U2 Tour Dates - Now Official! — Page 53

What did you hear about me, Tiff?!
FISHY?! What is THAT supposed to mean, huh???

I couldn't find your listing on eBay, Tiff...there are like 359126 people selling tix, you bunch of money-grabbing scumbuckets, you.

I got it, Elphie - don't worry, we're not all as dumb as Tiff.

Why would I be mad? I just asked because I thought it would be a fun story!

*waiting to hear what morally questionable method was*

Okay, mad wasn't the right word. How about "judgmental"?

It's not actually that fun of a story - just sort of suspicious. I started the opening bid at $214, which was face value. One guy with 2 feedbacks bided up till $220. Then some newbie bid over that, to like $222. So, I, er, *squirm* got a friend to bump up the bid incrementally to see how high he was willing to go. It wasn't just so he would pay more, but I realized that with the PayPal fees, eBay percentage and such, I would need to have the winning bidder pay a bit over face value if I wanted to break even, otherwise I'd just get my friend to "win" the auction, and then sell it to another U2 fan I know at face value. So my was bidding. And bidding. And the new no-feedback guy was still winning! So eventually she hits CAD$300, and he's still beating her at CAD$305! Which would be great for me, in theory, but I'm getting suspicious because, to put things in perspective, another auction with lower-bowl seats that are better than mine are selling 2 tickets for $305 as well! And mine are in the balcony! So I sent a message to my zero-feedback guy, jsut saying that I wanted to make sure he and other zero-feedback bidders are going to pony up if they win. And that was last night and I sitll haven't received a response. So now I'm worried, because now my auction is sitting at $305 and if he's planning on squelching on the deal, his high bid it preventing other legit buyers from bidding at a more reasonable amount!

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Ooooh, you know why else this might suck, Tiff? I think if your highest bidder falls though, you have to offer the tix to the next highest bidder, who may have set a bid at or below face. I don't know what all the specifics are of the situation. In addition, I've never sold anything on eBay so I'm not sure if you have to offer the item at the next highest bid, but I know that's happened to me before as a bidder. I ended up passing on it, because by the time I got the e-mail saying I was the next highest bidder, I'd come to my senses and realized how insane I was to have bid so high! So, thanks to that person out there in eBay land for outbidding me, even though he ended up backing out!

*slyly raises eyebrow* Besides, I think you were the one "breakin' the law," my friend.

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I agree...twas a bit of a letdown.

When does the auction end Tiff? I can't remember if you said, and I don't feel like tooling around on eBay looking for it.

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I said - I thought I was your phoney bidder fallback!

*feels left on the shelf*

BTW, Aladdin DVD for $11? Nice.

*levels eyebrow back to regular position*

No need to squirm, Tiff...Hope it ends up working out in your favor. If you end up getting a raw deal on this auction, are you still going for LV? Or are you just going for broke w/ LV no matter what?

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Just go for broke, I think. Vancouver's demand isn't even close to what New York is. I think too many scalpers flooded the system, and now it's not even so much that there's little demand, just that there's an over-supply of stock, coupled with the lull after the crazed from the hours after the tickets went on sale...there's tickets selling for under face value. But I figure MGM's going to be a major sell-out, so I'll have better luck. And if I can't sell my future GAs or trade them for MSG so i can wave at you from teh ellipse, well...then I suppose I'll just HAVE to go to Vegas, right?

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Speak of the devil (metaphorically speaking. I'm not directly referring to you, Ellie), the guy just responded to my email. Does it sound legit or not?:

Hello.... Thank you for your email. Yes, I'm new here. This is my first experience with ebay. I've selected your tickets to bid on because I live in the lower mainland as well...and I thought it would be easier to purchase from someone who lived here (if my bid won, that is). My best friend from Saskatoon is flying out at the end of the month and I wanted to purchase some tickets for us. We've been U2 fans since the early 80's. I hope I'm doing this right. thanks, kg

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