I use back and then rehit submit really quick to relist multiple items of
the same thing (I hate doing dutch auctions)and between quick reloads there
can be as much as a 1500 difference in item numbers some days but the lowest
I think I've seen the difference is 200 in less than 6 seconds between
auction reposts.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Craig Smith
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 2:21 PM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Another Auction Site
>
>
> It WOULD be a great historical database if they kept more than 30-60
> days of data available! Somewhere they have a data warehouse full of
> great stuff but it's not available. Of course the pictures wouldn't be
> available for the past auctions but descriptions and prices realized
> would be a great resource. BIG database though ...what are they up to
> these days
> 124 million auctions or so???
> Craig
>
> Sellam Ismail wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
> >
> > > The frequent downtimes are a pain, but the biggest pain is that almost
> > > all the sellers use eBay because everyone uses eBay. Because of that,
> > > if you are looking for some odd part and nobody you can ask has the
> > > part, eBay is about your only option.
> >
> > I'll be the first to admit that I am a hypocrite, but I would actually
> > hate to see the online auction service market get fractured.
> The one good
> > thing that you can rely on with eBay is that you pretty much know if
> > you're after something obscure, you have a good chance of finding it on
> > eBay.
> >
> > eBay is similar to a big historical database.
> >
> > Sellam Ismail Vintage
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