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Subject: Re: ebay
Author: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu at internet
Date: 10/26/98 3:54 PM
On Mon, 26 Oct 1998, Hans Franke wrote:
> > 1. Bid more than anybody else through proxy bidding. This way when
> > somebody else bids, the system will bid you up (to your max)
automatically
> > when someone else bids. If you want it bad enough, you can get it,
but
> > it may cost you.
>
> Jep, but to be shure, it has to be high, real high :(
As high as $12,000? Only to have someone bid $12,100?
> > 2. Learn the fine art of sniping. I live with a longtime e-bay user (my
wife)
> > who has the distinction of a 0 second snipe - it came in and was
recognised
> > some fraction of a second before the auction closed. She did it
manually
> > too. :) There IS sniping software, apparently, too.
>
> Just a NO. Maybe I'm stupid and old fashionated,
> but sniping is just not possible.
I stopped using eBay simply for this reason. The format makes it
impossible to carry on a fair bid process and weed out the weenies.
> > 3. My wife assures me that EVERYTHING comes around again, btw.
Especially
> > computers. She suggests patience.
>
> Jep, but this lot was real neat.
> (And the next will be the one with the SC/MPs .. sigh).
> I don't know if this will be around again, so nicly bundled
>>If you look hard enough, you can ALWAYS find something around you,
>>cheaper, and it won't cost you shipping. This is of course more true
>>for some people than others (like a poor slob in Alaska trying to
>>collect computers) but I've learned this lesson many times. Everything
>>I've ever bought off eBay has turned up locally for a fraction of the
>>price. Sometimes only a week later.
Aren't you located in 'Silicon Valley?' You are located in an unusally
fertile area for the old computer devotee. I live in the Washington,
D.C. metro area which isn't bad but must pale in comparison to your
locale. *sniff* **sob** Marty
An alternate to eBay is needed.
Sellam Alternate e-mail:
dastar_at_siconic.com
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