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Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 00:55:55 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Derick Bulkley writes:
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> In fact, the American Heritage Dictionary defines an auction as follows:
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> auc·tion (ôkshn) n.
> A public sale in which property or items of merchandise are sold to the
> highest bidder.
Does the AHD have a separate entry for "sealed-bid auction"? What does it
say for "animal"? Is a "stuffed animal" (as in teddy-bear, not taxidermy :)
an animal any more or less than a "sealed-bid auction" is an auction?
stuffed animal
eye candy
rice cake
flower bed
white paper
pilot light
side arm
chain mail
--Todd
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 | | When is "Not an Auction" really an auction?
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| Be warned: serious ranting below. I'm awfully tired of notices posted to marketplace.buy-sell-trade, stating something like: "big Lego for sale.. ...this is NOT an auction... ...highest offer received after..." etc. This isn't an auction? It sure is (...) (25 years ago, 1-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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