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Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 02:40:12 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 22:45:25 GMT, "Kevin Salm" <kdsalm@dreamscape.com>
> wrote:
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> > 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.
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> If he offered this and people aren't taking him up on it they're
> crazy.
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> > 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?
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> 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.
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 it might possibly finish. It was also a
lot of effort to go look at to see that the one item you might have been
interested in had an opening bid above what you were willing to pay.
Frank
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| (...) Yes, the auctions are a bit slow as compared to other venues. But the fact that sniping is eliminated should be incentive for bidders--they can rest easy that they will not lose their high bid standing without time to react. Of course, many (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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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)
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