Author Topic: I'm Confused (Read 201 times)

ajdover · « **on:** June 08, 2004, 05:39:03 PM »

Folks,

The same seller on Ebay who failed to sell his Elan at $1400 or better is now listing it at $1500 or better. I don't get it. Comments?

Alan

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4713&item=3729057998&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

mik · « **Reply #1 on:** June 08, 2004, 06:59:18 PM »

To attribute the adjective cumbersome to an item you are trying to entice someone into buying is a little, erm, novel too.

Clearly there's a new way of thinking goin on here...

kmh364 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 09, 2004, 03:57:19 AM »

That's the old retail store mentality: if something fails to sell at a low price, raise the price and see how it does. Usually this works because human mentality tends to associate price with quality (i.e., higher price means higher quality, right? LOL!). Personally, I think the owner is smokin' rope!

pookeymp · « **Reply #3 on:** June 09, 2004, 08:48:15 AM »

very cumbersome at that...

this is a very interesting strategy.

I'm gonna hold out until he posts it for $2000...then I might bite.

bracheen · « **Reply #4 on:** June 09, 2004, 08:54:38 AM »

I hate to break it to the boy but that's not Zebrawood showing through the paint unless Zebrawood started coming quilted.

Sam

hasse · « **Reply #5 on:** June 09, 2004, 09:22:24 AM »

English lessons please!
What is ment by cumbersome? According to my Oxford advanced learner's dictionary it means: heavy and difficult to carry seams like an odd way to sell bass

best regardes Hasse

mik · « **Reply #6 on:** June 09, 2004, 09:40:49 AM »

Yes, exactly Hasse, that's what I was saying further up the thread. A little dry English sarcasm on my part. I think your English is doing just fine though, and your definition of cumbersome is accurate!

cum?ber?some (kmbr-sm), adj.
1) Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk.
2) Troublesome or onerous.
3) Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.

Mik

David Houck · « **Reply #7 on:** June 09, 2004, 09:54:32 AM »

Hasse; your dictionary is correct. The seller's use of the word is confusing.

hasse · « **Reply #8 on:** June 09, 2004, 12:51:14 PM »

Thanks Mik and Dave. Now I get your point Mik it took a while before the penny dropped.
I thought it was some kind of American bassplayer slang. In Danish we sometimes reverce the meaning of words and sentences in fun. Making it impossible for foreigners trying to learn Danish to understand what Danes are talking about.
exampel:
Q: are you being ironic?
A: NO

Hasse

811952 · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2004, 07:53:36 AM »

I wonder if his wife told him to sell it and he's doing everything he can not to... Honey, I've tried eBay 7 times and NOBODY will bid on it...

John

valvil · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2004, 01:49:47 PM »

LOL, that's a good one John. Maybe not far from the truth.

Valentino

jagerphan84 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 24, 2004, 10:33:10 AM »

For anyone who was at all interested, the price (and the Buy-it-Now) have dropped back to $1400.

Here's a link to the new listing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3732545507

(Message edited by jagerphan84 on June 24, 2004)

kmh364 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 27, 2004, 06:53:40 AM »

Anyone make the guy an offer via email? Not being in the know for used prices, what's the thing actually worth? I might be interested in the thing for the right price (I don't actually need another one), but I'm thinking closer to a grand.

BTW, the seller must be a club site surfer, or may actually be a member, because all the inaccuracies and/or unfortunate choices of words have been rectified in his current auction post text.

(Message edited by kmh364 on June 27, 2004)