On 2008-02-01, SteveB wrote:
I thought auctions were a place where the high bidder got the goods.
Period. What's the difference what anyone does with the goods? The seller
gets his cut, the auctioneer gets his vig, the buyer pays top bid and takes
the stuff home.

What did I miss?

Nothing. People buying stuff for resale, make it more obtainable (easy
to find), at a somewhat higher cost. But they need to be paid for
their time moving all that machinery.

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