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(...) Well, 5% from you is like 50% of a normal person's purchases. :) At least last year's. (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, I can't. Sorry. Fascinating but no time. ++Lar (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well, I'm certainly no expert with the program, but I did use the trial version for a few days and it does make monitoring auctions more convenient. The trial version also doesn't allow you to snipe. As for a pirated version, I'm sure there is (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Whoops, I think I may have worded what I said poorly. I meant that of the e-bay auctions where I put in a serious bid, I lately have been winning about 20%. That was an off the cuff number, I have not analysed in detail. I'd say that eBay (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:50:46 GMT, Selçuk <teyyareci> uttered the following profundities... (...) In light of this thread, especially bits about animal intelligence, genetic engineering, and such like, I'd recommend reading "Chromosome-7," by Robin (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<snip> (...) I can't fault that. That's not my thing, but that doesn't make it any less legitimate, and obviously it works very well for you (and many others). It does have an effect on legonomics, which I'll go into in a moment.... <snip> (...) A (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<snip> (...) I don't see the relevance of the first two, but I think both partss of the third are spot-on. However, I think the monetary difference is negligible. Adam bwappo@ee.net (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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<F6zL7x.CuM@lugnet.com> <36C2F127.41C6@kali....ginia.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit (...) Yes, this one. And yes, he uses the word "holy" for it. Just searched for it and saw the stupidity. I (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Something to think about: even with proxy bidding, you will, over time, get lower totals on winning-bids in eBay auctions if you do not bid until the last second. Why? - Proxy bidding isn't perfect. - Not everyone uses proxy bidding properly. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes: [...] (...) [...] I've noticed that sort of thing too! Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd. :) Last summer, the nextdoor neighbors had a garage sale and asked us if we had (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The 5-10 minute works to disable people who snipe in the last 30 seconds or so. When people slam in bids with less than 1 minute left in the auction, it's extremely challenging for anyone to re-bid in time. With a 5-10 minute (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Because adding bids increases demand for the item. So any bidding activity from the seller is suspect. It's a matter of trust. I have a friend who sells at craft fairs. She reports that the thing that increases her sales volume is to have (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But the idea with computerized sniping is you can fire off a low bid late enough in the game, that no one will be able to react in time (even another computer -- it won't be informed of the change soon enough). If the item is already bidded (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Steve (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In this particular case, it's because it was boron. Steve (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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On Thu, 11 Feb 1999 10:58:54 GMT, "Selçuk <teyyareci>" <sgore@nospam.superonline.com> wrote: Follow-up to .fun, for obvious reasons. (...) Well... I'm not sure if this is a spoiler or not. I think not, because I think it's book 3... yes, it is. It's (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) That would be "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". If the translator translated "holistic" to Turkish-for-"holy", then you might be better off to read the English language originals. (...) There is also "The Long Dark Tea-time of the (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Seriously, we're all (well, I am anyway) eager to start dumping a cut into your projects. (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36ccaaf5.56473925@l...et.com>... (...) Not that easy, takes 10M years to come by...:-) Selçuk (1) Preliminary answer?..now I'm at the middle of fourth book, and probably will start fifth one this weekend...:-) nice (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Here is some background info: (URL) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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