[pure-silver] Re: buying photo stuff on ebay

--- Dave James <charlie_5oclock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> So you're in favor of a system that forces every
> interested party to be at their computer as the
> auction comes to a close? How successful do you
> think that would be in a 24/7 global market? Will
> you still bid if the auction ends (or extends) at
> 3AM?
>    
>   There are very few unique items listed on eBay. If
> you do a bit of research, you can get an idea of
> what an item will sell for, and then you can decide
> how much you're willing to pay.
>    
>   Once you've done that, place your proxy bid and
> walk away.
>    
>    
>   
> Bill Stephenson <photographica@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   Ray -
> 
> Ever since I became aware of eBay, I've wished that
> they'd to to what 
> you describe as the "Japanese system". Let's have a
> REAL auction - 
> one that doesn't end until no one will raise the
> bid. I'm a regular 
> brick-and-mortar auction-goer, and I know that my
> bid isn't the 
> winning one until the auctioneer pauses, looks
> around the room one 
> last time, and then says "SOLD". That's the way it
> should be - honest 
> competition down to the last bid.
> 
> If eBay were to set itself up so that an auction had
> a "target time" 
> at which it would end - but only after a two-minute
> period of 
> inactivity. Then we could all take part in a real
> "auction", not a 
> "timed sale" (or something - I don't really know
> what to call an eBay 
> sale).
> 
> Until and unless they do this, well...I'll just keep
> on using eBay as 
> it is! 
> 
> -Bill
> 
>        
> ---------------------------------
> Park yourself in front of a world of choices in
> alternative vehicles.
> Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.



 
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