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Hi group, I have a Supercar for auction on eBay, which ends at 19:55 PST tonight(around 11 PM eastern). I have added a link to my current auction list to my sig or you can go to the Supercar auction directly: (URL) Thanks and... -- Have fun! John's (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Clear line between Auctions and Trades
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John DiRienzo wrote in message ... <snipped my previous post> (...) .auction (...) OOps, I thought we were in that other group then. Oh well, I will make an announcement (or two) to this group momentarily. -- Have fun! John's Lego AUCTION Page - (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) his (...) Yah, I think so too - I have done this. I just thought it seemed uncouthe to copy my auction updates (which I don't post to .auction too frequently either) to .B-S-T. (...) - (...) The man's a genius! (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) Right. The other part is to keep auction announcements out of the trade group. Announcements are just as much "noise" as updates are (to people who hate auctions). And it's also human nature (when it comes to selling) to bend the rules as much (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) The best solution IMO is to first post a "Want to Trade" message to buy-sell-trade. Start an auction (appropriately announced only in the auction group) only after giving the trade message a week or two to generate responses. Heck, you can say (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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Interesting, I hadn't thought about your original reasons for seperating the two. I would have guessed that the only real reason was to keep updates out of the trade group, which is only a part of your reason. (...) If I'm a person with a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) I've run auctions and unless I state that I reserve that right for myself, I feel committed to sell said item at or above the minimum bid that I set from the beginning. Is this not how everyone feels? I would be insulted and NEVER buy (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Small Town and Pirate auction Update7
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Update #7. Frank's on the move. to tired to amuse myself, Geoff Pirate: #6261 Raft Raiders Current bid: $13.00 Frank F. Going1 #6268 Renegade Runner Current bid: $40.00 Frank F. Going1 #6279 Skull Island Current bid: $40.00 Frank F. Going1 Town: (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Well, but how many auctioneers -won't- ever withdraw some item for a trade if need be? Disclaimers about reserving the right to withdraw something for a trade are pretty common. (...) I don't think these are any different than any other kind (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Clear line between Auctions and Trades
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) I've seen a few crossover situations which might be candidates. I've seen auctions which indicate that items may be withdrawn for trade. The implication is that if you offer a trade the auctioneer likes, he'll (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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