Reply 20 of 23, by DonutKing
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They are a little on the high side, but granted, certainly not as extravagant as some other sellers I've seen....
Its more the whole attitude of 'rather than take a lower offer and get SOME money for this board, you will give me what I want or I will destroy it so nobody can have it. I'll just take my bat and ball and go home'. Pretty immature.
The whole thing with auctions is that its worth what the market will pay. Sometimes, someone desperately wants something and will pay an inflated price. This is an outlying case. Generally, people are happy for a fair price. If something sits on ebay for a long time without getting bought, then the price is most likely too high. You could wait it out for that one buyer thats willing to pay extra but you need to be patient. This bloke is putting that CPU card up for 2-3 days at a time. Not only does a shorter auction give less opportunity for potential buyers to see and bid, but its probably costing him more in fees to relist so frequently, instead of just having one longer auction and letting it run its course.
TLDR that guy is a wanker
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