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PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?
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PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 13, 2009 7:25 AM
Hi, I found this book, by F Scott Fitzgerald, This side of paradise, 1920 3rd edition, signed by the author. I put it on Ebay, and start it at $100 with no reserve. It is currently at around $760, I just got an offer of $2500 to end the auction. To me $2500 is alot, but should I wait it out and hope for better? Maybe it only does $1000. I'm torn... Any thoughts would be helpful, I will probably just let it run out, and take my chances. But the money is tempting. What would you do? Ebay # 180368207306.

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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 9:10 AM
Jack - in a Category-specific search (i.e. searching within Books > Antiquarian and Collectable), if a user enters just the term "Hemingway" and more than 5 currently-running auctioins have paid for Featured First, some won't make the top of the search results. They rotate through based on a variety of criteria - Powerseller status, DSRs, the phase of the Moon, the seller's eye colour....
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 10:16 AM
Seems situational ethics are no longer the sole territory of the board liberals

whatever

it's your venue--let it go down the drain and push it for all I care



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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 2:14 PM
Hi, well the book just hit $2700. I guess it just proves, that it is better to let your auction run, than to accept offers to end your auctions now. It is always very tempting though...
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 3:27 PM
Hi, I have been very hesitant to write back in. I was going to let this post just fall by the wayside..., just to try and expell the belief that I just posted this query to "advertise" my auction


Hi, well the book just hit $2700.

LOL

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Jun 14, 2009 3:45 PM
Congratulations! :^O
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 3:46 PM
Blueskiesahead, is a wonderful name... makes me think of someone who is positive and upbeat.

Me, I just thought it important to let people who have looked at this, to know that everything ended in a positive matter.

Clearly a blueskiesahead monent.

The end...
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 4:17 PM
Congrats!

However, I would call "the end" at the end of the auction.

Good Luck! :)
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 5:16 PM
Blueskiesahead, is a wonderful name... makes me think of someone who is positive and upbeat.

Yeah, I get that a lot.


Then..........












the truth comes out.

Rats.
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 5:40 PM
> Blueskiesahead, is a wonderful name... makes me think of someone who is positive and upbeat.
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> Yeah, I get that a lot.
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> Then..........
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> the truth comes out.
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> Rats.


Maybe a new posting ID- gray*skies*ahead* - would help match the name with the posts when you're down.





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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 6:20 PM
blue skies ahead

If you don't like keith's idea

there is always

life s**ks, then you die.

But that has probably been taken.


B-)]:)B-);)
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 6:24 PM
:^O

Noir- That was my third_choice. I couldn't decide if I should use "gray*skies*ahead* or grey*skies*ahead*.....
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 14, 2009 6:26 PM
Don't use "third_choice", it would confuse me.
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 17, 2009 10:54 AM
Winning bid: US $5,355.00

Congrats, tysa!
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 17, 2009 11:00 AM
Nice finish. I won't let that book ever pass me by.
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Re: PLEASE HELP ~~Rare book, offer $2500, what would you do?

Jun 17, 2009 12:31 PM
Awesome! :^O
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