Listserver Auction, was Re: Canon Cat

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed May 23 00:46:24 2001

Sellam Ismail wrote:
>
> On Tue, 22 May 2001, ip500 wrote:
>
> > And this is BETTER than eBay ??? How is it that this just sort
> > of slides by and yet if you DARE to stick an eBay pointer up you get
>
> If you didn't catch the irony of my message, I find this "auction" to be
> so absurd that I am just laughing at it.

I, for one, think it is a great idea and have no problems at all with it!
Among other things, it does away with the luck of being the first person to
read a post and get the item. Also, it keeps the item in this community
which is most likely a good thing.

Another approach is to use the pre-approved bidder list on Ebay, and only
approve people on this list to bid. From my standpoint, that might penalize
the lurkers since *I* would only recognize the people that have posted in
the past. OTOH, it might encourage people to post once in a while :).
Received on Wed May 23 2001 - 00:46:24 BST