18 Dec
1998
18 Dec
'98
4:16 a.m.
On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Chuck McManis wrote:
No one else has figured out that the real money is in the _information_
about what sold at auction for what? Ever wonder why Christie's will give
you a catalog of things for auction but will _sell_ you the results? On
line auctions are here to stay and they open a whole new area of
opportunity (as this list knows all too well)
--Chuck
An excellent point. Final Ebay results disappear after about 30 or 40
days. As you all saw from my post of the SOL auctions, I've been saving some
Ebay summaries manually for the last 14 months or so. Nothing specific.
Just stuff that eclectically appeals to me. Auctions for computer
equipment only and maybe about a couple of hundred a month
It probably can be automated and the number harvested stepped up,
but what I am doing so far fits my browsing, bookmarking and bidding
patterns, so I don't find it a burden.
Anybody else on the list doing this? Anybody thinking about doing it
seriously? Anybody want to throw some ideas out for standardizing the
information stored?
Just curious,
-- Steve