eBay Bid Cancellation Notice - DIXIE CHICKS TICKETS DENVER LOWER 130 3RD ROW (Read it and LAUGH!!!!)

eBay ^ | March 23, 2003

[Timesink]

In case you still don't believe that the Dixie Chicks are in big, BIG trouble...

I just got the following email:

Dear eBay Community Member,

The bid that you entered for the item http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2164923684 has been cancelled.

You can view the reason provided for the cancellation by selecting the (bid history) link from the individual item page.

Regards,
eBay

So I go to the page and click on "bid history." Here's what it says:

eBayBid History for
DIXIE CHICKS TICKETS DENVER LOWER 130 3RD ROW (Item # 2164923684)

	Currently	$0.01		First bid	$0.01
	Quantity	1		# of bids	0
	Time left	Auction has ended.
	Started	Mar-13-03 18:45:00 PST
	Ends	Mar-23-03 17:29:24 PST
	Seller (Rating)	smcgowan23(24)

Bidding History (Highest bids first)

There were no earlier bidders.

Bid Retraction and Cancellation History

User ID

Action / Explanation

Date of bid and retraction

happyfunranter(25)

Cancelled $0.01 Explanation:The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids.

Bid:Mar-14-03 17:20:04 PST CancelledMar-23-03 17:29:24 PST

karebeartx(2)

Cancelled $0.01 Explanation:The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids.

Bid:Mar-19-03 21:12:38 PST CancelledMar-23-03 17:29:24 PST

ms099(59)

Cancelled $0.01 Explanation:The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids.

Bid:Mar-19-03 13:06:03 PST CancelledMar-23-03 17:29:24 PST

brooke246(0)

Cancelled $0.01 Explanation:The seller ended the listing early and cancelled all bids.

Bid:Mar-15-03 09:07:39 PST CancelledMar-23-03 17:29:24 PST

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[Timesink]

Third row seats in Denver! And nobody bit more than ONE CENT!

BWA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[Terriergal]

That is WONDERFUL!!!!

[MinuteGal]

Add that one cent to the value of a share of Salon stock and you get.....the American Market Place in Action!

Guffaws all around.

Leni

[Rome2000]

May all of the unpatriotic SOB's in the "industry" meet a similiar fate.

It's easy to bash Bush when no ones life is on the line, but when 10-15 and more brave American soldiers are killed each day it takes a special kind of scumbag, like Hanoi Jane, to step up and really let us know just how much they hate America.

[livius]

May all of the unpatriotic SOB's in the "industry" meet a similiar fate.

Seconded! Performers have a right to say whatever stupid thing they want - and we have a right to spend our money wherever we want.

[snippy_about_it]

Their end is near!!!

[Timesink]

*sigh* I hate it when my posts are ghettoized to chat. Where discussions go to die.

[battlegearboat]

A very vigilant Admin Moderator is at the helm today.

[CheneyChick]

Good one!

[I_Love_My_Husband]

You said it (very eloquently!)!

[FUMETTI]

I hope Michael Moore is next with his next documentary or movie. LOL

[Stone Mountain]

This auction was withdrawn before it ended - probably because the seller got a private offer on the tickets. It doesn't mean that nobody would have bid on them before the close of auction. Just 2 cents from someone who sells concert and sport tickets on eBay...

[Timesink]

Check the dates, though. This auction was live for ten straight days. Why would someone come in and suddenly offer $600, or even $6, for tickets that the seller would be legally bound to sell for two cents with a snipe bid? (It wasn't a reserve auction.)

[Stone Mountain]

You're correct about that - it is strange the way that auction happened. However, the tickets have been relisted - who knows, maybe this guy was kicking off bidders for some bizarre reason. It's hard for me to see this as evidence of a Dixie Chicks backlash though - check out the recently completed auctions of Dixie Chicks auctions on eBay:

http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&SortProperty=MetaNewSort&query=dixie+chicks+ticket%2A&from=R8&ht=1&combine=y&st=2

Now if you could show a drop-off in prices since the time Natalie made her comments, you might have something!

[Timesink]

Now if you could show a drop-off in prices since the time Natalie made her comments, you might have something!

We have, in a number of Dixie Chicks threads since Natalie opened her big fat mouth. The day this all started, we went and looked at just-closing auctions, and the majority of the really good tickets were going for anywhere between $700-$1200 or more, with most auctions having had a dozen or more bids, and there were almost zero auctions without any bids at all. I'm looking at the just-ending auctions now, and the majority are in the $100-$225 range, with only a few bids, and maybe 1/4 to 1/3 having no bids at all after ten days.

[Timesink]

Amusingly, the original set of tickets with which I started this thread have indeed been relisted, where they're currently going for a whopping $22.16.

Not bad, considering their face value is $130.

[Terriergal]

Awesome!

Just pinged ya to a good thread. :-)

[Terriergal]

LOL! Well sometimes things really shoot up there in the last few minutes. So wait and see.

[Terriergal]

Oh hey did you notice the shipping on those tickets? They must be made of lead and packed in a copper envelope! That guy is trying to get his money back big time.

[Allegra]

That is freakin' HILARIOUS!! Natalie Maines had better start practicing how to say "You want fries with that?" with a smile.