A Great Find & A Defense of E-Bay

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Fri Jun 16 14:57:54 2000

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, John Foust wrote:

> At 11:12 AM 6/16/00 -0400, William Donzelli wrote:
> >Ebay does not want keep all of the auctions as a publicly accessable
> >database, simply because it is not their job. After a few months, they
> >can "wash their hands" of the deal, and with it, any disputes that may
> >come up afterwards (problems in the car auctions leap to mind). They don't
> >want the legal hassles, basically.
>
> In my mind, the best web site business plans involve the visitors
> creating the content themselves. They're missing a big, big opportunity.
> Each description can contain potentially valuable nuggets of info.
> It's a crime to toss them in the bit bucket.

Yeah, how else are we going to know whether or not a certain computer is
RARE? I always turn to eBay vintage computer hardware listings when I
need to find out such information!

Sellam International Man of Intrigue and Danger
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