November 2, 1998.
I have my wife to thank.
She read about ebay in a fashion mag as a new source for vintage clothing.
Her line was something like "They auction off all kinds of things on there. You
might even find some of the things you like!"
I did. I spent. And only briefly stopped when our little guy was born.
Life as a collector changed dramatically because of all the new doors that
opened on great, rare items that would have been a fluke to obtain otherwise.
Before I was on ebay I was on another auction I think was called worldwide
collectors digest. Auctions there extended for 5 minutes every time there was a
bid in the last minute an auction closed. You paid a little more on some items,
but the exhileration was like being on an auction floor during a live sale!
Thanks for posing the question Bruce. It gave me a short walk down memory lane!
I am a little surprised at how many mopo dates predate mine as I thought ebay
was quite new when it was first brought to my attention!
I am clearly wrong!
Darcy
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Hershenson
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] How long have you had your eBay ID?
LAST CALL TO PARTICIPATE! I am going to close this down at 1 PM CST on the
18th (I have 500 valuable auctions closing that night) and then I will extract
all the entrants and announce the winners sometime over the next few days.
How hard is it to take a minute and look up the date you first joined eBay?
Plus it might bring back some nostalgic memories of the "good old days" when
sappy buyers bought just about ANYTHING, and often for outrageous prices!
Bruce
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