[R-390] Black faced R390-A

[Bill Marx]

This thread should probably end soon, but as a seller on eBay I can control
the low price I sell at using the reserve...but at what point is it proper
for me to tell the bidders that they are bidding too high? After all isn't
that the purpose of an Auction? ... Clever Copywriting aside?
Bill Marx W2CQ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Hawkins" <bill at iaxs.net>
To: "R390 LIst" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: [R-390] Black faced R390-A


> Agree that honesty is the best policy. My conscience and empathy
> for other people are strong enough that I couldn't lie about a sale.
> Life at 67 is too short to go around with a guilty conscience,
> any more than it already is.
>
> OTOH, there's enough Robin Hood in me to not fault the guy for
> going for the big bucks. There is another side of human nature
> regarding people who have more than most other people. Consider
> the buyer's "friends." They are there to gain some advantage
> from one with wealth and power. None of them is going to call
> the buyer an idiot. See "The Emperor's New Clothes."
>
> The buyer is convinced that he has a very special radio. He (or
> remotely possibly she) is very happy, until the next bauble comes
> along. The seller is also happy. It's a win-win deal (but not
> one that I could do).
>
> It has been suggested that the auction was private so that a
> shill bidder could operate. Maybe not. Wealthy people like their
> privacy, so a private auction is attractive. Second, if the
> buyer was not identified then none of us can send mail that
> breaks the spell woven by the seller. Since it's a scam, shill
> bidding is not ruled out. Wonder if the seller hit the Buy It
> Now jackpot...
>
> Does anybody remember a TV show called "The Rogues" in 1964?
> David Niven was one of a family that made big bucks by scamming
> the rich. One was a machine to extract gold from seawater. The
> show was pulled because there were copycat scams. More likely
> it was because the show did not paint the rich in a favorable
> light. Same thing happened to the movie "Hudson Hawk."
>
> Regards,
> Bill Hawkins
>
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