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  Good things about E-Bay ...
 
(No this is not intended to be flame bait) I recently sold several older toys that I had obtained about 15 years ago, and I had _NO_CLUE_ on a value of these. (BTW, they were Zoids by Tomy) The _ONLY_ reason I decided to go with EBay v. direct (...) (26 years ago, 10-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Good things about E-Bay ...
 
(...) Lee has beaten me to my two cents, which is to bring up the one easy way for ebay to escape their reputation of being a sniper haven. If anyone else has participated in an Onsale auction they have experienced this "extension" rule at the end (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Good things about E-Bay ...
 
(...) But is 5-10 minutes really enough time to make a true difference? What if you're sleeping, or eating dinner, or in a meeting at work, or really really constipated? Or what if you're on a modem and your connection drops a couple times? BTW, (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Good things about E-Bay ...
 
(...) 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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