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Re: Is it an auction or not? (was: WTB Train Parts)
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lugnet.market.theory
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Mon, 2 Aug 1999 12:53:25 GMT
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On Sun, 1 Aug 1999 19:47:12 GMT, Tony Priestman <Tony@you-rang.demon.co.uk>
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> In article <37a489f9.1493045@lugnet.com>, Todd Lehman
> <lehman@javanet.com> writes
> > But what you have going is multiple buyers and multiple potential sellers,
> > with no one entity "running" the show (i.e., no auction). That's a lot more
> > (in my mind) like a free wheeling commodities or stock market type of thing,
> > and really belongs in .buy-sell-trade, even if there is price competition.
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> It struck me when I got on the net last November, and the conviction
> remains, that the buying and selling of Lego *bricks* as opposed to sets
> *is* a commodity market. Auctions & straight sales are just special
> cases of the stock market scenario above.
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> Is there a case for setting up a group just for the purpose of brick
> trading (in the commodity sense)?
I was kind of wondering the same thing. Although I wasn't thinking of a
group, but more of a web-app.
Steve
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| In article <37a489f9.1493045@lugnet.com>, Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> writes (...) It struck me when I got on the net last November, and the conviction remains, that the buying and selling of Lego *bricks* as opposed to sets *is* a commodity (...) (25 years ago, 1-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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