[rescue] Wow

[George Adkins]

> See, now you take the self-determinism out of it.  There's still a bunch
> of poeple out there, and you have no idea what they bid, and no ability
> to influence bids  In an open auction, you play off of each other and
> try to get the item by spending the least amount possible.  In a sealed
> (actually called a "silent" acution), it's all business - and ain't no
> fun.
>
APPARENTLY are you guys are never going to realize that e-bay is not a 
substitute for having a real life!  Of course it's business, that's the 
point!  If auctions were for sport they would hold them in stadiums, and 
brodcast them on ESPN.


> Being a guy that likes to have fun, that type of auction doesn't appeal
> to me at all - and I would never participate (and don't ever).
>
> attempting a move to geeks@

No need, the discussion is over.