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Re: No gimmicks, just some free background images
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 22 Feb 2000 00:34:58 GMT
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Lorbaat wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.admin.general, Frank Filz writes:
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> > > 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).
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> It's an or-best-offer sale. On the internet, sure, there's little • difference,
> but it is a valid sale type.
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> > 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?
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> 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...
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. You
don't get constant updates (though I do seem to get occaisional global
updates, I haven't discerned a pattern to why I get them). You don't have to
look at the auction to see the current high bid (though when you place your
offer, you do see the current best offer [adjusted for proxy of coursse].
You don't need to look at the history of bids.
Note: I'm sort of playing devil's advocate here. I think there is a
difference between eBay and a sealed bid auction, but I'm not convinced
there is enough that they shouldn't both be considered auctions.
Frank
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| (...) I personally think that SBA's are enough of an auction that they shouldn't be in .BST. However, I've sort-of come around to agreeing with Todd on allowing them there, for a couple of reasons. First being that there really isn't a sufficient (...) (27 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| (...) It's an or-best-offer sale. On the internet, sure, there's little difference, but it is a valid sale type. (...) 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 (...) (27 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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