[78-L] ePoo Reserve Prices (was Q.R.S. discs)

[Cary Ginell]

As I said, I haven't done this often - maybe three times in 13 years of selling. Sometimes, I list a record with a reasonable reserve bid and it is not met. After the auction is over, I am solicited by buyers who want to know what the reserve was. If I tell them and they agree to meet that price, I don't think that is unethical at all. 

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:49:22 +0000
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> From: agp2176 at verizon.net
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ePoo Reserve Prices (was Q.R.S. discs)
> 
> At 15:16 19/06/2011, CG wrote:
> 
> >I merely emailed them after the auction closed and said that nobody 
> >reached the reserve price; I'll take the best offer. Some of the 
> >bidders each emailed me their top bid, all of which were higher than 
> >their unsuccessful bids. I simply took the highest one and conducted 
> >the purchase separately. That way, eBay did not know that the sale 
> >was concluded and thus didn't get a piece of the action, other than 
> >the original listing fee.
> 
> 
> Well, you can do as you see fit, but I see this as being highly 
> unethical. I have had this occur once with a seller of Bollywood 78s 
> who had an Asha Bosli disk I wanted. Somehow wanting to further 
> transact business outside of eBay on a lost item doesn't pass a sniff 
> test with me and sets up my fraud-alert early warning system.
> 
> I'd much rather bid and sell by the rules, thank you
> 
> T
> 
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