Another "I cant believe people on ebay" thread

[Modeps]

So I'm going through my junk in my basement and come across all these old atari manuals and boxes. I figured I'd throw them up on ebay, maybe make like $15 bucks. Some guy starts asking me all these questions today about what On-Line Systems (Sierra before they were Sierra) books I've got. So I tell him and then he offers $400 for the 5 books ALONE!

:Q

If I was a jerk, I'd just sell him those and not send them to the person that wins the actual auction. but I'm not, so I'll have to wait to see if i get even close to that amount.

 

[MikePanic]

you could just end the auction early and not be a dik to anyone

 

[jpeyton]

Wow you are dumb. I would have sold those 5 books yesterday.

 

[virtueixi]

Why doesn't he bid himself? Sounds suspisious.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: virtueixi
Why doesn't he bid himself? Sounds suspisious.

my thoughts exactly. I'll let it run it's course.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Wow you are dumb. I would have sold those 5 books yesterday.

stfu troll fgt.

 

[ufs]

yeah... you always have the option to end the auction early... you would be a jerk if u refused to sell the item to the winner after the bidding has ended

edit: however, make sure the guy is reliable... check his feedback

 

[Modeps]

Hmm... there's no negatives for ending early? His feedback is spotless, 207 positives.

 

[edro]

Tell him to send a money order. If he does, end the auction early.

 

[v3rrv3]

What Manuals are they?

- Kevin

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: edro13
Tell him to send a money order. If he does, end the auction early.

Agreed.

 

[PCTweaker5]

Originally posted by: Modeps
Hmm... there's no negatives for ending early? His feedback is spotless, 207 positives.

You are a dumbass!

 

[Mo0o]

jeez 400 for 5 books? Do it now man. And explain it to whoever is teh winning bidder than you can't sell.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: v3rrv3
What Manuals are they?

- Kevin

There's a lot of them... Zork I,II,&III, Missle Command, Asteroids, Super Breakout, Miner 2049er, Pac Man (x2), Q*Bert, Frogger, Galaxian, Defender, Dig Dug, Centipede, Pengo, Shamus, Super Cobra, Qix, K-razy Shoot Out, K-razy Antics, Joust, Kid Grid, Mission: Asteroid, Mouskattack (Mint condition), Wizard and the Princess, Softporn Adventure, and Jaw Breaker....

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: edro13
Tell him to send a money order. If he does, end the auction early.

Agreed.

That sounds reasonable... but now that I'm thinking about it, this auction could get a lot higher than $400 if the demand is there for these.... hmmm i'll sleep on it.

 

[TechnoKid]

make sure you do the transaction where you will be protected from any money retractions, if you sell the item outside of ebay, then you have very little, if any, seller protection.

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

Did you try doing a search on previous auctions to see if you can find any 'going rate' for the books?

 

[goblue420]

Originally posted by: MikePanic
you could just end the auction early and not be a dik to anyone

yah, what i was thinking

 

[Gurck]

Could be worth more than $400, maybe just let the auction run its course, tell him 'sorry, please make a bid if you want it.'

 

[Wolverine27]

So what's the auction up to?

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

link to the auction?

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

I think this must be the one.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Yo_Ma-Ma
I think this must be the one.

Yeah, that's it... It's only at $12 right now. which is why I'm seriously considering ending it early.

 

[skace]

Which 5 manuals did he want. Maybe they are the rarer ones.

 

[PatboyX]

i got piles of old sierra game boxes and manuals...
hmmmmmm
i even got some infocom ones.

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: skace
Which 5 manuals did he want. Maybe they are the rarer ones.

He wanted the ones that were from "On-Line Systems" (Sierra before they were Sierra). I consider myself quite versed in games, and have only heard of "The Wizard and the Princess", not any of the other 4. Whatever! He really wants me to end the auction.. .he emailed me twice overnight saying first "give me your address and end the auction".. Then "end the auction".