Gary -
A couple of thoughts:
I regularly check out ebay, as I'm sure many other listers (including
yourself) do. There are consistently many dozens of Sunbeam/Rootes items to
be found there each and every day; some rare, some ordinary, some junk. Your
(current) inventory, while certainly interesting, constitutes only a fraction
of what's available. In other words, its not 'news' that there are currently
Sunbeam parts for sale on ebay.
I don't mind a person using the list to sell a car or a batch of parts on a
one-time basis. That should be encouraged. But when the list is turned into
a commercial extension of ebay, it gets to be a bit much, whether you're from
Jersey or California.
Ebay's easy enough for us to find on our own, thanks. There's no need to
work the crowd for more bids.
Dick Sanders
Seattle
In a message dated 9/26/1999 10:04:19 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
gary@schotland.com writes:
<< Chuck:
Forgive me for foolishly thinking that people on the Alpine and Tiger lists
might have an interest in bidding on certain sought after parts, tools, and
models I'm auctioning on eBay. If you don't like seeing my ad listings,
which
are curiously similiar to ones I've seen periodically posted by certain list
"insiders" that no one has complained about, you have the option of using
something called the Delete button, which is located in the upper right hand
corner of your keyboard. I've tried it many times on email from both lists.
It
works like a charm.
You should also note that the Subject line indicates, in most instances, the
content of the email. Paying careful attention to this will allow you to
avoid
the considerable unpleasantness involved with reading emails in which you
have no interest. Again, I've tried this and it works.
Thank you for diligently bringing my "outsider" status to the attention of
our
fellow listers. Being a member of these lists for 2+ years, a Sunbeam owner
for 9 years, President (retired) of TE/AE for 2 years, and the holder of
various
other club leadership positions over the years, most certainly qualifies me
as
an outsider. I'm sure numerous fellow listers will agree with you on that.
As a firm believer in the free market economy, I think auctioning certain
parts
on eBay makes perfect sense for all parties involved. Bidders have 7 days to
decide what an item is worth to them and they have an equal stab at it like
the next guy. When I've advertised a one-of-a-kind item at set price, very
often the quickest repondent has gotten it. Everyone else, like the people
who don't read their email 10 times per day, was SOL. Sometimes an item
gets snapped up in minutes - literally. Most of my auctions have no
reserve,
meaning I will accept the final price, whatever it may be. Sometimes that's
more $ than I expected. Other times, it's less. It probably all equals out
in
the end.
I wasn't the seller, but is $250.00 for a very rare NOS rear view mirror
ridiculous? To me, yes. To a guy who has $40k in his concours quality
restoration, no. To someone with a "beater", yes. Let the market decide
what items are worth. If you're not interested, think this method of
selling is
unfair, or have some other problem with it, stay on the sidelines, but don't
deny other people the option to participate.
Thanks for the bandwidth.
Gary Schotland >>
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