Why is it call "winning" on EBay when someone with the highest bid gets to buy the item being auctioned? What is it exactly that was won because the so called winner still has to pay for the item that he thinks he's won? 
PacAce Cream of the Crop  26,900 posts Likes: 40 Joined Feb 2003 Location: Keystone State, USA More info | Feb 25, 2007 01:24 | #1 Why is it call "winning" on EBay when someone with the highest bid gets to buy the item being auctioned? What is it exactly that was won because the so called winner still has to pay for the item that he thinks he's won? ...Leo
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Fade2 Goldmember  1,114 posts Joined Dec 2005 Location: Chicago More info | Feb 25, 2007 01:26 | #2 Well actually the SELLER is the real WINNER then!! MyGear
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cosworth I'm comfortable with my masculinity  10,939 posts Likes: 21 Joined Jul 2005 Location: Duncan, BC, Canada More info | Feb 25, 2007 01:27 | #3 It's a competition. people will always try to stop you doing the right thing if it is unconventional
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Franko515 "doped up on pills"  2,478 posts Joined May 2006 Location: Crete, Illinois More info | Things that make you go, HMMMMMMMMMM Light, composition, shooting technique matter to the end quality most. -Pekka
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MaureenSouza Ms. MODERATOR Something Spectacular!  More info | Feb 25, 2007 01:28 | #5 What are you doing up this late? Life is hard...but I just take it one photograph at a time.
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CurtisN Master Flasher  19,129 posts Likes: 11 Joined Apr 2005 Location: Northern Illinois, US More info | Feb 25, 2007 03:08 | #6 "The one who dies with the most toys wins!" "If you're not having fun, your pictures will reflect that." - Joe McNally
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::John:: Cream of the Crop More info | Feb 25, 2007 04:12 | #7 Re: Why is it called "Winning"? Because you won an auction over a group of people with less money or more sense than you? I am the proud owner of the Peleng 8mm Fisheye lens
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condyk Africa's #1 Tour Guide  20,887 posts Likes: 22 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK More info | Feb 25, 2007 04:23 | #8 With any half decent camera gear on eBay the 'winner' seems more like a 'loser' to me as they almost inevitably pay over the odds ... but that reality doesn't encourage more customers to join eBay. https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php?t=1203740
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steved110 Cream of the Crop  5,776 posts Likes: 2 Joined Dec 2005 Location: East Sussex UK More info | Better to be a seller than a buyer on ebay, i think! That competitive urge to beat the other bidders is very unhealthy! It can be very hard to maintain perspective. Canon 6D
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condyk Africa's #1 Tour Guide 20,887 posts Likes: 22 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK More info | Feb 25, 2007 05:59 | #10 I have boxes of decent stuff to eBay before I move house and I just can't be ar*ed to do all the shots and adverts ... maybe I should think of it as a few hours work to enable me to buy that 70-200mm 4.0 IS L I have been thinking of https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php?t=1203740
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Manof1000Ages Member 49 posts Joined Oct 2003 Location: New York, NY More info | Feb 25, 2007 07:19 | #11 I'd say this comic strip about sums it up: http://lorebrandcomics.com/ebayauction.html EOS 7D, EF 24-105mm f/4L IS, EF 28mm f/1.8, EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5, EF 50 f/1.4, EF 70-200mm f/2.8 IS
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kevin_c Cream of the Crop 5,745 posts Likes: 4 Joined Mar 2005 Location: Devon, England More info | Feb 25, 2007 07:21 | #12 It's actually ebay and PayPay that are the real winners... -- K e v i n --
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ssim POTN Landscape & Cityscape Photographer 2005  10,884 posts Likes: 6 Joined Apr 2003 Location: southern Alberta, Canada More info | You getting all philosophical on us Leo. My life is like one big RAW file....way too much post processing needed.
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runninmann what the heck do I know?  More info | Feb 25, 2007 11:03 | #14 Probably "winning" an auction.
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PacAce THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 26,900 posts Likes: 40 Joined Feb 2003 Location: Keystone State, USA More info | Feb 25, 2007 11:56 | #15 I was trying to figure out why it's called winning, that's what. ...Leo
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