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  Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
 
(...) Christopher Lindsey said earlier today that he had "just created a throw-away account"[1] using a free email address and that the registration page at eBay said you don't need a credit card. Are there two types of eBay accounts?? --Todd [1] (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
 
(...) Hmm, interesting. They were claiming you needed to use a credit card now. So much for that... They are seriously getting to the point of needing a good kick in the pants. They really aren't very friendly (though more friendly to sellers, so (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
 
(...) They *do* require a credit card if you try to sell something (so that they can auto-bill you for their share), but not if you're just going to bid... I also wanted to clarify that this throw-away account was created just for testing purposes; (...) (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
 
  Re: Bid retractions (was Re: eBay dead again)
 
(...) as (...) I thought they had changed it, perhaps it is one of the things to come in 2Q2000 (i.e. real soon now). Frank (24 years ago, 24-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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