Am I missing something in this auction?

I think it's none of anyone else's business.

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


Su/Cutworks wrote:
Barbara wrote:
$400?

Huh?

http://snipurl.com/b82l



He paid $300 for the one befo

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=49466877 04

Maybe he likes her work and is willing to pay. I wonder if it's polite to
write to him and ask him if he likes any other beads. ;-)

-Su

I'm glad you posted this, Cheryl, because it was looking like it was
going to turn into a feeding frenzy for a minute there. I have a
customer who used to buy almost all of my eBay sets; she makes her
living as a jewelry designer, of course, so she has a large budget for
running her business. It would have been easy for someone to point the
finger at her and scream "Shill!" because she would bid on almost every
single thing I put up. Now she buys from my website, as does another
customer who used to compete against her on eBay, which was driving my
prices up. If anyone had looked, they would have seen this pattern of
the same two people bidding on my auctions, and probably decided to
point the finger. I don't find it at all odd that Oswald7 spent that
much in a month, because I've had months where just ONE of these two
ladies literally paid my mortgage.

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


Cheryl wrote:
I did a quick scan of Oswald7s buying and selling... they have purchased 26
out of the 70 auctions this person has ever sold during their entire ebay
experience.... which started Nov 2003 -

Additionally - Oswald7 has spent over $$729 in November/ DECEMBER alone on
glass beads from this seller already --

of course - Oswald7 also SOLD a $600 LV handbag, and another two "name" hand
bags for a couple hundred more...

Oswald7 has also bought OTHER boro glassworks --
so - my guess is that Oswald7 owns a shop or a boutique....
or gallery - and is buying and reselling these... because otherwise - they
have an awful lot of hearts to wear.... and I kind of doubt that they are THAT
much in love with the same design over and over..

A gallery owner?-- in a good area, who knows they can move the goods -
THAT I WOULD BELIEVE .....


and an awful lot of "expendable income!!!!

Cheryl
DRAGON BEADS
Flameworked beads and glass
http://www.dragonbeads.com/

FWIW, there was a beadmaker from Israel who took the same Michael
Barley/Andrea Guarino class I took, a very skilled woman.

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay


and no way I believe this person in Israel is getting 200 and $300 each for
boro
hearts --

I also have to point out that if Oswald were a shill bidder, they're a
terrible one, and costing the seller a fortune in final value fees. A
shill bids but LOSES.

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay

I also think I saw two tubs of Mango Body Butter. Nasty!

"Cheryl" wrote in message
...
I'd almost think this person was obsessed with
Eeyore. A TONGUE RING???? Of EEYORE??? Are you NUTS????

LOL
I saw that too...
ewwwwwwwwwww
Cheryl
DRAGON BEADS
Flameworked beads and glass
http://www.dragonbeads.com/

On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 19:22:46 -0500, Kalera Stratton wrote
(in message ):


Wow. I guess several people see something very special in that heart...
it talks to them. I looked at this person's completed listings and they
seem to have quite a following!

I'm like that. If a bead "speaks to me," I have to have it, and I'm
sure that there are plenty of times I've overpaid. Oh well - that
really doesn't matter to me. What matters is that I got the bead in
my greedy little paws. Those hearts don't speak to me, but I can see
why some other people might be motivated to get them.

However, I'm not utterly shameless and mercenary, even though it may
appear that way. :-) I gave away a set of African trade beads
today. I have been slowly collecting these beads, after a wonderful
surprise gift from a very generous person here on RCB a couple of
years ago. Anyway, I had bought a string recently that _didn't_
speak to me. Manda didn't get anything from them, either, which is
unusual - we both love African trade beads, and they usually tell us
an awful lot. We speculate for hours about the stories that these
beads hold.

There is a woman in my doctor's office who is researching her own
African heritage, and has been running into brick walls. (Not much
documentation out there) She wants to know where she's from, so
someday she can tell her son about his people. Today, I brought her
one of my strands of white hearts (the ones that didn't speak to me),
and explained about the use of beads as currency, and how they are
now becoming realized as a valuable part of African culture. (And
one run primarily by women, for that matter)

She was thrilled. Bob was horrified at first, thinking I sounded
racist, but as he listened he realized I was simply telling her some
info she wouldn't get on her own. Since many of these beads come
from Italy and Bohemia, I speculated on the idea that perhaps some of
Bob's or my ancestors made the beads that were then traded to her
ancestors for the wealth of raw materials that comes from Africa.
(Bob was worried that the beads were traded for slaves, and the
prospect that these particular beads may have contributed to the
misery of her long lost family)

After we talked, she told me that she now has another story for her
son, who is now six and will be thrilled at the sight of red beads.
She's also going to hide the strand from them, so he doesn't claim
them as his own. (Gee, I wouldn't know anything about a kid swiping
beads, no siree)

I'm off to bed - the doc gave me some new meds, and I'm wicked
drowsy. Not that I have a problem with that: being able to sleep is
a very welcome thing these days.

Kathy N-V

Orrza (the artist in question) has posted over on WC! regarding this.
Basically, he has a pretty loyal following that loves his work - which is
great. I didn't mean for this to turn into a slamfest, but it did and for
that I'm sorry. I just didn't see a $400 bead there, kwim? But there are
certainly times when I wish I could spend that kind of dough on beads that
really speak to me.

Barbara


"Barbara Forbes-Lyons" wrote in message
...
$400?

Huh?

http://snipurl.com/b82l

--
Barbara

I'd love to see why they are so valuable. Perhaps you could post his
website so we get a bigger, better picture of his artistry.

Tina


"Barbara Forbes-Lyons" wrote in message
...
Orrza (the artist in question) has posted over on WC! regarding this.
Basically, he has a pretty loyal following that loves his work - which is
great. I didn't mean for this to turn into a slamfest, but it did and for
that I'm sorry. I just didn't see a $400 bead there, kwim? But there are
certainly times when I wish I could spend that kind of dough on beads that
really speak to me.

Barbara


"Barbara Forbes-Lyons" wrote in
message
...
$400?

Huh?

http://snipurl.com/b82l

--
Barbara

After posting my previous opinionated but foundless opinion, I actually
did some research and it looks like our more suspicious crew members
were right to trust their instincts:

http://snipurl.com/b9cd

http://snipurl.com/b9ce

http://snipurl.com/b9ca

http://snipurl.com/b9cf

I figured that if there's shilling, the item will reurn to eBay for sale
not long after being sold. A little digging, and pouf; I'm a hardcore
benefit-of-the-doubt girl, but that there is shilling. Fraud, ladies and
gentlemen.

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay

Barbara Forbes-Lyons wrote:
$400?

Huh?

http://snipurl.com/b82l

It looks like that buyer is buying items from several sellers then
reselling. Often at a loss. Some of the sellers are regulars on WC.
Definitely curious, but I'm not sure I'd stake my reputation on it
being shilling.

It will be interesting to see how this turns out...

On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:09:29 -0800, Kalera Stratton
wrote:

After posting my previous opinionated but foundless opinion, I actually
did some research and it looks like our more suspicious crew members
were right to trust their instincts:

http://snipurl.com/b9cd

http://snipurl.com/b9ce

http://snipurl.com/b9ca

http://snipurl.com/b9cf

I figured that if there's shilling, the item will reurn to eBay for sale
not long after being sold. A little digging, and pouf; I'm a hardcore
benefit-of-the-doubt girl, but that there is shilling. Fraud, ladies and
gentlemen.

-Kalera
http://www.beadwife.com
http://www.snipurl.com/kebay

Barbara Forbes-Lyons wrote:
$400?

Huh?

http://snipurl.com/b82l



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