25 Oct
2001
25 Oct
'01
7:25 a.m.
I don't use eBay and wouldn't care if a big black hole suddenly formed
where their servers are co-located.
On the other hand, it is the only bright spot in a stock market filled
with downward spiraling stock valuations (if you don't count Bayer and
other companies that are set to benefit from the current state of chaos).
We'll be able to happily consume other people's used crap at inflated
prices while we pop Cipro and don gas masks that we were able to buy once
we were cleared for entry into the stores with our new National ID cards.
Sellam Ismail
Sellam, you're a "hard and cynical man." :)
I think that ebay is great for many reasons but the two that matter the most
to me are that it matches sellers with buyers, and I can find nearly
anything that I'm looking for (within reason) at a fair price. I collect
music, books, and old computers. For those items, ebay is hard to beat. It's
like the world's biggest garage sale, and the bottom line is that whenever
something sells there, it means that items is saved from filling our land
fills for at least a little while longer. Besides, how many old computers
have been saved from the scrap heap because they were sold on ebay? How many
TONS of junk were sold rather than thrown away? People make a little money
(rather than none,) UPS makes a bundle of money, and buyers find what they
want. What's the problem with that?
E.