sellers market - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

24 Mar 1999

At 11:34 AM 3/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
...
 the belief that no one will outbid that value, and then
abort the
transaction after the auction ends.  This gets the auctioneer paid at the
seller's expense, yet costs me nothing.  Next month I use a different email
account to identify myself, and all's well with eBay. 
Actually, if the item doesn't sell (bidder backs out) the seller doesn't
have to pay eBay.  And it does cost you something -- negative feedback on
the old account and no feedback on the new account.  Destroys that sense of
trust everyone is so fond of.  (And I seem to recall someone mentioning
that eBay requires a credit card if you're coming from one of the free
services.)

BTW, everyone pisses and moans about eBay in regards to classic computers,
but they forget that you *can* get really good deals on other types of
collectibles through eBay.  (I've gotten deals on: cookware, donald duck
stuff, miniature land rovers, buttons, etc.)

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