[78-L] Auctions vs. "Make offer"

[Bill McClung]

I think it is really just a matter of not having the time.  I'm self
employed and married and try to spend as much time with my family as I can.
Participating in an auction can be done or not done on my time.  I don't
mind making an offer.  I have to think about what I want to spend and once
that amount is placed I can live with the results.  Sometimes I make the
best offer and sometimes I don't.  I do like the way Kurt works his
auctions.  I also like the Green River auction which shows the second best
bid so you have the opportunity to bid more than once.

I know I've over paid on occasion but I also know I"ve won many 78s with a
minimum bid.

So it has nothing to do with not trusting eBay.  I've just enjoyed the
auction process so far.  It just works for me.

I'll get there.  My grandfather on my mother's side was a tortoise.


> [Original Message]
> From: Taylor Bowie <bowiebks at isomedia.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: 7/2/2009 9:49:35 PM
> Subject: [78-L] Auctions vs. "Make offer"
>
> HI Bill,
>
> I'm curious...you don't buy  anything on eBay because...?  There are many 
> charlatans and know-nothings there,  but also many honest and very worthy 
> sellers who really know how to describe and pack fine 78s.
>
> I think we've discussed this before,  but one of the advantages of eBay
is 
> that they are real auctions,  in that your bid is automatically increased
in 
> fixed amounts as others bid against you,  and you don't always end up
paying 
> your full "bid" as you do on some of the lists mentioned below (Nauck is
a 
> major and most welcome exception to that).
>
> Most of the paper lists are not really auctions,  but are "make offer" 
> lists.  If Cecil  says he'll pay $15 and Jerry says he'll pay $35,  Jerry 
> ends up paying $35.  On a real auction,  if these were the  two highest 
> bids,   Jerry would only pay approx. $16.
>
> Of course when I make a bid on one of these paper lists that means I'm 
> willing to pay that amount...but it's way nicer to win an eBay auction or 
> one from Kurt for substantially less than I would have been willing to
pay.
>
> Taylor
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill McClung" <bmcclung at ix.netcom.com>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 7:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Ooops
>
>
> > This is a good question.  What auctions are out there?
> >
> > I have been know to bid at Kurt Nauck's (78rpm.com), Alan Cooperman's
> > (jazz78s.com) , Joel Slotnikoff's (bluesworld.com), Gene Pemberton's
> > (recordfinders.com), George Wilson's (alljazz.us), John Tefteller's
> > (tefteller.com), Jesse Stewart's (grrecords.com), Tom Hawthorn's
> > (thoseoldrecords.com), and Warren Hick's (recordsforcollectors.com).
> >
> > What other auction sites are there?  I don't buy anything on ebay.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>
> >> To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> >> Date: 7/2/2009 9:09:28 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] Ooops
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Andrea Walsh" <petquality1 at gmail.com>
> >> > If I just sent an e-mail to the list about auction winnings--- SORRY!
> > It
> >> > was an accident!  Just delete it!
> >> >
> >> Actually, I found it useful! I had understood that one of Mike
Stewart's
> >> descendants was continuing his "Green River" 78 auctions; your message
> >> confirms that fact!
> >>
> >> Now, for "the rest of" 78-L...
> >>
> >> Peter Leavitt used to run a VERY interesting (to me, anyway) mail 
> >> auction.
> >> He had acquired a VERY large (and apparently well-known) collection of
> >> 78's...so his lists often included near in-order runs of various
vintage
> >> labels.
> >> I bought A LOT of these, since they often included records of no great
> >> "jazz interest" but ones which filled numeric gaps in my holdings.I 
> >> assume
> >> that Mr. Leavitt went to that "great record market in the sky"...is
this
> >> true? And...if so, has someone else acquired this bunch of 78's...AND
> >> are they selling, or going to sell, these records?
> >>
> >> I need to find an auction list that sells a lot of "junque"...so I can
> >> continue
> >> to fill gaps in my holdings...!!
> >>
> >> ...stevenc
> >>
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