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Re: No gimmicks, just some free background images
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lugnet.admin.general
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Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:30:13 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz writes:
> > Valid, yes in that they are internally consistent. But broken in that
> > they prevent things that are reasonable and necessary.
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> Also at least partly broken in that they rely on Todd's interpretation that
> a "sealed bid auction" is not an auction (at least if it doesn't call itself
> an auction).
It's an or-best-offer sale. On the internet, sure, there's little difference,
but it is a valid sale type.
> Has anyone thought about my mind exercise of how an eBay auction is
> sufficiently different from a sealed bid auction to justify being an auction
> for Lugnet purposes where a sealed bid auction is a sale/trade?
Umm, because it's in no way a sealed bid auction? EBay sends you updates
telling you when someone outbids you, shows you a history of bids, displays the
current high bid...
Sure, you can (as an eBay user) *use* it like a sealed-bid-auction by turning
off notifications, bidding only when there are 0 bids and putting in the max
you're willing to pay, and never checking the page, but to be reasonable, I
think few people do *all* of those things.
eric
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| Lorbaat wrote in message ... (...) that (...) itself (...) difference, (...) auction (...) the (...) Well, if you bid, you generally get zero (if your offer wasn't good enough) or one update notice. Either an outbid notice or a "you won" notice. (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: No gimmicks, just some free background images
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <38B05490.B7C062B8@v...er.net>... (...) stand. I (...) in (...) slip-up) (...) indicate (...) Also at least partly broken in that they rely on Todd's interpretation that a "sealed bid auction" is not an auction (at (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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