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Re: Popula, the quirkiest auction site?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Thu, 24 Feb 2000 13:45:23 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Kevin Salm writes:
> In lugnet.market.theory, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > http://www.popula.com/
> > This is a very interesting outfit. Nothing to do with LEGO per se, but
> > interesting.
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> > By contrast, Serious Collector is going for, to me, the epitome of
> > dignified.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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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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> __Kevin Salm__
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 lots failed to get bids and subsequently sold easily on eBay. The
winning bidder on my last TSC lot never came through with payment.
Chris
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| (...) got (...) TSC (...) Time is limited for me. So I only search ebay/lugnet/rtl for the stuff I want online. I'm sure if I monitored TSC, yahoo etc I'd get a better deal... but I can not justify the time. (...) There is often a lot of talk of (...) (25 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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