Brock

The Dave Stevens insanity continues... I just listed a book for triple the previous sale on eBay, and it sold within 24 hours at full asking price. What are everyone's predictions on this? Is this likely to blow over, or is this just the first phase in a bigger run up?

Because shilling is real, and legal in many jurisdictions.

The “extension” model is used in industrial auctions, but also auctions for many high end collectibles. Away from EBay, the thinking is that it raises the prices achieved in auctions, which draws more sellers to the marketplace. In this way, it raises both the quality and volume of what is offered for sale. Similarly, the thinking is that sniping is actually bad for the seller, and only good for the buyer. The whole point of sniping is to bid in a way that does not allow another bidder enough time to respond and raise their own bid. Therefore, sniping is - by design - intended to win auctions below FMV, and to reduce the prices achieved by the seller. And only the instant gratification generation sees a 1/2 hour as a long time… i don’t really care much one way or the other, though… I’m just interested in the thinking behind peoples’ perspective on this.

This is quite common in industrial auctions, and prevents sniping. It also means sellers tend to achieve prices closer to fair market value, whereas we frequently warn each other on these boards not to sell items on eBay by auction, in case they don’t get noticed. What is it about this model you don’t like?

I recently listed an item, and quickly picked up 10 watchers. Buyer xallstars made a lowball offer, and I countered. He accepted the counter, then later e-mailed to say he had accepted the offer "accidentally" and wanted to count offer another lowball amount. I accepted the cancellation, but now I'm out 10 watchers...

3.5 I think the rust stain around the lower staple hurts.

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Dollar bin diving this week, though they're not all moderns...

From an antique mall... a scarce Whitman, a decent Atlas, a naughty nun (don't get in the habit!), and a 1950s Dell price variant.

Just bumping the thread with this week's find...

To press metal books, I think you need a blacksmith with an anvil. Seriously, though, I doubt the humidification process would do much to a metal cover (though it should work on a “metallic” one). The dry mount portion of the process is probably more appropriate to your issue here… that’s basically applying a heavy weight evenly across the book.

I guess you don't read Vertigo? Nothing new under the sun...

Yup, I definitely spaced on that one…

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