27 Apr
2001
27 Apr
'01
3:20 a.m.
At 09:45 AM 4/27/01 -0500, Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
Personally, I would offer any classiccmp item to the
list before
putting it on eBay, but I am not offended by those who go straight to
auctioning.
I'd argue that putting it on eBay and telling this list
isn't quite as good as offering it to the list.
The alternative is what? That I conduct an auction in
private e-mail with a bunch of fellow chiselers who all
have their own notion of a proper price? An eBay auction
gives me rules, structure, anonymity for bidders, and a
wider base of bidders.
If I had an item that I knew was perfectly suited to
a particular person's collection, I'd deal with them directly.
And besides, did I mention that my Amiga items now on eBay are
truly RARE?
- John