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Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:30:33 GMT
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James Brown wrote:
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> Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> > James Brown ranted (or is it raved?):
> > >
> > > Ok, is it just me, or does the e-bay style of auction actually encourage
> > > "unfair"(1) bidding practises?
> >
> > Yes.
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> Ah, a firm, solid agreement! (now, if only I could figure out which part of
> the sentence he was responding too...)
> Pet peeve: people who answer 'a or b' questions with yes.
Yeah.
> > Not only that, but they all seem to end past midnight my time which
> > means that people who work probably won't be up to compete in the sniping.
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> I've noticed that part too, but I'm perfectly willing to keep odd hours and let
> work suffer because of it ;)
Well, at least you've got your priorities straight.
> > > As to the exposure, you're not going to catch very many AFOL's that aren't
> > > aware of RTL & Lugnet - if you're net-aware and an AFOL, they're both pretty
> > > hard to not notice - so why not just advertise there?
> >
> > Evidence suggests that you are wrong. There are tons of people on eBay
> > paying more than people on rtl/lugnet.
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> I would suggest that most of those fall into one of the following catagories:
> 1) lurking on RTL/Lugnet
I doubt that this is a huge group.
> 2) morons who think Lego is a good investment
Unfortunately, those 'morons' are right.
> 3) AFOL's that are not 'net-aware' - i.e., people who don't understand the
I assume some of them are in this group too, but not the majority.
> I would further suggest that most of the higher prices on e-bay reflect the
> deceptive nature of e-bay-style auctions (I take it back, e-bay does give you a
> higher profit chance than 1-2-sold - expl. to follow)
Right, complete agreement.
> > > All-in-all, e-bay (to me, at least) seems aimed solidly at the marks. "Hey, I
> > > know, why don't we set up a service on the internet to do something people
> > > are fully capable of doing themselves, if they bother to work a little? We
> > You mean like make a hamburger? Venue aside, McDonalds seems to be
> > doing the same thing you claim eBay is doing.
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> Huge difference. McDonald's is offering a product, e-bay is offering a
> service.
When you buy a burger at McD's (if you do) you are not paying for the
product. You are primarily paying for the value-added service that the
staff performs on the raw materials. You are paying for consistent
quick delivery of a known item that satisfies you.
> > > charge people a fee of some kind to use our service, we'll design it in such
> > Who'd have thought? Charge a fee for a service... What will they think
> > of next.
>
> Ok, I probably deserved that. I am not always responsible for side-comments
> made while going full-steam ahead to a point. (or at least, won't admit it)
Well, I'm glad you took it in the way that it was meant.
[second big attempt at making a point snipped]
I agree with most of this totally. I'm not sure why I don't get
frustrated with eBay...maybe I'm just better at playing their game and
figuring that's just the way it works.
--
Sincerely,
Christopher L. Weeks
central Missouri, USA
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