HW: Promo Single

[Colin Allen]

Hi,

It does not seem to work that way on E-Bay; kollektors tend to bid whatever
they think that item is worth and I would assume that they are the main
market for this as every fan who wants one can get one.

Cheers,

Colin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Mather" <paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET>
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Promo Single


> On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 19:55 +0100, Colin Allen wrote:
> > No, it was not billed as such; no reason to.  If people want it, they
will
> > bid on it, regardless of the reason for the sale.
>
> But, if it's listed as a charity auction then people might bid a bit
> higher because of that.  (At least that has been my impression of
> fundraising sales of memorabilia on other lists.)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
> --
> e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu
>
> "Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production
>  deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid."
>         --- Frank Vincent Zappa
>