OT: eBay stuff

[Stan McQueen <stan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:23 PM 4/6/2001 +0100, WIllem-Jan wrote:
>Somewhere between the outcomes 'max benefit for seller' and 'max
>benefit for buyer' there is an financial, social and ethical optimum,
>and that optimum is not within the realm of eBay....

Do you make this statement because you believe that auctions in general 
cannot achieve the "financial, social and ethical optimum", or because of 
something about eBay in particular? I had always thought that open auctions 
were the most efficient free-market mechanism available for conducting 
transactions that were equally fair to both buyer and seller. With a large 
volume of both buyers and sellers, it is difficult for a buyer to obtain an 
unfair advantage over a seller or vice versa. Or is that not what you mean 
by "financial, social and ethical optimum?"

Stan
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