Change to Ed West's posting schedule

[John Vasco]

nemo7777777,

OK, let's stop pissing about and call you out: "...For instance, I don't understand this comment.... "I got a great 110 photo recently at a ridiculously low price." ... from a guy who seems to regret to find great pics at good prices. Frankly, how can one regret to buy an interesting thing at a low price, unless by being somehow masochist!..." For your information, I paid 8,50 Euros for a photo of Bf 110s of 2./ZG 2 in 1940. I was delighted, but surprised that some other big bidders did not come in for it, for the simple reason that there are not too many photos of I./ZG 2 Bf 110s of the 1940 period out there. Maybe it looked too bland, but to me, it was worthwhile to go after it.

"...regret to find great pictures at good prices..." Whatever are you talking about??? I said nothing of the sort.

I get the impression that you want the big bidders to go away, and for prices to go down to where they were a couple of years ago. Well the simple fact of the matter is that new bidders have entered the arena, and you have to live with that. The e-bay auction world has changed. Tough shit! We all have to live with it. But they will not be bidding on every photo that is put up, for whatever reason. When that happens, the auction is at the mercy of an individual's value of what they see before them. And remember (and I've said this before), however high a particular bidder pays for an item, it means someone else has been prepared to pay 1 or 1/2 Euro less for that item. It's called an auction. It doesn't matter whether Ed posts auctions before they have finished or after they have finished, as people will look at what they want on e-bay. I'd set up my 'favourites' to see all the Bf 110 stuff, others will have set up more general searches. The bottom line with what Ed has posted in the past is that I can also see the other types, and see what they go for. Where's the harm in that?

You talk about 'normal' prices. The normal price is the price an individual is prepared to pay for an item, in competition with others. That's why van Gogh paintings go for millions of dollars/pounds - because more than one person wants it, and they and others are prepared to pay big money in an attempt to get it.

And this "...by the way, how many of these first-class Ebay pics have you seen published or have you ever heard of any precise informations to access them?" I'll tell you for starters. Go buy, or take a look into, my two books on the Bf 110 in the Classic series, and you will see them. If you want, I'll even go so far as to tell you which pages they are on. You want scans of some of them? Send me a private message.

Basically, I think you're full of shit, and simply a shit-stirrer on this board, making provocative statements without backing them up in any way. I call you out on that. And finally, let's see who you really are. Don't hide behind a nom-de-plume - I don't.