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Is it time to re-hash the 'is this a sale or an auction' debate? Although
its been done to [near] death, I don't think a concensus was reached on the
topic.
From http://www.lugnet.com/market/theory/?n=946 Todd says:
"- Sealed-bid auctions are "technically" (by name) auctions but in
fundamental
principle are no different from "or-best-offer" straight sales. OBO's are
OK in .buy-sell-trade because OBO is a completely natural way to conduct
this type of barter, but to avoid flamage, announcements of this type
probably shouldn't use the word auction."
But in http://www.lugnet.com/market/theory/?n=948 Frank replies:
"I'm going to toss a nitpick in here, and I think I'd like to actually
change
policy and encourage these type of auctions to be considered auctions. My
reasoning: how is a "best offer by Thursday" different from the following
announcement:
For sale to best offer by Dec-21-99 20:52:49 PST,
go to this web page to submit your offer:" [eBay Link]
Search .market.theory or .admin for other threads on the topic.
-Rob.
Mr L F Braun <braunli1@pilot.msu.edu> wrote in message
news:38E4384D.8E9DED40@pilot.msu.edu...
> I am running this as a sealed-bid "make me an offer" sale, with imposed
> minimum amounts I will accept as an offer. ~24 hours from now I will
> tabulate all offers and award the sets accordingly from highest offer to
> lowest.
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