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Re: eBay dead again
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lugnet.market.auction
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Date:
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Wed, 22 Mar 2000 21:37:48 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Frank Filz writes:
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> > Crud. I wonder if they're blocking certain addresses. I haven't been
> > able to get a peep out of the eBay site for over an hour now. I guess I
> > won the auctions I was concerned about since I haven't got an outbid
> > notice.
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> You'd think that. I got outbid in an auction recently and didn't get a notice.
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> I didn't complain because I had decided in the meantime I had gone over the
> top on that particular item, so I was relieved I didn't have to buy it (I
> would never even consider retracting a bid unless there were extreme
> extenuating circumstances).
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> Eric
Several times have I bid on an item and suffered "eBay remorse" when I
realized that I had *way* overspent myself. Luckily, someone with more
money/less sense than I have has always stepped up to relieve me of my
overbid. I have never retracted a bid, and I (usually) don't bid on things I
know I can't afford.
-Cheese
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| (...) You'd think that. I got outbid in an auction recently and didn't get a notice. I didn't complain because I had decided in the meantime I had gone over the top on that particular item, so I was relieved I didn't have to buy it (I would never (...) (25 years ago, 22-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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