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Post by Dandy Dan on Jul 4, 2005 1:24:34 GMT -5
Strawman, shill, what you are suggesting in some settings is illegal, at the least it is not cricket You've got some funky slang in this post, none of which I understand. By 'strawman' are you refering to the fallacy? And if so how does it relate to anything? I have no idea what 'shill' means but i'd guess it's a synonym for 'dude' (ie. Dude, what you're saying is bogus). Lastly, there's 'not cricket'. I'm assuming it means something like unethical or not fairplay but I've certainly never heard it. At 21 yrs of age I consider myself to be pretty down with the slang so can someone tell me if I'm slipping or are these words from another time/culture/era.
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tygerfifteen
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knobby tires,cdi, k/n filter,variators,rollers
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Post by tygerfifteen on Jul 4, 2005 2:10:32 GMT -5
ted, i'm kidding man I'm so poor it's not even funny, did I say I was a starving student also? nah if it were in canada I might have tried to visa it but nah, as long as someone gets it it's all good. anyway, I'm leaning toward writing off my car and getting some form of transportation to get through these friggin cold winters up north, maybe a subaru forester or some truck with a cab used of course). BUT that gyro is sick nontheless. happy bidding
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Post by tedsmini on Jul 4, 2005 18:56:21 GMT -5
Dan is light of your post after mine I revise my non-understandable comments. As you said you were just thinking about it and hadn't done it. A shill is a person in the audience at a live auction who bumps up the price and has no intention of buying but is working on behalf of the owner of the auctioned item so it will bring a higher price. It only works where there is no reserve, as if the shill outbids the others than you have to pay the auctioneers percentage to get your merchandise back. It happens all the time here in farm country, where the farmers will bid on their own merchandise if they feel they are not getting enough for their machinery. The auctioneer looks the other way and pockets between $50 and $300 as a kickback, totally illegal but a customary practice here in NW Wash farm country. We have what is called "absolute auctions" which translates into no reserve.
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Post by Kami no Chiizu on Jul 4, 2005 19:07:50 GMT -5
And that's a shitty practice. Pardon my french.
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Post by ace1969 on Jul 5, 2005 20:07:52 GMT -5
That happens here in Michigan too Teds. I think it is complete BS and I wish somebody would get caught here. Here the auctioner could lose his/her licence if they get caught
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Post by tedsmini on Jul 5, 2005 22:40:58 GMT -5
Kimi/Ace you are right, it seems to happen everywhere.
Tyger, I bid to $580 and lost it to $620 and don't know how much more it would have taken to buy it, but I wasn't going any higher on an unknown commodity.
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Gambrinous
n00b Ruckster
Yeah...more, um.. monkey?
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Post by Gambrinous on Jul 12, 2005 17:48:51 GMT -5
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Gambrinous
n00b Ruckster
Yeah...more, um.. monkey?
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Post by Gambrinous on Jul 12, 2005 17:49:38 GMT -5
There aren't ANY bids on it.
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Post by Dandy Dan on Jul 13, 2005 16:00:44 GMT -5
Looks to be in great shape! I'd love one.
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Gambrinous
n00b Ruckster
Yeah...more, um.. monkey?
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Post by Gambrinous on Jul 14, 2005 12:53:41 GMT -5
It sort of looks like an experimental riding mower from the Toro prototype lab.
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Post by tedsmini on Jul 14, 2005 23:22:27 GMT -5
Tyger, there are three on EBAY now, a fixer upper $99 a Red one from the guy who auctioned the first one and he offered it to me at $550 off auction: before I could act he listed it and there are only two bids on it. It is red and has half the mileage of the first one. The one that is bringing a decent bid is one with 400 miles on it from an estate. It seems a few of them are popping up
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