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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> writes:
> I agree. Maybe it's time to kill .buy-sell-trade and .auction and replace
> them with:
>
> .barter
> Exchange of goods for goods -- rather than goods for money.
> (The word "trade" has too many different meanings.)
>
> .forsale.auction
> Traditional auctions, SBA's, and OBO's. Anything non-fixed price.
> (".auction" is just a label here; it would be more accurately called
> ".variable" or ".negotiated", but probably more widely understood as
> ".auction")
>
> .forsale.fixed
> Fixed-price straight sales -- no negotiations.
>
> .wanted
> Hopeful/wishful want-lists as well as concrete offers to buy.
I don't think it's realistic to expect people to put OBO's in the
.forsale.auction group. What OBO is supposed to mean is "I want $X
but will sell it for less if nobody's willing to pay $X", not "I want
$X but if you offer more than that, you can override someone who will
pay $X" which is more auction-ish.
The groups you suggest are fine - but expect people to use
.forsale.auction for eBay announcements only. The "1/5 of a 3033 tub
for $15 OBO" ads will still end up in .forsale.fixed no matter what
you say.
If you want to avoid OBO's (what is SBA, anyway?) then how about
asking people to list the price (and "OBO" if applicable) on the
subject lines, where killfiles can get to them.
--Bill.
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William R Ward hermit@bayview.com http://www.bayview.com/~hermit/
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