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Re: Where have all the bidders gone?
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 2 Jun 1999 04:28:37 GMT
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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 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.
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: >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.
You've used my system, so that's a good endorsement.
: >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? :)
How much hacking have you had to do?
: >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.
WHere do the add-ons live? Is there a repository somewhere?
: >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. :)
I wish it were mine... It's being sold for a friend.
-Bill
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| (...) Not a lot, to be sure, which is a good thing since I am still in the first half of Learning Perl. :) Moslty incorporating add-ons and stuff. 90% of them I just paste in the way the author says. Others that require add-ons I don't use I have (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) 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. (...) Well, I have to hack away at the script with vi, does that count? :) (...) Sure does. And there are a TON of (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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