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On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Marvin Johnston wrote:

> I maintain that Ebay does reflect the state of the market subject to a
> couple of limitations.
>
> 1) Ebay is a *retail* venue although bargains can be had.
> 2) Looking at *only* the final bid price to determine value is stupid!
>    My general rule of thumb is to go back to the third highest bidder as
>    that eliminates the "game players" who bid with the "Oh yea, take
> this"
>    mentality.

I think it's worth reiterating that eBay is only one data point.

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