[78-L] Lost in translation

[David Lennick]

I see both your points (no I won't make that old joke about getting a hat). And 
both of them are valid, from my standpoint..I've been bidding on paper auctions 
for so many years I still regard them as just one more way to get records I 
want, provided I stay within my means and needs. It's also a matter of knowing 
the seller and who else might be out there competing with you. A few years ago, 
I couldn't win V-Discs on certain auctions, or Yiddish discs on another one. I 
always got classical discs very cheap from Mike Stewart (some rare ones, too, 
including a 12-disc set of lacquers of a concert featuring a violinist who made 
very few recordings) because his clientele were jazz and blues buffs, and pop 
and jazz items listed on classical lists could also go cheap.

As for Lost In Translation, I HATED that movie. Bill Murray is a comedian. Period.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> 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
>