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...wasn't Sotheby's, but the bidding in Cabot House was no less impassioned at last night's Dutch Auction...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cabot Auction Draws Crowds With 'Lambing' | 4/28/2000 | See Source »

Many Cabot seniors who attended the auction opted to miss a popular Senior Bar event known as the "senior stumble"--a moniker for the traditional pub crawl that tours nine Cambridge and Boston drinking establishments...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cabot Auction Draws Crowds With 'Lambing' | 4/28/2000 | See Source »

...audience members were enlightened when House Committee Chair Mellissa M. Mueller '00--chosen to participate in the event at last year's auction--appeared on stage and stripped down to her two-piece lycra sports suit. Her three roommates, who had paid for the privilege, then massaged Mueller with the hallowed lamb, which was marinated in a mysterious dark sauce...

Author: By Zachary R. Heineman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cabot Auction Draws Crowds With 'Lambing' | 4/28/2000 | See Source »

...DIMAGGIO Where have you gone, eBay? Joltin' Joe's items falter at Christie's auction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 17, 2000 | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

Worse yet, many e-tailers depend solely on cheap prices to lure and hold fickle customers. That just deepens red ink without preventing shoppers from hopping to other sites with deeper discounts--to say nothing of auction venues like eBay. Online retailing "is not about the lowest price anymore," says Josh Goldman, the CEO of mySimon, a comparison-shopping site that describes more than 2,000 e-stores. What customers prize more, he says, are bells and whistles such as instant messaging, access to product specialists, and e-mail alerts of upcoming deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doom Stalks The Dotcoms | 4/17/2000 | See Source »

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