11 Jun
1998
11 Jun
'98
4:13 a.m.
At 01:37 PM 6/10/98 EDT, you wrote:
This is NOT a flame, but i'm just wondering the
point of posting items that
have been put up for sale on ebay, et al. all that means is every item will
The point is that you thereby inform a whole passel of people that the
items are for sale, including many who might not otherwise know. Gets the
seller potentially higher prices. And, someone here might find out about
something they really want. On the other hand, it may annoy some folks
here.
btw, it seems to me that prices on Haggle are not quite as wild as on ebay.
(Though I do check ebay regularly too.)
is announced as being for sale, the subscribers to this
group should get
first crack.
Well, tyhat would be nice, but the collective "we" can't force anyone to do
anything. This has come up before, and the consensus seems to be that it's
a tough decision whether to offer things here (and be a hero) or on ebay
(and get rich.)
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