Article View: comp.sys.mac
Article #28782Re: SIMM auctioneering
From: Warren Gish
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1988 07:59
Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1988 07:59
30 lines
1600 bytes
1600 bytes
In article <5000@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> cooper@odin.ucsd.edu (Ken Cooper) writes: >I have been criticized for auctioning SIMMs using electronic media. I'm not >completely sure why, and would like to clarify my perspective on this issue. >since I have only posted two articles relating to these SIMMs... Well, now you've posted three articles. There is also the related net traffic to consider. >net traffic is not at issue either. I think the net traffic and people's time are the major issues. Auctioning is not really feasible on the net. Are the bids legally binding? Is the auctioneer an independent party and accurately representing the high bid? From my experience reading this newsgroup and others, a posting like "Item_X for sale, $400 or best offer" would probably not create any furor. (Before anybody asks, sorry, I'm all out of Item_X :-) >Ken Cooper > >ARPA: cooper%cs@ucsd.edu >UUCP: ...!ucsd!sdcsvax!cooper >COMPUSERVE: 71571,407 Warren Gish College of Letters & Sciences 133B Barker Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 (415) 643-9219 cswarren@violet.berkeley.edu cswarren@ucbviole.bitnet
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<10484@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!agate!gershwin.berkeley.edu!cswarrenReferences:
<5000@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!pasteur!agate!gershwin.berkeley.edu!cswarren From: cswarren@gershwin.berkeley.edu (Warren Gish) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: SIMM auctioneering Message-ID: <10484@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 2 Jun 88 07:59:18 GMT References: <5000@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 30