donsom said:Buying to sell smacks of a "middleman", a no value-add low form of life,... although seemingly necessary in our world.
Gosh !! ..... I had no idea we were so despised. :lol:
donsom said:Buying to sell smacks of a "middleman", a no value-add low form of life,... although seemingly necessary in our world.
deeb7 said:donsom said:Buying to sell smacks of a "middleman", a no value-add low form of life,... although seemingly necessary in our world.
Gosh !! ..... I had no idea we were so despised. :lol:
srivats said:I don't think buying to resell is negative ... caveat emptor has always been the rule. Intelligent buyers pay what they think is worth for the item of sale, irrespective of what the item is actually worth - which is hard to decide since people's perception of value are pretty different even on a forum like ours.
I suppose the "no value-add" would be my criteria.jacketimp said:deeb7 said:donsom said:Buying to sell smacks of a "middleman", a no value-add low form of life,... although seemingly necessary in our world.
Gosh !! ..... I had no idea we were so despised. :lol:
indeed we're on the hit/hate list
jacketimp said:non consesus ad idum..................
donsom said:jacketimp said:non consesus ad idum..................
Absolutely .... no "buying direct from the manufacturer" in the case of memorabilia.
I'll go out on on limb here and say..., that next time you (or anyone) are going to purchase a product (whenever and whatever it may be) where you know the initial cost(s) and there is an evident markup .... that you "might" (just might) catch yourself muttering ... damn middlemen! .. ... even if you do purchase it because you really want it.
I've heard that phrase uttered by everyone from regular folks to corporate CEO's in my time ...
Unless, of course, ... you're the one getting the deal ...
Best of luck in your endeavours. People here (in this forum) a definitely "value-add" to me.
Unless you're buying from the person who actually made the item themselves, someone like John Chapman, surely there will always be a 'middleman' of some kind.donsom said:I'll go out on on limb here and say..., that next time you (or anyone) are going to purchase a product (whenever and whatever it may be) where you know the initial cost(s) and there is an evident markup .... that you "might" (just might) catch yourself muttering ... damn middlemen! .. ... even if you do purchase it because you really want it.
Asiamiles,asiamiles said:Unless you're buying from the person who actually made the item themselves, someone like John Chapman, surely there will always be a 'middleman' of some kind.
asiamiles said:Unless you're buying from the person who actually made the item themselves, someone like John Chapman, surely there will always be a 'middleman' of some kind.
Baron Kurtz said:Interesting. Whatever the reason for the rule, that's fine by me. Ebay is a business like any other: They're not in it for the good of the sellers, and for damn sure not for the good of the customers. Militaria dealers, to use an obvious example, are only looking out for themselves and their pocketbooks, too. Where's the difference?
I just don't see why anyone needs to know who won an item, other than the seller and the winner. Maybe i'm just being dumber than normal?
Fr those who want to know who won: Why do you need to know? What difference does it make to you? I'm not implying it's wrong for you to want to know, but i'm interested in the impulse behind needing to know. (if you can get through the Rumsfeldian quagmire of the last sentence, i'd be pleased to listen)
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It sucks big time and is now a shillers paradise.
Now you have no idea if the seller is using bogus ids to bid on his/hers own item to bump up the price-at least before you could do some detective work now this new system is total balls :evil: :evil: