[78-L] "Buy It Now!"

[Philip Carli]

I'm sorry the seller didn't even acknowledge your note. Courtesy often goes by the roadside in online trading, it seems.  Who knows -- eventually his prices may drop when reality and/or rationality sets in.
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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Longwell [glongwell at snet.net]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 3:18 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] "Buy It Now!"

Well, I just made a very reasonable offer (i.e. what I believe the records are worth) like this to someone who has 6 records at buy it now prices I wouldn't pay for.  All six went unsold and back up for another 30 days and I never got a response.  On the bright side, I just saved $60 plus shipping.

Glenn

--- On Mon, 11/8/10, Philip Carli <Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu> wrote:

From: Philip Carli <Philip_Carli at pittsford.monroe.edu>
Subject: Re: [78-L] "Buy It Now!"
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Monday, November 8, 2010, 2:06 PM

I wonder if anyone has taken the simple step with "Buy It Nows" that look really interesting of sending an inquiry to the seller even if there isn't a "Make offer" note, especially if the stuff has sat a while.  Civil questions cost nothing, and something may be gained.  Personally, I hate the competitiveness and ersatz "excitement" of auctions, though I do buy things on eBay auctions.  I'd rather see a price and either pay it or not.  I've found many unusual things, even quite recently, at very fair prices (at least to _me_) that way.  The rest of it -- well, it really is a matter of taste. P Carli
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From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com [78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Malcolm Rockwell [malcolm at 78data.com]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] "Buy It Now!"

You can opt to remove all the "Buy It Now" records from the daily
auction list. There's a tab at the top of the  page that allows either
both BIN + auctions, BIN only, or Auctions only. I choose to filter out
the BINs because I feel much the way you do. If i want to I can always
go back later and check the BINs out but I find a higher class of dealer
with the auctions only. There's less truly wor

On 11/8/2010 7:50 AM, Dennis Flannigan wrote:
> Has ebay's "buy it now" option, rather than auction only option, ruined
> record collecting? Well, probably no, but reading columns and columns of
> records that won't sell for sale at absurd prices does get old. Like
> attending a record convention with all the dealers the ones you can't stand.
>
> df
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