Another Auction Site

From: Brian Chase <bdc_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Jun 5 23:48:23 2001

On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Marvin wrote:

> The idea here is NOT to take on Ebay or any other site, but rather have a
> place where listmembers can bid on items offered to the list first, before
> it goes out to an auction "venue" that has more people.

Given the recent exchanges about this group's distaste for eBay auctions,
I've been thinking about this idea as well. It sounds like this group
could use its own private site which maybe offered auctions along the
lines of what I would sometimes see in USENET newsgroups. Basically one
where everyone submits their bids (blindly) by some certain time and date,
and the highest bidder wins. This avoids sniping.

Another interesting idea would be to setup something that allows for
equipment bartering. Each user could have a list of things they want to
get rid of, and things they are looking to acquire. The details of how
the exchange would proceed are still a bit fuzzy, but it'd be an
interesting project for the ClassicCmp community.

-brian.
Received on Tue Jun 05 2001 - 23:48:23 BST