3 Aug
2001
3 Aug
'01
7:24 p.m.
On August 3, David L Kuhn wrote:
Whoooooo, looks like a bargain for $25K. I'll
take two!
I wish eBay had a "wish bid" system...if the starting bid is Just
Too Ridiculous, a non-binding "bid" that could be entered as an "in
case you don't get any opening bids for this" situation.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Laurel, MD
3 Aug
3 Aug
8:27 p.m.
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
I wish eBay had a "wish bid" system...if
the starting bid is Just
Too Ridiculous, a non-binding "bid" that could be entered as an "in
case you don't get any opening bids for this" situation.
...or you could e-mail him with an offer :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
9:57 p.m.
You have an idea that works, there, Sellam. I've bought a few items on exactly
that basis. Unfortunately, they're things I didn't want terribly, so I
wasn't
even tempted to meet the "first bid" or reserve price.
Dick
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From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo(a)siconic.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: Ebay madness
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
I wish eBay had a "wish bid"
system...if the starting bid is Just
Too Ridiculous, a non-binding "bid" that could be entered as an "in
case you don't get any opening bids for this" situation.
...or you could e-mail him with an offer :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
11:29 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
I wish eBay had a "wish bid" system...if
the starting bid is Just
Too Ridiculous, a non-binding "bid" that could be entered as an "in
case you don't get any opening bids for this" situation.
You know how that works don't you? You watch the item and the
minute it's over you drop seller a mail suggeting you price or
just some warm words asking what's he doing next. It may work.
-Gunther
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Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org
4 Aug
4 Aug
11:49 a.m.
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Dave McGuire wrote:
I wish eBay had a "wish bid" system...
...or just used sealed (well, viewable by seller only) bids entirely.
That way, people would have only one opportunity to tell eBay what they
would pay for a certain item. That would solve the 'problems' of the
psychological drive to outbid people and of sniping.
Of course, that's the buyer in me talking. The seller in me seems to have
an entirely different opinion...
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Jeffrey S. Sharp
jss(a)subatomix.com
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