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Nov. 7, 2008 4:03 p.m. poopshovel Dork

I'll try to make it brief.

PROS:

~$500 Giclee print on canvas. Bought it for a dollar. Shipping was reasonable.

A LITTLE WEIRD:

Seller only has feedback from 3 buyers. Hasn't been selling long. Only has a "7 day return policy."

I just won the auction, so I guess it's a little late to be having second thoughts. Am I about to get hosed?
Nov. 7, 2008 4:10 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

everyone starts somewhere?

better than neg fb.

btw....what's giclee?
Nov. 7, 2008 4:16 p.m. poopshovel Dork

Grtechguy wrote:

everyone starts somewhere?

better than neg fb.

btw....what's giclee?

Just rubbed me as one of those "too good to be true" sort of things. As the only bidder, I was sort of wondering "Why the berkeley isn't anyone else bidding on this?"

Wiki's entry on Giclees is pretty accurate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giclee
Nov. 7, 2008 4:44 p.m. Crash Dork

I've won a bunch of dollar items. Sometimes nobody is paying attention.
Nov. 7, 2008 6:10 p.m. SVreX SuperDork

Just how much can you get hosed for a buck?
Nov. 7, 2008 6:20 p.m. Keith SuperDork

Exactly what I was thinking!
Nov. 7, 2008 7:56 p.m. EastCoastMojo HalfDork

I bought the BEST PRINTER EVAR for .99 plus $20 shipping. The guy did have like 89 million feedbacks though.
Nov. 7, 2008 8:36 p.m. Grtechguy SuperDork

link to auction?
Nov. 7, 2008 9:36 p.m. P71 HalfDork

It's eBay. There's 2x as many sellers as buyers and it gets worse everyday. eBay will be dead (bankrupt) within 2 years if they don't start un-changing policies, quicker if they lose all these lawsuits...