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Re: Re: Politeness can pay (Fri Oct 5 02:06:19 2001 )
Atiya [View profile ]
http://www.marmosets.net/
atiya@caltech.edu

Sigh...perhaps it is because I don't collect many 
of the super-popular competitive shows like DBZ and 
Sailor Moon (I have a few SM), but I feel this 
strange desire to at least pretend to give cel 
people the benefit of the doubt until there is a 
bit of evidence or a continuing pattern of 
behavior.

The Kenshin auction I spoke of was ended because a 
missing bidder returned (and my assumption of good 
faith paid off for me).  I had an auction ended for 
me once because I had a matching layer to the cel 
being sold and made a good but not extravagant 
offer.  Misa's anonymous poster jumped to the 
conclusion that her cel for sale must have some 
sort of undisclosed defect, but turned out to be 
totally wrong.

Even in cases where the assumption of greed is 
correct, I would argue that a polite email is more 
effective than a rude post.  Consider--I'm a greedy 
seller who has ended an auction early for a big 
offer.  If someone makes a rude anonymous post I'll 
laugh it off while counting my money.  If, on the 
other hand, someone emails me to say "Oh, I'm so 
disappointed, I've been saving up for months and 
was going to bid it all on this cel" I may start to 
think "hmm, maybe if I'd let the auction run I 
could have gotten more...perhaps I should let my 
auctions take their chances".  You never know....

Congrats on the Tsunami!

--Atiya



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