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Subject: 
Re: Disingenuous eBay advertising posts
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lugnet.market.theory
Date: 
Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:22:53 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
It's not really a "misinformation tactic" per se.  As someone who does it (yes,
flame away), I've found that the traffic does pick up--although one can never know
if that was the reason.  I've also used it as a way of drumming up interest in a
lot that somehow had a poorly worded title (or typo title, aigh--never leave out
"Lego").

I really hate that all the LEGO auctions which are all in the category
LEGO have to waste title space with LEGO (and some make sure they catch
stupid searchers and add Legos also). I mean really, if you want to look
at all the LEGO items, look at the category. For the same reason I'm
getting a little bugged by the FA in lugnet.market.auction headers.

--
Frank Filz

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(...) (yes, (...) never know (...) in a (...) leave out (...) Well I'm afraid I do search for "LEGO" quite often. Also does a "lego" search pick up "legos"? (...) Well, if only auctions posted in that group we could bet rid of this. What does bother (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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(...) That's true to a point. I think you can make general predictions that are pretty safe; if an auction has no bids for four days, it's not likely to shoot into the stratosphere. Also, if it has no bids or few bids in that four days, the right (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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