Monday, May 12, 2008

CSCI 100 Final Exam Entry: Ebay

The item being listed on Ebay is A.I. Artificial Intelligence, directed by Steven Speilberg, released in 2002. The item is being sold on its own with a current bid of $0.99 with the 5 day auction closing in 11 hours 31 minutes. The sellers handle is crusher66666 who has an overall feedback score of 99.6% with 264 transactions since he creatd an account on March 3, 2006. The terms of the sale include a $3.99 flat rate shipping to the United States only. Ebay allows customers to list items for sale on a consumer-2-consumer basis and in this case had a stock photo of the item. The length of the auction is left to the discretion of the individual with a maximum length of 7 days. This auction has no buy it now option, which allows purchasers to forego the act of competitively bidding and buying the item at predetermined listing. The feedback score available on ebay allows bidders to have a better idea of who they are buying from, with a higher score usually being indivative of a transaction being completed in agreement to the terms listed and the item being in the described condition. This item has the potential to continue to recieve bids up until the action expires and will then sell for the highest bid listed.

http://http://cgi.ebay.com/Artificial-Intelligence-DVD_W0QQitemZ330234725677QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330234725677&_trksid=p4295

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