Eric
June 17th, 2010, 11:02 AM
eBay entertains me.
I've been shopping for a wah pedal, and eBay (along with craigslist) is a good place for me to stalk right now, as I'm in no hurry and there seem to be many many used wahs out there. However, the dynamic that exists on eBay just makes me roll my eyes.
Example: I've seen a few crybaby wahs go for somewhere around $36, ones that I bid low on and was OK with not winning. I just wanted to see what would happen. Recently, I figured why not put in a more reasonable bid and try to win one? I bid $38 on a nice-looking one a couple of days ago, figuring the market wouldn't bear much more than that. Now that it's in its final day of auction, what happens? My bid gets maxed out. No biggie, I'll just put in a few more bucks as padding. Now, probably to nobody's surprise, I've been outbid on said wah to the tune of $43.
I find it kind of funny/stupid how people's internal price gauges turn off when the whole must-beat-you-and-win-auction thing comes into play. I really don't believe this pedal would have sold for more than $40 if I hadn't bid high on it early, but some people just have to outbid somebody else to feel like they're tough enough. Ah well, I guess somebody's getting a few more bucks for their pedal thanks to me!
Curious, the land of auctions is.
That's all.
I've been shopping for a wah pedal, and eBay (along with craigslist) is a good place for me to stalk right now, as I'm in no hurry and there seem to be many many used wahs out there. However, the dynamic that exists on eBay just makes me roll my eyes.
Example: I've seen a few crybaby wahs go for somewhere around $36, ones that I bid low on and was OK with not winning. I just wanted to see what would happen. Recently, I figured why not put in a more reasonable bid and try to win one? I bid $38 on a nice-looking one a couple of days ago, figuring the market wouldn't bear much more than that. Now that it's in its final day of auction, what happens? My bid gets maxed out. No biggie, I'll just put in a few more bucks as padding. Now, probably to nobody's surprise, I've been outbid on said wah to the tune of $43.
I find it kind of funny/stupid how people's internal price gauges turn off when the whole must-beat-you-and-win-auction thing comes into play. I really don't believe this pedal would have sold for more than $40 if I hadn't bid high on it early, but some people just have to outbid somebody else to feel like they're tough enough. Ah well, I guess somebody's getting a few more bucks for their pedal thanks to me!
Curious, the land of auctions is.
That's all.