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KingoftheCove
Herf-A-Holic

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 11:37:53 AM

#581

A couple bucks over retail, within the margin of error for shipping costs.

Paying at or slightly above retail on this site is not an "overbid" in the classic sense of the term. For someone wanting the cigars, it may make economic sense to pay at or even slightly above retail on this site. They may be saving shipping over buying elsewhere. It's not a good deal, but it's not economically insane. "Overbidding" has classically mean a bid that was economically insane.

So: yawn. 🇨🇮

cameroon wrote:

Wrong.

An overbid is paying more that DP Newell did.........or would.

End of story.

RIP DP...

bassman45
Herf-A-Holic

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 11:46:16 AM

#582

😣 So paying $79 is not an overdid when the going rate is $55-$57??

Edited by user Wednesday, March 16, 2016 12:46:58 PM | Reason: Not specified

cameroon
Aficionado

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 12:41:44 PM

#583

Wrong.

An overbid is paying more that DP Newell did.........or would.

End of story.

RIP DP...

KingoftheCove wrote:

sd72
Herf-A-Holic

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:03:29 PM

#584

I'm drawn here like I'm staring at a horrible car or train wreck. I have nothing to offer, first aid, comfort, or advice. But I stare, I stare and get in the way of those who can help. I don't hear the horns or sirens, yes I'm doing 28mph in the fast lane, but I have to stare.

zerohourhero
Herf-A-Holic

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:08:21 PM

#585

Theres no way paying more than retail makes more economic sense and isnt an overbid. If its more than retail, its an overbid, otherwise you'd just buy retail, even accounting for shipping because the most I see for basic shipping anywhere the stuff here sells is free - $6.

cameroon
Aficionado

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:40:15 PM

#586

the most I see for basic shipping anywhere the stuff here sells is free - $6.

zerohourhero wrote:

Having difficulty making sense of what this means -- truly.

Anyway: **IF** someone is going to buy a fiver elsewhere -- no matter what -- for $72, with $5 shipping, it makes sense for them to pay **UP TO** $77 here with free (or basically negligible, 50 cents) shipping, particularly when they're ordering other items.

There is also the value of time and convenience to be experienced. Placing a whole separate order on a whole separate site and having to track a whole separate shipment is a pain in the ass. Bundling alone may well be worth $1 or $2, maybe even $3, to busy people and/or volume buyers. It makes economic sense to do so.

The spirit of this thread always seemed to be the idiots who would pay $45 for a fiver that sells for $32 elsewhere -- and it does happen, as evidenced in the thread itself.

Someone who pays up to a couple of bucks over retail -- who cares. It's a buck or two and there's decent reasons for some people to do so. Hence: "Yawn."

Edited by user Wednesday, March 16, 2016 1:41:38 PM | Reason: Not specified

namadio
Herf-A-Holic

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 2:06:25 PM

#587

Someone who pays up to a couple of bucks over retail -- who cares. It's a buck or two and there's decent reasons for some people to do so. Hence: "Yawn."

cameroon wrote:

WHO CARES? A F%#&ING BUCK OR TWO?!?! OK MR MONEYBAGS, WHERES MINE?