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Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 00:17:39 GMT
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On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:45:25 GMT, "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com>
wrote:

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 he offered this and people aren't taking him up on it they're
crazy.

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?

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 make money.  eBay is where all the money
is, since it has 1000x more buyers than anyone else.


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  Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
 
Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) free (...) taken (...) Well, one thing which really irked me as a buyer was long auctions which then extended a week when a new bid was placed. It just became too painful to use, you never had any idea when (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
  Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
 
(...) The Serious Collector's prices are even worse than eBay (no, I didn't think this was possible either). Plus, the auctions semed to take forever to end. (24 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
 
(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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