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What patents would be a problem then? I think there is real legroom for a product that ignores the eBay sweetharts (super-resellers) and focusses more on the individual occasional sellers that use common sense and trust to make a transaction.

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The "long tail of auctions" :) What would individuals want that power sells wouldn't?

Idea: make a network of ebays, with each one specializing in a certain category: cars, collectibles, etc. That way, a community forms around each ebay, and each community can develop its own quirks that make sense/are convenient for that particular ebay, have its own experts (perhaps with karma to differentiate those experts), etc.

This is edgeio's buisness plan right there.

Not a bad idea at all, I can see your logic in this. Better for every network to do one thing well and leverage some long tail action.

Well, I can imagine some differences. A powerseller wants the highest amount of profit, but someone who likes to sell his product asap to someone who is like able to pick it up TODAY has different needs.

I recently had some issues with eBay where I had to relist an item 3 times because of scammers. Why does your item disappear before the deal is DONE? Why not have ME decide when it is sold, and not the buyer?

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