In a message dated 4/2/03 7:21:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
marcperdue@ADELPHIA.NET writes:

<< You're being called an "auctioneer" because you said the "asking price is
 $1000", you didn't say "or best offer".  Yet you're entertaining higher
offers
 and having people "bid" the price up.  To maintain your ethical integrity,
you
 should sell it to the first person that offered to pay you $1,000 or
withdraw to
 offer the van for sale and re-list it as "$1,000 or best offer." >>

Actually, it's best to say "best offer over $1000 by such and such a date".

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