 | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —James Brown
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| | | (...) Don't, please. If this is your last post, then discussion stops, and people start posting auction announcements here again <duck and cover> ;-) (...) Here is an argument (of mine) pulled from a previous thread. It shows one (of many) of the (...) (26 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | | | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —Rose Regner
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| | | | | (...) people (...) (of (...) often (...) with (...) looking (...) bid (...) able (...) could (...) I understand the dilemma, but just because you may want 2 different items and have a fixed maximum, and I only want one and have the same amount to (...) (26 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | | | | | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —James Brown
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| | | | | | | (...) I never claimed other bidders (or you) were the bad buy. Nor does this example by itself, I admit, make e-bay bad(1). It does, however, illustrate a flaw in a fixed-ending auction, in that it means a buyer goes away unhappy, and with money (...) (26 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Like the fact that I just this morning received a "daily eBay update" which was two days stale? It listed my auction (which closed two days ago), with an old high-bid? And I still haven't received the auction-closing confirmation e-mail from (...) (26 years ago, 28-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) What's the outgoing datestamp from the originating SMTP mailserver? Maybe the message was just tied up in SMTP congestion (which isn't that uncommon). --Todd (26 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) I'll have to look. BTW, just this morning I received the end-of-auction message. Steve (26 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | | | (...) And *this* makes eBay bad, IMO. --Todd (26 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | | | | | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | | (...) It's a very common thing. (...) You're dreaming! Why should people be forced to do this? Bidding on multiple things in multiple auctions on a tight budget is the norm, not the exception. (...) The set at the store wasn't going to go away if it (...) (26 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | | | | Re: [DISC] Shortcircuit eBay? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) It certainly is... Well said! (...) That's an awesome way to explain it! (...) Ditto on that. (...) Yes! Yes! (...) Touche! --Todd (26 years ago, 29-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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