On Sun, 13 Dec 1998, Marvin wrote:
Tell you what Doug, let me know all the email
addresses you use, and if I
see one where you are bidding, I won't mention it. I did that with several
other auctions where I saw your email address but nerd(a)youza.com is not one
I have seen you use. Fair enough? If I see an auction where a listmember
email address shows up, I don't mention it here; I DO check the bidders list
before putting it here (at least usually.)
Well, there's at least one other list contributor on that bidders list,
and one list lurker that I know of. But even if there are no bids, some
bidders use the technique of bookmarking and then bidding near the end, so
you *never* know.
I will sometimes post ebay URLs for stuff that has already closed, but I
figure if somebody on this list is 1) willing to use ebay, and 2) looking
for something specific, they're already actively searching ebay, and
there's no reason for me to "help" them and risk pissing off others who
had hoped to get the item for a reasonable bid.
-- Doug