On Wed, 18 Mar 1998 11:11:11 -0500, "R. Lee Hawkins"
<lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In your message dated: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 16:00:52 GMT you write:
>>Apart from that I think that it is probably better NOT to advertise
>>ebay auctions on this list. Well, we could make an exception for the
>>180/2.0 and upwards, of course ;-) But I guess that everyone who likes
>>the auction platform will visit it now and then, and the dislikers
>>shouldn't be bothered here.
>
>I think the civil thing to do is for list members to offer any items
>they wish to sell here first. If they don't sell here, then put them up
>on eBay.... just a thought.
>
>Cheers,
>--Lee
And a good thought it is indeed, Lee.
But there are exceptions. What if a list member doesn't know what
his/her item is worth, and wants to let the market decide the price?
That is what auctions are very good for. I sold some 'bodies for the
tinkerer' that way, which I really couldn't have set a price for.
Frank.
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