Brad

The weird thing about their rating is that ebay says the total negatives are 12 while if you count them all up (and most of them are from 4 or 5 bidders), there are about 25 or so negatives. Perhaps they used some mediation service but that's 5 percent or so. Never seen a rating that bad and I think this auction house is well known.

I think we should all meet to discuss Mosaic and economic theories and then proceed to get stone drunk

I like AB's point that the high prices encourage demand and thus supply. But what encourages that demand and thus the supply? The fact that it's a very limited commodity, which everybody seems to be glossing over. Oil is not scarce. The retired Mosaic commodity is not generally available and there are few sellers. You may have less than 10 out of a possible 5,000 (or less if the license ran out) at any given time. Since there are so few and people who missed out or newcomers want them, because it is limited the price will go up and this will encourage sales. However, as most ebay buyers will know that if you have 2 or 3 auctions of the same Mosaic going at once, the price will drop because you have more to choose from. This rarely happens because sellers are not stupid so supply will be limited and demand greater and prices higher. Class back in session.

Three Tops. Reach Out Brother!

You should check out Someday My Prince Will Come with Hank, Elvin and Richard Davis. One of the better albums from last year.

Amen to that!!! All of this and no Phil Schapp! Or so I thought, anyway; I don’t know who this guy is yakkin’ right now, but he’s been going on for about ten minutes now. Shut up and play the music, fercryinoutloud!!!! EDIT: The guy's name is Ben Young. Following in Schapp's footsteps? I thought Ben Young was highly thought of. Hasn't he authored some books?

Allen, Are you sure you're not the one selling that Cole Mosaic . I don't claim to be the world's brightest bulb but when you say "the higher the price, the lower the demand and the lower the price, the higher the demand" doesn't that assume that you have that commodity in plentiful demand. This is not the case, it's a relatively rare item. So isn't it the higher the demand together with its scarcity equal a higher price? I too will follow the path of Ron S. and retire, to everybody's relief.

Yeah, Al, I love that. Very funny. No doubt about who was running the show. I heard Flamingo this morning on WKCR. Simply beautiful and moving version.

I have no way to refute this but this has to be the most ludicrous statement I've heard from a normally rational person. This was typical economics. Again, I repeat: when people want a lot of a commodity and there's not a lot of it around, the price will go up. He got some person (I'll leave it at that) to pay a ridiculous price. Let's move on.

This has to be the stupidest idea for a thread that I've seen here in a while. Whether or not you believe in a free market, the fact is that when there's a limited supply of something and a lot of people who want to buy it, that something is going to be very expensive. Should this seller have gone up to tranemonk and say "gee, would you like my Nat King Cole Mosaic for a nickel?" I don't think so. That would be slightly dumb. I'm sure very few people buy these for speculation because time and experience has shown that's very risky. If you want to lament about ebay prices, as the saying goes, "been there, done that." It is what it is and no use bitchin' about it.

WKCR is running a memorial broadcast all day today for Jimmy Smith. They will be playing only his music all day.

Has ebay changed the way you can upload pictures? I was trying to list something tonight and it seemed like the whole thing had changed and I couldn't post a picture. Any hints would be appreciated.

A founding father has passed. He will be remembered as long as people play jazz.

Up for air.

Awesome

Wow, what an awesome site. It's beautiful. What a job AB did. I'm surprised he didn't hide a cat in there. His latest avatar, BTW, is very funny.

I'm sorry but I don't see the issue. How is the seller of this particular set depriving someone of it. He got into the hands of someone who wants it. Now, if you're pissed off that it cost that much, that's just life. There are some people out there who have money to burn. Several of my mosaics came from ebay and I wouldn't have gotten them but for that. I've never purchased a mosaic with the idea of making a profit but I know that if I don't like it, I can resell it and do ok. That's just the way it it.

I was thinking (if I ever got the time) of compiling that list and then posting it. Would make it all very tidy and accessible.

Tod, happy birthday and hope you're feeling good and getting some good presents from Hiroshi and Michael C

I'm sort of looking toward the season. The Mets should be competitive but that's about it. Unless there are some hitters out there, 3rd is the place but as long as they finish around .500, I can tolerate that. One step at a time.

I didn't get this. The lineup (Andy Bey, singers, etc.)...I don't know. The 27th Man. That was good. Is this anything like that? If so, I might have to reconsider.

As I don't buy too much new stuff, I'd vote for Frank Morgan City Lights

I missed it but can't wait to hear it as I've been really enjoying the Serge Mosaic lately.

Ray, They could always call me first

I think it's time for a Phillies emblem to replace the Eagles one