Re: Some musings regarding eBay...
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Looks like a eBay can be a good business! Better than the old stock market "day trading"...
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You said it man. Seems funny to me that so much criticism comes from this board about eBay and people's legitimate buying and selling practices. Garnet, it seems you have a good understanding of economic principles yet have a problem with buying low and selling high? Isn't that the name of the game? So what if Camarojoe bought the license plate in question and sells it for more than he paid? That's how you make money, that's how the capitalist system is supposed to work. Seems odd that everyone gets up in arms about the prices on eBay when no one is twisting arms when it comes to selling or buying. Ebay is an online auction, don't like the price, don't bid, it's that easy. My brother payed over $600 for those now INFAMOUS Berger license plate frames, mainly because YOU, who were obviously not a contender for them, posted the link on here, and all the people who wouldn't have ever seen them, SAW them... but regardless, he is very happy with his purchase, and believes in their value, yet members of the sYc still feel the need to ridicule. (I bring up yet another reason why the private auction has become attractive, no need to hear everyone's opinion on your purchase... how much did YOU pay for your house, your car, etc?) Camarojoe also bought the "building a better way" plate on ebay for $26, but now it's up to 50 something. The bidders who are bidding now seem to feel confident in it's value as well, and they had every chance to buy it the first time (as did you) when it came on and Camarojoe was high bid, except they didn't...maybe because they didn't see it, maybe it wasn't "worded" as well..AKA...using the "inappropriate words" Yenko, COPO, etc. that you find so offensive, yet everyone at the sYc seems to search on a daily basis. I don't understand the problem, do you want to sell your COPO for what you payed? I don't think so, neither does anyone else or the Supercar marketplace wouldn't have doubled it's prices in the last 5 years. I don't know how you make your money, or how you got your COPO, but I can bet it wasn't from selling things for what you paid. Everything from your COPO car to the toilet paper in your bathroom was sold at a markup, someone made money on it in the process, I can't speak for England, but that's how the US economy works, that's how people get income to exchange for goods and services. Some people make theirs by buying low and selling high being "day traders" doing it with stocks & bonds or "ebayers" doing it with license plates, to me it's all the same. Ask a real estate developer how he makes his money, he'll tell you he finds the "undeveloped" low cost/high potential land and develops it, making a profit for his efforts, Camarojoe finds the undeveloped/low cost car parts, and puts them in touch with people who are willing to pay more $$$ for them, I just don't see the need for all the ridicule. Camarojoe isn't a member of this board, and it isn't surprising why.
I don't see anyone holding guns to peoples heads to bid on ebay items. Don't insult the people who can (and do) afford these items. They can read and have their own brain. Decent people have made money on selling and reselling car parts (and everything else) for years. Let history continue. If you can't play the game, don't rip apart others who can roll with it. You'll have to use a dollar store wisk broom to clean up your AUTHENTIC, RARE, REAL, "NEW" Picasso Paintings, cause someone already bought the "overpriced" $200 berger one. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
People are quick to pass judgement around here, cry about exorbanant prices or "rare" parts that just aren't "rare" enough, yet at the Supercar Reunion every year, people flock around Camarojoe's memorobilia display that he brings without any compensation or incentive other than to share with people who can dig it, and everyone seems to love it, giving compliments, asking for copies/favors/etc.,... yet he comes home signs on and reads what SOME members of the sYc have to say. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif[/img]
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