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Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:59:10 GMT
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <36C0D5AC.3D7D0B2@mediaone.net>...

In short, eBay would work fine, if it weren't for human nature.  ;)


I think one of the key reasons they use that system is human nature.  In
other words, it is working fine--even better than fine, perhaps.

Jesse

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(...) Well...to be fair, eBay /does/ have that 'bidding gnome' thing. The idea is that you tell it the maximum you want to pay for the set, and it does the bidding for you so you don't have to watch it. This is why the final bid is usually only the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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