Word: bidness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Alison F. Egan '01, who was unopposed in her bid to become chair of the Finance Committee, announced grant applications will be available to student groups beginning today and will be due this Friday...
...Highest bid so far at Microsoft's charity campaign to win a tour of the mansion. Visit includes refreshments and quality time with Bill...
After all the winners had been announced, thefour Nobel laureates auctioned off personal itemssuch as chewed bubble gum, supermarket shoppinglists and junk mail. Glashow's cigar butts fetchedthe highest bid...
Scott does almost all her collecting these days on an auction site called eBay. A sort of digital swap meet, the service allows users to sell and bid for antiques and junk of all kinds--old milk bottles, vintage postcards--even U.S. Grant memorabilia. "I've tripled my collection in two years," says Scott, who has amassed nearly 8,000 items, including a $4,500 signed letter and a $20 embossed pillowcase...
EBay encourages users to post feedback about their deals; those attracting too many complaints of unscrupulous trading are barred. Some of eBay's competitors have escrow-type accounts and customized delivery services. Auction Universe has just begun offering an optional "Bid$afe" policy with money-back guarantees and insurance coverage of as much as $3,000. Of course, every auction involves risk of some sort. Just ask the crestfallen bidders who lost out on that Ulysses S. Grant pillowcase. Or the collector still looking for a matching kidney...