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Re: auction vs non-auction double standard?
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Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:44:38 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.terms, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.admin.terms, Mike Stanley writes:
> > In lugnet.admin.terms, Todd Lehman writes:
> > > I disagree that there is a "double-standard"
{some snippage}
> OTOH, if the base
> standard is "gouging people" (which is what auctions do by putting multiple
> buyers in fierce competition with one another) then by that standard, there
> isn't a double standard.
Todd, I cannot agree with you here. Auctions have competition when multiple
bidders are present--this may not happen in all auction cases. And when some
bidders have more money, desire, etc to buy with than others--well that is life
on Earth, i.e. the haves and the have nots. Non auction sales are also
competition for items, only the buyers do not necessarily know that they are
competing.
> I can surely understand someone hating auctions on basic principle and not
> hating straight sales. But I'll bet even the auction haters probably hate
> blatant non-auction flogs.
Out of memory, I cannot think of when I have read a post by someone proclaiming
something like I HATE ALL AUCTIONS. There are compaints about specific
auctions and complaints about mis-placed auctions and auction announcements,
but I cannot think of anyone who claims to hate auctions.
So, I ask anyone:
Just who are these auctions haters?? Anyone got data compiled on this?? Anyone
got names??
If not, I will continue to belive that the existence of auction haters
is a myth.
__Kevin Salm__
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| (...) I suppose it depends on what standard one sees as being doubled. Normally the term applies to cases where there shouldn't be a double standard, like sexes or races. In this case, if the standard is "selling" or "flogging," then, yes, it's a (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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