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Re: lugnet.market.mess
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Fri, 19 Apr 2002 23:27:08 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.suggestions, Frank Filz writes:
NOOOOOOO (especially NOOOOOOOOOOOOO on combining the auction adds in
with other adds).

Ok, I tend to agree that high-volume sites like eBay and Bricklink need
their own groups.  I wonder though, what's the big difference between an ad
for an auction and a straight sale these days?  I understand the difference
between an auction and a sale of course, but with eBay's "Buy It Now" option
and the way things have generally changed in the last few years, why are
auction ads so different?

Ben Roller



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  Re: lugnet.market.mess
 
(...) Well, go look at the history of the discussion on auctions for why Todd etal. think of auctions as different. I'm not sure how things are today, but apparently there used to be folks who would have a heart attack if they even heard a hint of (...) (23 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.admin.suggestions, lugnet.admin.suggestions)
  Re: lugnet.market.mess
 
I think the big difference was, at the time, that people actually ran their own auctions via e-mail and posting to the .auction group. This produced much more traffic back then compared to just the eBay announcements that we get now. Now we see very (...) (23 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  Re: lugnet.market.mess
 
(...) NOOOOOOO (especially NOOO...OOO on combining the auction adds in with other adds). I really really would like to see announcements for eBay and BrickLink (and any other high volume site) each in their own group so that I can easily find the (...) (23 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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