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JoeFriday
07-01-2005, 08:48
how many times are you searching through 'that auction site' and see a familiar name from here as the high bidder? I just ran across one of furcafe's future purchases, and it's not the first time I've seen one of our own
peter_n
07-01-2005, 09:01
I saw that name in a bidding list also and I was trying to remember where I had seen it before. He must be quite active on eBay.
Kin Lau
07-01-2005, 09:06
I've bought stuff from BJ Bignell & Dan Iggers before we met on RFF.
BJ Bignell
07-01-2005, 09:20
Hey, that's right... Now I recognise the name!

Funny how we're all connected.
bmattock
07-01-2005, 09:34
Yep, I have several things from RFF members whom I realized after bidding. Also got spanked on a bid by someone from here. Hehehehe.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
denishr
07-01-2005, 10:14
Sheesh, you (sellers) should avoid ebay altogether. Just place a listing here, someone's sure to grab it :)
Avoids the listing fees, too :)

Denis
rover
07-01-2005, 10:21
how many times are you searching through 'that auction site' and see a familiar name from here as the high bidder? I just ran across one of furcafe's future purchases, and it's not the first time I've seen one of our own

furcafe beats me to all the good stuff.

We obviously have similar tastes.
JoeFriday
07-01-2005, 10:21
Also got spanked on a bid by someone from here. Hehehehe.

if it was me.. sorry Bill
Pherdinand
07-01-2005, 10:38
how many times are you searching through 'that auction site' and see a familiar name from here as the high bidder? I just ran across one of furcafe's future purchases, and it's not the first time I've seen one of our own

What auction site??
LOL
bmattock
07-01-2005, 11:00
It *is* a small world, but I'd hate to have to paint it.

Sorry, stole that line from comedian Steven Wright.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
furcafe
07-01-2005, 12:04
I low-ball bid on a lot of stuff to get around the 'Bay's 100-item "watch" limit, but I rarely win the really, really good stuff.
bmattock
07-01-2005, 12:43
I low-ball bid on a lot of stuff to get around the 'Bay's 100-item "watch" limit, but I rarely win the really, really good stuff.

Oh, so you're the one! I get crazy when I see those .99 cent bids that wipe out a reasonable BIN. Argh!

Just kidding - I can't bid on anything anymore anyway.

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
Brian Sweeney
07-01-2005, 13:28
I have seen familiar faces bid as well; and will put up a cease-fire. Another forum that I joined is for antique digital cameras. I think there are 8 of us on the planet that have an interest in old digital cameras. You recognise the people pretty fast when a "Fujix DS-505" 1.3MPixel camera actually gets a bid!
bmattock
07-01-2005, 13:35
"Antique digital cameras." I feel SO VERY OLD.

I have a sub-megapixel Olympus D220L. That antique?

Best Regards,

Bill Mattocks
Honu-Hugger
07-01-2005, 13:39
I never go to eBay...whoops!!! (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7526314118&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1)

(I'll have to cross post in the "Waiting for the Mail" thread)
Brian Sweeney
07-01-2005, 13:47
D2: That was a great price!

Bill, Nina and I can visit some of our old digital stuff in the Smithsonian! She worked on the Gamma Ray Observatory and I worked on Digital IR sensors over 20 years ago. The computers had banks of blinking lights! I miss those. My first Digital Kodak was over $16K for 1.6MPixels in 1992.
Honu-Hugger
07-01-2005, 13:51
D2: That was a great price!

Bill, Nina and I can visit some of our old digital stuff in the Smithsonian! She worked on the Gamma Ray Observatory and I worked on Digital IR sensors over 20 years ago. The computers had banks of blinking lights! I miss those.

Thanks Brian. Credit where credit is due: I am grateful to a fellow RFF member for passing this along about two hours before it closed. But what am I going to do with another IIa???

Have a great Fourth of July to those that celebrate it, and a great weekend to everyone else! :)
taffer
07-02-2005, 03:05
I have seen familiar faces bid as well; and will put up a cease-fire. Another forum that I joined is for antique digital cameras. I think there are 8 of us on the planet that have an interest in old digital cameras. You recognise the people pretty fast when a "Fujix DS-505" 1.3MPixel camera actually gets a bid!

LOL !

That said, it would help if my DCS would finally arrive ! :bang: :p