Ebay Bunnies

This Kiss print was excellent buy on ebay.

That is a stunner Finches, beautiful piece.

"Neither of ya! The seller was probably happy to get rid of it because of the folded and pierced selvedge, and obviously you are happy to include it in your holdings. Win-win! Does the central vignette shift add a premium? Is it large enough to count as an error?

Just my take,

Skilo54"

The benefit is either in the seller gaining benefit over the purchase or the other way.

ebay is even, no one ebay is forced to sell, no one is forced to buy.

Sometimes the seller doesn't realise what he has and the buyer doesn't realise either until he checks the catalogue............





Nice to be a buyer sometimes, though.......

I just checked the calender, yesterday was a full moon. That could account for some of the threads yesterday and today.
I think (might as well put it out there) that it's buyer beware on ebay or any other auction site. It would be nice to be an expert, and good to read up on what you are buying, but let's face it, in this big wide world web, there are many levels of knowledge.
Name calling is never nice, of course, but as epithets go, 'bunny'?. Could be worse. I call my kids bunny sometimes. Doesn't upset them (they ignore me mostly).
Deep breath, and back to work.

Gotta chime in as we all know where the term is being used most frequently, and as Tmac says in some cases it fits but generally its a selfish self serving bash to intimidate those who are not yet seasoned . If the buyer of the fake indian state was happy to purchase a fake for $60 he's not a bunny just more money than brains, if he bought it thinking he was getting a $1600 stamp for $60 well whats up doc.
What irritates me is when a post pointing out a very close marginable reperf or overprint that would fool some of the best, is thrown out that anyone who would fall for such obvious items must be as dense as lead or a "bunny" . Meanwhile half the legit dealers are sitting back thinking damn I wouldn't have caught that myself. Enlighten , educate , show comparisons, even call out questionable sellers but if a collector makes a mistake live and learn. I'm all for freedom of speech but some egomaniacle ogres need to get off their thrown and help the bunnies instead of killing them for sport.
Edit-- I do enjoy a good Bunny dinner here and there!

Well said Nitro.
I was going to chime in with my gripe but you put it perfectly.

Such is the demeaning nature of that other place now, I can no longer read the board. I hope we never see anything like that here.

Londonbus1

Nitrolures, to my mind you've just given a perfect definition of a 'bunny'. "More money than brains" equals "bunny", surely?

As many have remarked, and I agree completely, it's buyer beware on ebay. There are bargains to be had there, and stamps to be bought at fair prices, but only bunnies rush in, throwing money around, without doing their homework first.

When starting this thread the word bunny in my memory came from a special Australian stamp collector and seller called Andy who has sadly passed away in recent times and is someone I miss dearly.




The term ebay bunny was not aimed at any one person. Many people use this term. I was just pointing out how offencive this saying is to me that is all.
But what I think is interesting is how many people do not like this term used to describe a person wrongly.

The concept of a bunny has really been around for decades. I can recall a Simpsons episode where Homer was designated a "pigeon" by some carnies so they could con him into playing their fixed carnival game.

In all seriousness, I agree some of the subtle mistakes of new buyers make should be live and let learn. I see the concept applying more when people go for stamps that are blatantly fake or damaged in some way. I've learned a lot from both sites, anyways and gotten good advice from both, all people in this thread mentioned.

Personally, I think the term Bunny is a heck of a lot better then "Chump". Thomas Tusser, a 16th Century Poet and farmer coined the phrase
"A foole and his money will be soone at debate: which after with sorow repents him too late." and we all know what saying derived from this.

I avoided controversy ... woohoo!


To quote "Tim" from Monte Python Holy Grail ...

"That's no ordinary rabbit!"