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Good point! Well I guess I'll just go and buy my copy at the other well known online auction site... what was it called again? /s eBay has a natural monopoly
by dTal 6y ago
Good point! Well I guess I'll just go and buy my copy at the other well known online auction site... what was it called again?
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eBay has a natural monopoly due to the nature of auctions. If they decide not to list something, it becomes at the very least much harder to trade.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> Well I guess I’ll just go and buy my copy at the other well known online auction site… Online auctions aren’t the only places to buy and sell goods. They aren’t even the only places to buy and sell goods online. Plenty of places still selling them (though, because of the announcement that they won’t be published, prices are insane right now, as they’ve become instant high-interest speculative collectibles.)
- underseacables 6y agoI just bought a bunch of Dr. Seuss books because honestly I’ve never seen them before, never read them as a child, but now I’m deeply curious to find out what is in them
- gsich 6y agoThis is splitting hairs. ebay deciding that they don't allow buying/selling is obviously restricted to ... well ebay.
- jefftk 6y agoeBay clearly has competitors; you could buy or sell a copy on Amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/If-Ran-Zoo-Classic-Seuss/dp/0394800818/ https://smile.amazon.com/If-Ran-Zoo-Classic-Seuss/dp/0394800...
- yerwhat01010 6y agoAmazon is censoring books now too: https://abigailshrier.substack.com/p/book-banning-in-an-age-of-amazon https://abigailshrier.substack.com/p/book-banning-in-an-age-...
- jefftk 6y agoMy parent's objection was that eBay was a monopoly, and as the only place to buy or sell used books they should face higher scrutiny. I pointed out that Amazon is a serious competitor of theirs; eBay is far from the only place for used book selling.