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Re: FS: 8094 Technic Control Center
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lugnet.admin.general
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Tue, 26 Jan 1999 02:47:21 GMT
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lpien@IWANTNOSPAM.ctp.com=stopspammers=
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> I think the pragmatic side of the coin was the mindset in the outset (heh) but
> OBO's are tricky things to categorize... :) When you see a bicycle for sale
> in the newspaper as "$75 OBO" it usually means, "$75 if anyone'll gimme $75,
> otherwise I'll go lower if necessary." Eric's OBO is a different kind -- best
> offer exceeding $xyz. Eric's type of OBO is definitely more auction-like than
> a classified newspaper ad for a bicycle.
Arguably this is an auction too. The 75 is a suggestion as to where to
price. In the bicycle case the seller thinks it is high. In Eric's case,
he thinks it is low. In either case, a bid of 70, absent any other bids,
may well be accepted (although if Eric said 75 was a reserve price, it
won't be).
> --Todd
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 | | Re: FS: 8094 Technic Control Center
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| (...) Agreed! :) I just meant to say that one type was "more" auction-like than the other type, not to say that the bicycle example wasn't an auction at all. If you buy into the concept of fuzzy quantifiers on how much something is an auction, the (...) (26 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: FS: 8094 Technic Control Center
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| (...) Excellent points! OK, maybe we should see how close we can come to a B&W definition of an auction (you've come pretty close there above already) so that people can refer to this if there is any question. Maybe something for the FAQ. (...) I (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.general)
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