On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Aristotle Sagan wrote:

> You use EBay for your reasons, I'll use it for mine. Certainly my concern
> has nothing to do with MAXIMIZING the profit a seller makes. That is where
> you are cornfused. Part of being an Ebay buyer is being able to find that
> little nugget. And yes, getting it for 1/2 or less what I would pay for it
> anywhere else.

i.e., "I liked ebay better when no one else knew about it and you could
cheat sellers out of a fair price for their items."

As the saying goes, "It's worth what someone will pay for it."

             _ _
  __ _ _   _| | |  | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE)              Ypsilanti, MI
 / _` | | | | | |  +-----------------------------------------------------
| (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org
 \__, |\__,_|_|_| "To the optimist, the glass is half full.  To the
 |___/             pessimist, the glass is half empty.  To the engineer,
                   the glass is twice as big as it needs to be."