay with really good records 
(broken,  withdrawn,  "no longer for sale," etc.)

I have yet to see it happen with some ten-buck ordinary disk.

Taylor B



----- Original Message ----- 
From: <fnarf at comcast.net>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] R Johnson auction


> I'd like to see proof that he really broke it. I wouldn't be surprised if 
> he got an off-auction offer on the side that would go around Ebay's fees. 
> People do this all the time.
>
> --
> Steve.
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "joe at salerno.com" <jsalerno at earthlink.net>
>> who amongst us wouldn't be kicking ourselves if we were in those same 
>> shoes?
>>
>> is this a new thread, the dumbest thing I've ever done, like breaking a
>> favorite record....
>>
>> I've never owned a record like that so I can't say I've been there...
>>
>> I feel kinda bad for him.
>>
>> joe salerno
>>
>> David Lennick wrote:
>> > Jesse must be kicking himself.
>> >
>> > Q:  this was bid up to 2000...what happened? i am interested in this 
>> > item>
>> > Nov-21-08
>> > A:   The record was broken by my own stupidity this morning. eBay won't 
>> > let
>> you
>> > cancel an item when it has less than 12 hours remaining, and claim that 
>> > they
>> > can't even cancel it for you, so I'll be canceling any more bids that 
>> > are
>> > placed on this item. Sorry everybody.
>> >
>> > dl
>> >
>> > Malcolm - Venerable Music wrote:
>> >> Check the question area - the record was accidently broken this 
>> >> morning!
>> >> Malcolm
>> >>
>> >> Venerable Music - http://www.venerablemusic.com/
>> >> Venerable Radio - http://www.venerablemusic.com/samphpweb/index.html
>> >> On Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/venerablemusic
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> >> From: "joe at salerno.com" <jsalerno at earthlink.net>
>> >> To: "78-l" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> >> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 5:36 PM
>> >> Subject: [78-L] R Johnson auction
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> I don't get it, it was up to $2325 or so, I refreshed the page after 
>> >>> a
>> >>> little while, and it was back to the starting bid, reserve not met, 
>> >>> now
>> >>> it is up to $100 with 22 minnits left - what just happened?
>> >>>
>> >>> joe salerno
>> > _______________________________________________
>> > 78-L mailing list
>> > 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
>> > http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>> >
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 78-L mailing list
>> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
>> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>