[78-L] Lost in translation

[Taylor Bowie]

> This assumes that some digitally-aware (otherwise UNaware?!) competitor
> isn't lurking in the digital "hinterlands" with his/her/its Autosnipe 
> v9.11
> ready
> to enter "your bid + minimum increase" nine microseconds before the end
> of this sale!
>
> Call me "old" (I'll admit to that), and "out of touch with life in the 
> 21st
> century" (probably true, but mainly due to poverty!!)...but my limited
> experience with eWotsit has been extremely discouraging! Fortunately,
> I'm looking for 78's in large groups rather than individually...?!
>
> ...stevenc

I seem to be missing something here.  What is the difference if another 
bidder snipes you at the end or doesn't?  You the buyer have already decided 
what you want to pay,  and if someone wants to pay more,  so be it.  But you 
retain the ability to get the record in question for much less than your 
maximum bid if no one else is as interested as you are.  So why is a paper 
"auction" where you are topped by another better than getting topped on eBay 
by a snipe?

So I don't see why winning a record on a paper list for whatever your high 
bid is (even if you are the only bidder) is "better" than winning it on eBay 
for your high bid...or maybe quite a bit less.

I have some  7,000 transactions on eBay from the last ten years...maybe 
5,000 of those were records or lots of records.  Rarely did I pay my maximum 
bid...99% of the time it was lower and sometimes way lower.  Let's say I 
"saved" an average of just $3 on each purchase....that's a lot of money 
saved which I would NOT have saved had my bids been on paper lists.

Taylor


Taylor