Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/31

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Slightly OT- More eBay idiocy!
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 11:37:59 -0700

D Khong wrote:
><Snip> 
> I am beginning to wonder whether the *act of bidding* is in itself an
> addiction, an obsession or some form of psychiatric disorder.  Similarly we
> now know that compulsive gambling is a form of mental illness.
> 
> It does not matter what these people bid for but the chase, the
> anticipation and the final (even ridiculous) bid to win might release
> gallons of adrenaline needed to sustain what's worth living for.  Then it
> starts all over again.
> 
> Dan K.

Dan this is exactly how I see it. Another form of Gambling addiction. Combined
with a form of Materialistic compulsion. And the stock marked another form of gambling.
Mark Rabiner