On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Hans Franke wrote:
> Jep. If not eBay, maybe another system will pick up the idea.
> This could maybe give em the right difference for competition.
I wish it were this simple. eBay already has the reputation among
"collectors" (I use that term to include the speculators and idiots as
well) as being THE place to go to sell and buy vintage computers. I'd
much rather this place be Haggle Online since that site has a specific
"Antique Computers" listing (
http://www.haggle.com/cache/cat43.html).
Someone has to come along and actively market their site as THE place to
buy/sell vintage computers, and then institute a good auction policy that
will cut down on the gripes we are hearing here.
Just for the record, my preference would be a one/twice/sold format, or to
keep extending the auction by some significant period (an hour perhaps)
until no more bids are received. This is how its done in real life and it
seems to work well so why try to fix it? Its fair, and eventually the guy
who wanted it less does go away. It does tend to benefit the seller
though as some people can get carried away. In that case the last bid of
the next buyer gets it at the price they last bid.
Anyway, this isn't hard. Its just a matter of moving all the action off
of eBay to somewhere more worthy. If everyone here (I know a lot of
you are still foolish enough to play eBay) would agree to an alternate
location that is perhaps built BY us, then we could lure away all the
other people who aren't on this list eventually and create the premier
vintage computer auction house on the web. Eventually, when this stuff
REALLY becomes valuable, we'll have a virtual stranglehold on the vintage
computer auction market.
I'm ready to start if someone is willing to follow my lead.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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