[rescue] SparcCenter 2000E on Ebay

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Fri Jun 20 14:50:24 CDT 2003


On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 03:46 PM, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:
>>> drive pricing up a bit, and allow ebay to make more money (% on 
>>> closing
>>> price).... wonder why they haven't done it... ??? :-)
>>
>>   ...because it would SERIOUSLY piss off everyone (like me) who
>> frequently uses eBay to get stuff at a fraction of its market value.
>
> I didn't say I'd like it, or that it was even a good idea... just that
> it would be one way to stop sniping, and at the same time drive up ePay
> profits... which made me wonder why they haven't done it....  (hope no
> ePay decision makers are anywhere near this list :-) ).

   Eh...It'd drive up their profits IF their user base remained 
constant.  I, for one, would stop using it...and I've spent a LOT of 
money on eBay (like around $80K according to my spreadsheet) since '99 
when I first started using it.

             -Dave

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