In reading throuh the more recent posts on this thread I would like to ask Doodlrodz a couple of questions.
Because I make the choice to bid as close to the end of an auction listing as I can, why does that make me a scum bag?
"All I can say is if you're selling to the highest bidder there's a site for that and it's full of scum bag snipers."
Doodlrodz, 2-08-2011
By choosing to sell things that I own on a public auction site, why does that make me a crook?
"My whole point being if you want to sell it to the highest bidder go to ebay with the rest of the crooks."
Doodlrodz, 2-09-2011
I wait to bid on an item until the end of an auction because that is what I feel comfortable in doing. How is doing that any different than the folks at a "live" auction that sit on their hands and keep their bidding cards tucked safely away until the starting price drops down to it's lowest point. Are they "scum bags"? They know what they are willing to pay for the item in question, why don't they start the bidding when the auctioneer hits that number? Because, they are doing the same thing that I am doing, the same thing that everyone does at an auction, they are trying to get the item at good price.
I choose to sell the items that I have (and own) on a public auction site because it shows the item in question to a much larger audience. I have offered items for sale here on Fordbarn, and they don't sell, I have taken the same things to swap meets and they don't sell. There is nothing wrong with the parts, no out-of-line prices. It is just the fact that a public auction site has a much higher viewing than Fordbarn or a swap meet. So by doing this, and letting the open-market set the ending price and putting the parts into the hands of the people that want and need them, I am a crook?
I am sorry, but I find the two broad, sweeping statements that you made about me (because I choose to do both of the things that you mentioned) and many other, rather insulting.