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November 30, 2004
A Word To My Enemies
I do a fair amount of my comic book purchasing on eBay. Specifically, I like to buy trade paperbacks on eBay. I'm not a stickler for condition, so used is OK, and I loves them bargains! But there are a couple of eBay sellers out there who drive me up one wall and down the other. These folks list dozens, if not hundreds, of trades at once. They price these trades at cover price or maybe a dollar below, and often only offer a "Buy It Now" option. So I am left to click through page after page of comics that I have no interest in buying. Why don't I have interest in buying them? Because I can go to my local frigging comic shop and buy them for the same price, without paying for shipping and waiting at least a week to get them! I don't see the logic! I suppose that if you are working on an oil rig off the coast of Alaska, you may not have a local comic shop to visit. Of course, if you are browsing for comics on eBay from that oil rig, you can also go to Amazon.com, buy the same trades for cover price - no, make that 20% off cover price - and get free shipping! So I am left to wonder why these sellers choose to list these dogs that have no hope of selling. The only reason I can come up with is that they want to irritate me. Maybe I have enemies out there. Shadowy enemies who are trying to slowly agitate me to death at the price of 35 cents per listing. Base villains, your treachery will not succeed! So speaks the Pickytarian!
Posted by jdonelson_nyc at November 30, 2004 10:36 AM
Comments
This isn't helpful, I realize, but there's some kind of filter feature that lets you block vendors whose wares you don't want to see. But, uh, you'll have to find it yourself because, as I said, this isn't actually a helpful comment and it's not a feature I've ever used.
Posted by: Rose at November 30, 2004 12:38 PM