balidey
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I always thought it was ebay.
But I just looked at my current 'watch list'. Not a single item is an auction listing, they are all BIN.
In fact looking at my past buying history about 90% is BIN.
Do a search for any item, then filter between Auction and BIN. The difference is staggering.
When I list items I usually go with buy it now as well.
Yet we all still call it an 'auction site' yet it hasn't been for several years.
I do miss the early ebay. But I have been using it less and less. Perhaps the reason is that its no longer an auction site, its now just an online shop.
I often had the idea of a 'blind auction' site, where bidders have a time limit to enter a fixed, blind bid. Then at the end of the 'auction' the highest bidder gets it.
Has the time come for another proper 'auction' site to appear?
But I just looked at my current 'watch list'. Not a single item is an auction listing, they are all BIN.
In fact looking at my past buying history about 90% is BIN.
Do a search for any item, then filter between Auction and BIN. The difference is staggering.
When I list items I usually go with buy it now as well.
Yet we all still call it an 'auction site' yet it hasn't been for several years.
I do miss the early ebay. But I have been using it less and less. Perhaps the reason is that its no longer an auction site, its now just an online shop.
I often had the idea of a 'blind auction' site, where bidders have a time limit to enter a fixed, blind bid. Then at the end of the 'auction' the highest bidder gets it.
Has the time come for another proper 'auction' site to appear?