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Nice compilation of thoughts, Eric...:-) I'm with you for the "protection for buyer" subject especially. I don't know any good protection rather than the trusty environment that we created here on Lugnet. I feel myself much more on the safe side (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Oh, dear!.. Finally, Blanpain family is on the ebay fronts, too. A sad day for lovers of private auctions/haters of ebay, like me..:-( Selçuk (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Comments about 'hating eBay' have always made me laugh. Users of eBay in effect have their own private auction, but with protection built in for the buyers as well. Certainly criticisms can be made about eBay not being a true auction venue - (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Scott Runkle wrote: (...) eBay. They try to suppress competition (e.g. in the action against the meta-auction server). They penalize people for informing buyers of other selling resources (e.g. when they cancelled Larry P's auctions because he (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I am a fan of straight Lego sales as well, and do the majority of my selling this way. As far as buyer protection, eBay does have Fraud Insurance, although it's not fantastic. Also, every buyer can see all bids at the end of an auction, nothing is (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Hear Hear Michael Pratt aka Lego-UK @ ebay (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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