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Re:Needy robotic toaster sells itself if neglected by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @11:17AM (#7429183)
But then I'd have to find them, somewhere, maybe in the garage?

I worked for a short time with an ex-EBay guy on an escrow service for sellers. You left your stuff with some guy with a storage unit. If it sold, they went to that guy, scanned a barcode they printed when they won the auction, I got paid and the escrow guy got paid.

Never got off the ground. My partner thought it too complex. BUt I kind of liked the idea.

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Re:Needy robotic toaster sells itself if neglected by akozak on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @12:04PM (#7429597)
Some ebay sellers do (or at least did) open up storefronts. I think one challenge for that idea would have been- why add another intermediary?
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Re:Needy robotic toaster sells itself if neglected by JoeAltmaier on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @02:58PM (#7430884)
In my case, it was intended for students. When they leave nobody wants what they have (school is over, everyone leaving). When they arrive they all want the same things. So it was an over-the-summer kind of thing.
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