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Re: Terrorist Attacks on America
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lugnet.market.auction
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Wed, 12 Sep 2001 06:03:55 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Matthew Gerber writes:
> 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.
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> QUICK! Check this out before it goes away...especially check the high
> bidders name and the current high bid...this ROCKS!
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1464736291
Oops...I guess others are into this too...some wag bid even more...go to the
bid history to see the name of the bidder who killed the auction with a bid
of $10,000...
Matt
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| (...) And I've seen a few others where people WITH FEEDBACK have jumped on the grenade and done "BUY IT NOW" to leave INSTANT negative feedback about how the seller is a sick individual. Somehow I don't think they'll be able to defend themselves (...) (23 years ago, 12-Sep-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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