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Re: Where have all the bidders gone?
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Date: 
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 03:19:02 GMT
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Bill Katz <billk@wald.wald-kramer.com> wrote:
> Larry Pieniazek (lar@voyager.net) wrote:
> : Put them on SeriousCollector would be my vote. I think the Demlow
> : technology is last year's news. Too hard to use. People like web based
> : stuff.
> 
> : That should NOT be taken as a slam of the work the Demlow brothers have
> : put into it, or of your work, it's just that the times are changing, and
> : it may not be worth putting the effort into making it easier to use.
> 
> : Heck, I even find AucZILLA a bit hard to use in terms of level of
> : effort.
> 
> SO you really think web based auctioning is the way to go?  Hmmm.
> As a bidder I like e-mail, because I like "push" delivery, especially
> of outbid notices.  It's much easier to see your e-mail flag go
> up than to remember to visit the appropriate web site.

EveryAuction notifies bidders by e-mail when they are outbid.  And
yeah, I think web-based is the way to go.  I know it is for me.

> But then I know I'm weird, since I like things delivered in plain text.
> <web pages created by... vi>

Well, I have to hack away at the script with vi, does that count?  :)


> I looked at the everyauction source, and it looks pretty straightforward
> to set up.  Does it automatically e-mail outbids and winning bid
> notices?  (I know, RTFM...)

Sure does.  And there are a TON of add-ons to give it more
functionality.

> I might give it a try.

I think you should.

> Maybe everybody was just off at the beach over Memorial Day weekend,
> and now wants to come back to Lego.

If not I'll take that 6067 off your hands.  :)

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Mike Stanley (cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com) wrote: : Bill Katz <billk@wald.wald-kramer.com> wrote: : >Larry Pieniazek (lar@voyager.net) wrote: : >: Put them on SeriousCollector would be my vote. I think the Demlow : >: technology is last year's news. Too (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

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Larry Pieniazek (lar@voyager.net) wrote: : Put them on SeriousCollector would be my vote. I think the Demlow : technology is last year's news. Too hard to use. People like web based : stuff. : That should NOT be taken as a slam of the work the (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

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