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Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:45:25 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> http://www.popula.com/
> This is a very interesting outfit. Nothing to do with LEGO per se, but
> interesting.
> By contrast, Serious Collector is going for, to me, the epitome of
> dignified.
Yes, The Serious Collector is definitely more dignified than evil Ebay. The
best feature has always been the resettable auction clock which effectively
eliminates sniping. I also like the seller option of extended auctions for as
long as 30 days.
We don't hear from Derick Buckley lately; this could be due to disappointment
with the lack of participation by the online Lego community. Aside from Matt
Chiles, no one else has used TSC for Lego auctions for a while. I think this
is unfortunate. Derick has offered (likely still standing) to provide free
listings and no comission fees for Lego auctions; very few people have taken
advantage of this.
If Lugnetters used this venue, it could become a safe haven for AFOLs to
auction their goodies and the automation would be simpler than running auction
manually on lugnet.auction or rec.toys.lego.
I had intended to make use of Derick's generosity in providing free listings,
but have found that there does not seem to be much Lego traffic there.
Any ideas why lugnetters are not using TSC, aside from the fact that their
auctions would be lonely there? I mean, are other people seeing flaws or
disadvantages that I do not see?
__Kevin Salm__
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| (...) If he offered this and people aren't taking him up on it they're crazy. (...) Probably the same reason people mostly stopped using BRICKS (which is now dead, but not simply due to low usage) - sellers list things not buyers and sellers want to (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
| | | Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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| (...) I used TSC as a seller early on and got market rates, but after a while it never seemed to get the traffic. As a result some buyers (including Larry) got bargains, and I lost out on what I might have got on eBay. I switched from TSC when two (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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| First, a disclaimer: I have nothing for sale here, never even bid on something, but I did register and do get some propaganda from them weekly. (URL) is a very interesting outfit. Nothing to do with LEGO per se, but interesting. By contrast, Serious (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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