Now quite OT: Re: ePay

From: david_a._vandenbroucke_at_hud.gov <(david_a._vandenbroucke_at_hud.gov)>
Date: Mon Oct 26 13:43:22 1998

Aaron says:

>>I personally *hate* the proxy bid idea. At least how it works on
eBay....The whole fun of an incremental auction is the small jumps in
bidding and that soul-searching question you have to ask yourself each
time you're outbid: "Do I really want to go a buck higher on that
[insert item here]?"
<<

Ah, well, there you go. I don't see auctions as something fun,
particularly. I see them as a way to buy things, either things that I
can't easily get any other way (such as old computers), or at a price
below what I'd pay if I bought it retail. The process isn't a form of
recreation for me.

I'd prefer that eBay was either sealed auction or restricted to one
bid per person, with the high bid being set as now, at an increment
over the second highest.

--Dav
david_a._vandenbroucke_at_hud.gov
Received on Mon Oct 26 1998 - 13:43:22 GMT