[TheForge] Post Vise Craziness OT
Andrew Vida
osan at netlabs.net
Thu Feb 17 18:16:48 EST 2005
Woolley wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Personally, I think we should bomb E-Bay with complaints about this guy. It
> probably wouldn't matter. E-Bay is such a cultural phenomenon, they are
> definately too big for their britches. I was in the toy store the other day
> to help one of my little ones select a birthday gift for his friend. I
> noticed a woman with her cart overloaded with what looked like numerous
> alike items. Off the cuff I said "wow looks like that will be a great party
> "or something similiar. She responded "I'm going to E-Bay this stuff, it's
> worth like 3 times what they are asking." I turned around to see that she
> had totally depleted a whole section of sale items. I was stunned. This is
> the E-Bay mindset that is creating the Mormon wagon, Jesus whatever guy.
> IMO,it is a disgrace.
It is pretty amazing to see what some people will pay for crap. As
long as they'll pay, ebay will flourish. Good for them, I suppose. I
sure as hell wish I was up to my eye in something that profitable.
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