20 Dec
2000
20 Dec
'00
8:17 p.m.
On 21 Dec 2000, Iggy Drougge wrote:
But do the end justify the means? I have also found it
an
unpleasurable experience to lose something which I have put a bid on
in some cases several weeks ago, only to be outbid at the very last
minute, possibly when I'm at school or fast asleep. In a real-life
auction, there are the three rounds in which you may increase your
bid, giving everyone a fair chance. On Ebay, the auctions do instead
go on for weeks, and jumping in at the very end of this time frame is
really quite dishonest. Some play with their cards on the table,
whereas the snipers literally rip the thing out of your hands. It's
really annoying, and and example of very bad behaviour. Perhaps the
reason why anarchy doesn't work very well.
Whine.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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