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| | | (...) I think publicity is a factor, but eBay has such a critical mass of buyers and sellers that there will always be enough people available to fill the compressed activity. This is why eBay's stock price is so high - wall street is betting that (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | Re: Does auction length matter? —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Awesome!!! Say, are there trade books or journals on this sort of thing? (Must be, but I wouldn't know where to look.) (...) Say, would she like to sign up to participate here? :-) --Todd (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: Does auction length matter? —Chris Ernest Hall
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| | | | (...) There's remarkably little written about auctions and auction theory. Auctions were basically considered a backwater area of economics (other than for people involved with securities) until the Internet came along. Now auction theory is an area (...) (26 years ago, 4-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: Does auction length matter? —David Zorn
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| | | | Chris Ernest Hall wrote in message ... :In lugnet.market.theory, Todd Lehman writes: :>In lugnet.market.theory, fozboot@best.com (Chris Ernest Hall) writes: :>> [...] :>> I followed the threads about eBay's auction rules with great interest. My :>> (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | Re: Does auction length matter? —Chris Ernest Hall
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| | | | (...) It's bizarre that people would pay more for something like the Spaceport three- item valuepack than they could pay at eToys or at the local Target, Walmart or Toys r Us. It may be these people are just addicted to the excitement of winning (...) (26 years ago, 5-May-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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