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05-14-2008, 02:59 PM
| | | | So I went to the grocery store...
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...and I filled my cart with groceries. Then I went to the checkout counter, the cashier scanned all of the items - and guess what? I WON!! I got to pay for them and take them home. I really needed the groceries, and didn't mind paying for them, so I was thrilled that I won them.
I do not understand E-bay. Why do people buy things on E-bay and then say they won them?
Weird. |
05-14-2008, 03:01 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pittsburgh | | | ...what!? |
05-14-2008, 03:02 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Matthew Bryson  I do not understand E-bay. Why do people buy things on E-bay and then say they won them?
Weird. | Never got it.
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05-14-2008, 03:12 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | | He's just relating buying some in person to buying something on eBay.
Purchase an item versus winning an item. |
05-14-2008, 03:17 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Valerus He's just relating buying some in person to buying something on eBay.
Purchase an item versus winning an item. | 
I know, I was agreeing with him, I never got it that someone "wins" an item on eBay, as your still paying for it.
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05-14-2008, 03:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkstrike
I know, I was agreeing with him, I never got it that someone "wins" an item on eBay, as your still paying for it. | I was referring to Paul's post. |
05-14-2008, 03:20 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pittsburgh | | | OOH i get it! maybe because you WIN the auction....you beat out the other people who wanted said item... |
05-14-2008, 03:23 PM
| | Thor's Hammer 2.1.3beta | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South Houston, TX | | | I was under the impression that it's 'cause you're bidding in an auction. You "win" against the other people bidding against you.
'Course that's all changed with the inclusion of Ebay stores and "Buy it Now", but the basic principle is still there.
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05-14-2008, 03:27 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | If you had to bid on your groceries auction-style, then you could say that you "win" them.
That could really suck..."Sorry kids, no dinner tonight. Daddy didn't win any groceries today. G'damn last-second snipers!"
On eBay it's "Buy It Now" not, "Win It Now". If you hit the BIN button, you're not a "winner". |
05-14-2008, 03:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | You obviously have never tried to snipe something right at the last seconds of an active auction  |
05-14-2008, 03:31 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker You obviously have never tried to snipe something right at the last seconds of an active auction | Oh, no. Never.
I was trying to make a funny  |
05-14-2008, 03:34 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Valerus I was referring to Paul's post. | Ah, I see. 
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05-14-2008, 03:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College Station, Texas | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkstrike Ah, I see. | So I wasn't trying to belittle you.  |
05-14-2008, 03:40 PM
| | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Valerus So I wasn't trying to belittle you. | Sweet!
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05-14-2008, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker You obviously have never tried to snipe something right at the last seconds of an active auction | Yeah, you're right… I've never bought or sold anything on Ebay. Actually it’s a wonder that I'm online at all.
I see, people "won" the auction… I guess I kinda get it. It still sounds funny to say the you "won" something that you actually bought. |
05-14-2008, 03:44 PM
| | | | You win the auction, not the item. |
05-14-2008, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Matthew Bryson I do not understand E-bay. Why do people buy things on E-bay and then say they won them. | did you place a bid on the basket of groceries?
did everyone who was interested in THAT cart of groceries also place bids? Quote: |
An auction is a process of buying and selling goods or services by offering them up for bid, taking bids, and then selling the item to the winning bidder.
| The practice of winning an auction dates back to 500 BC |
05-14-2008, 04:17 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I'm pretty sure you can buy groceries on eBay now. I know someone once sold a piece of toast one of the guys from 98 Degrees took a bite of. Now there's something you can't buy at the grocery store.
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05-14-2008, 04:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lakeland, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF Oh, no. Never.
I was trying to make a funny | My post was directed at the OP  |
05-14-2008, 05:06 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker My post was directed at the OP | My mistake. Please accept my sincerest apologies. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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