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Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
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lugnet.market.auction
Date: 
Wed, 12 Sep 2001 05:58:53 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
> In lugnet.general, Matthew Gerber writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Matthew Gerber writes:
> > > In lugnet.general, Erik Olson writes:
> > > > That was an eerie scene on TV of tourists continuing to buy postcards of the
> > > > towers.
> > > 
> > > PERSONAL:
> > > 
> > > I kinda' wish you hadn't posted this, Erik...I went to eBay and searched
> > > World Trade Center...I should have known better...I want to scream! Go
> > > there...see what I mean...(at least eBay is quashing many of the
> > > offensive/useless auctions)
> > 
> > NEWS:
> > 
> > Following up this message...from FoxNews.com:
> > 
> > EBay Bans Sale of Trade Center, Pentagon Souvenirs
> > Tuesday, September 11, 2001
> > 
> > NEW YORK  — Internet auction giant eBay banned the sale of any items
> > relating to the World Trade Center or the Pentagon, out of sensitivity to
> > Tuesday's terrorist attacks.
> 
>   They'd better work faster.  They're still going up.
>   Losers are trying to get $800 for a $10 print and using text
>   directly referencing the attack.  The worst part is that
>   people are actually *bidding*.  They know what they're
>   doing is disgusting too--three day auctions all, with tons
>   of BUY IT NOWs.
> 
>   If it weren't liable to get me into severe legal trouble,
>   I'd spend all night writing "you so-and-so vulture, you
>   make me sick, may you rot!" emails to these sellers, just
>   to vent.  Or better yet, get an anonymous handle, bid high
>   (or BiN) for everything and then not follow through and
>   watch them try to recoup the Buy It Now fees.  Alas, I'm
>   not into fraud either.

QUICK! Check this out before it goes away...especially check the high
bidders name and the current high bid...this ROCKS!

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1464736291

Matt



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  Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
 
(...) bid history to see the name of the bidder who killed the auction with a bid of $10,000... Matt (25 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

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  Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
 
(...) They'd better work faster. They're still going up. Losers are trying to get $800 for a $10 print and using text directly referencing the attack. The worst part is that people are actually *bidding*. They know what they're doing is disgusting (...) (25 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

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