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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 00:57:58 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Derick Bulkley writes:
> Be warned: serious ranting below.
Potentially more annoying are sales that when you enquire about the item you
get the reply, "You were the first to ask about this item so it should be
yours, but someone else asked about it too so I'm going to auction it off
instead."
Richard
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 | | Re: When is "Not an Auction" really an auction?
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| (...) This gets up my nose too. (1) I tend to think a bit less of the seller after they do that(2). There is an instance of that going on right now, although I shall omit most of the details... someone offered some things, not thinking they were (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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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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