Date   : Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:34:54 -0600
From   : jules.richardson99@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: New Retro Auction Website

Anders Carlsson wrote:
> Jules Richardson wrote:
> 
>> I'd find a site where the buyer just lists a price and the seller pays 
>> that price a lot more palatable...
> 
> Well, isn't that what is called classifieds?

Yes...

> Also compare to Buy It Now 
> auctions, where unfortunately most sellers mark up the price three notches 
> higher than anyone in the sane mind would like to pay.

... but that's the problem, I think. Auctions often inflate the price 
considerably due to the "feeding frenzy" effect, and I think that often gives 
incentive for sellers to tag fixed-price items with very high prices, too.

> I haven't looked closer at this particular auction site, but one type of 
> auction you usually never see on the big sites would be a swap auction. 

Interesting idea. I kind of like that, too, because I'd much rather something 
I'm getting rid of go to a good home rather than to the person with the 
deepest pockets. The swap idea perhaps skews things a little bit more toward 
the historical preservation aspect, rather than "financial worth".

cheers

Jules