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                        Those poor, misguided Ebay buyers

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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Those poor, misguided Ebay buyers
                        Posted by MikeV on Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:12 PM
                        Someone over at Ebay is winning a bid on a new Badger Crescendo kit at $81.70 plus $7.95 shipping.
                        That same set is $69.95 from Dixie Art with FREE shipping. Laugh [(-D]
                        It amazes me that with all that can be researched on the internet, people still pay more for something on Ebay than they can get elsewhere from a company that stands behind what they sell for less money. My 2 cents [2c]

                        OK, I'm done ranting. SoapBox [soapbox]

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:40 PM
                        Here's the real kicker.

                        http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3158036759&category=2590

                        Someone tell this guy that he's a moron!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 20, 2003 10:58 PM
                        Ok consider it Done Scott! I just emailed him ROFL....Ill foward you his response which Im sure wont be nice!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 20, 2003 11:38 PM
                        Dixie Art saved me over $50 on my Paasche VL set compared to what I would have paid locally. Free shipping and fast service too! I would highly recommend them.
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Friday, November 21, 2003 12:20 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by demono69

                        Here's the real kicker.

                        http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3158036759&category=2590

                        Someone tell this guy that he's a moron!


                        I like your signature about Floyd. Big Smile [:D] Very cool.
                        I used to love Floyd's 'Animals' album.

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 1:47 AM
                        Thanks, Mike. I've always been a big Floyd fan, too.

                        The quote is actually taken from a Primus song, entitled "The Air is Getting Slippery" off of their Tales From the Punchbowl album.
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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Friday, November 21, 2003 6:12 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by HistoryinScale

                        Ok consider it Done Scott! I just emailed him ROFL....Ill foward you his response which Im sure wont be nice!
                        Chris, you didn't! ROTFLMAO Let me know what that idiot has to say. That ought to be good for a laugh.Tongue [:P]

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        maddafinga
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
                        Posted by maddafinga on Friday, November 21, 2003 8:36 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by demono69

                        Thanks, Mike. I've always been a big Floyd fan, too.

                        The quote is actually taken from a Primus song, entitled "The Air is Getting Slippery" off of their Tales From the Punchbowl album.


                        For-give me if I hes-i-tate but....
                        Madda Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. -- Leonardo Da Vinci Tact is for those who lack the wit for sarcasm.--maddafinga
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 8:47 AM
                        QUOTE: For-give me if I hes-i-tate but....


                        Here we go again...
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                        wildwilliam
                        • Member since
                          December 2009
                        • From: West Grove, PA
                        Posted by wildwilliam on Friday, November 21, 2003 11:49 AM
                        greatmodels shows that U-Boot at $49 list, $42 to pre-order.
                        caveat emptor, baby!

                        ed.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 21, 2003 12:31 PM
                        Keep looking wildwilliam and you can beat even that price.....!
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                        MikeV
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Hayward, CA
                        Posted by MikeV on Thursday, December 4, 2003 11:40 PM
                        These people still haven't learned have they?

                        Look at this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2362428873&category=28111

                        This same airbrush set is $94 from Dixie with free shipping.
                        When the person that wins this auction sees Dixie's price they are going to do this: Banged Head [banghead] Laugh [(-D]

                        Mike

                        “Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 5, 2003 1:15 AM
                        Geesh! People amaze me sometimes..... anywho I never heard back from the seller...when I emailed him...wonder why ROFL....Oh well I got a kick out of it!
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                        9x19mm
                        • Member since
                          December 2003
                        • From: Phoenix,Az
                        Posted by 9x19mm on Friday, December 5, 2003 2:56 AM
                        I have had my suspisions about this same topic for a long time. In talking to regular ebay buyers it seems they get caught in a bidding war or as some have put it going for the kill or maybe they might see it as some sort of control or not wanting to lose. Anyhow the buyers must have more money then smarts. Give me convenience or give me death!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 5, 2003 4:06 AM
                        It is not that easy everytime you retract a bid a record is kept and is part of your ratings, and you need to justify as to why you retracted a bid.
                        Also many put automatic bidding on and the system will add bids till they reached their preset limits.

                        If you read the terms careful for auctions E-Bay got the bidders pretty much by the short and curly and it is hard to rectify mistakes or back out of bids without hassles.
                        Big Smile [:D]
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