 | | Going Once: 4558, 7810, Going Twice 4554 on Serious Collector
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If interested, check out my auctions on Serious Collector: G2 *** 4554: (URL) ***4558: (URL) ***7810: (URL) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Which is fine until someone somes along and tries to sell something not within the TOS. Then eBay 'censors' the seller & auction by removing it. eBay is trying to walk a fine-line between having no responsibility (a common-carrier auction site (...) (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I have several instructions for auction on eBay including Star Wars, Technic Sub, and Indian. (URL) $1 opening bid, $1 shipping to US address. Auctions end Tuesday evening Dec 21st. Ben Gatrelle (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Dan's Lego Parts Auction Update: 12/15/99
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More parts have been sold, and only a few more are left. The open lots are at; (URL) Lots are here; (URL) Summary; (URL) M. Ok-Ok I'm recycling last night's update ;>o (Again!! x6) PS Remember Items 63 and 65 go hand-in-hand as the trap door. (25 years ago, 16-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Heh. Painted elements give me the willies. But those don't look half bad ... in the scan. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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We added several more promo sets yesterday and will be adding many other sets tomorrow and Sunday. Also, very shortly, I will be adding an idea book and catalog collection, including 7777, 8888, 6000 and several others! Some Stena ferries (1548, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Take a look at this eBay auction: (URL) Frank Filz ---...--- Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please) Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yes, if you are having something shipped to you via USPS, ALWAYS request Delivery Confirmation - it will only cost you $.35 extra. I ALWAYS use it when sending Ebay winnings in the US, so that I can make sure the sets arrived. Sometime in the (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | FA: Star Wars 2000 Set Quick Auction [eBay]!
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Everyone, The following items are up! I've made them short auctions so we can theoretically get them to the winners by the 25th of December, assuming prompt payment and US addresses. All are MISB (mint in sealed boxes) and start a hair below retail (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I'll have to dig up the article in our paper. I'm not sure who they were actually using for source material. The article seemed serious, and it seemed like it was researched and not just someone rambling. (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) The difference is that eBay (unlike a caller) isn't doing any flogging/promotion for the item. That's my main point. eBay provides an interface, but that's it. My other point (only implied, mostly) is that eBay will (IMHO) promote the idea (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Hmm. I hadn't been arguing this in a legal sense, actually. Legally I haven't a clue who's doing what. :) My main reason for thinking the auctioneer is the seller is that all eBay provides is an interface between buyers and sellers. Any (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) But isn't that analogous to real-world auction houses? They typically aren't actually auctioning anything either, just providing a venue and a caller (didn't want to call them auctioneers to avoid term confusion) in exchange for a percentage (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Sorry to jump in... just putting in $.02-- I'm of the mind to think that legally, it could be arguable that ebay is doing the actual auctioning... I think the best argument is the one previously presented: how is it different from hiring a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) ones (...) the (...) Ebay determines the conditions under which you may auction things using their venue (including min bids, increments, etc), but they do not actually auction anything. They sell eSpace to auctioneers. This is (among other (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) (starting (...) While I would never underestimate the grasping perfidity of a politician of any party other than Libertarian, this may well be one of those urban legends in the making. One which, 8 months from now, we will equate to the "Post (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I think there are arguments against that. eBay must just provide the service, but they also run the auction. The seller sets some of the parameters (starting bid, duration of auction, visibility), but the seller does not set bid increments, (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) US S@H does not have the set in its database. They are still available in the UK, at least through BusyBee Toy Service. Ed (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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(...) If I am the auctioneer, and not eBay, then why can't I set the terms of bidding (minimum raises, how the auction ends, etc)? It seems to me that semantically, eBay is the auctioneer. (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Apparently US children have a mythical ability to blind/choke/impale/f...e/mutilate themselves whenever they're presented with a "shooting" toy, so that some manufacturers avoid making such toys out of a kneejerk fear of kneejerk lawsuits. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.pirates)
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