Remember life before eBay?

[Buzz]

was going through some old email stuff, and realized/remembered when "ebay" was short for "East Bay Area", as in the Oakland/Berkeley/Fremont environs... I guess, some things just change w/ times...

[Paul F.]

There was life before eBay?


I think you're making that up...

[Will Collier]

I remember buying and selling computer stuff on AOL's bulletin boards. Another example of how dumb AOL was--they could have owned the auction/used stuff marketspace, but had no clue.

[Don Kiyoti]

I remember when Ebay was fun and good to use. Vaguely.

[decay]

remember when you could leave anyone feedback, for any reason at all?

[(vikm)]

Before ebay I had to buy Record Collector Magazine out of the UK as well as Goldmine to get my record/cd collecting fix.

[Mr Downtown]

And I had to go to every used bookstore in every town I visited. Although bookfinder and abebooks are more responsible than eBay for that transformation.

[Jimmypoo]

Before eBay I used to just throw sh!t away!!

[cbelt3]

I also remember CB chat on Compuserve.

Heck, I remember chatting on an actual CB. The 'sales' activity going on in the vicinity of truck stops was always of a sexual nature.

But to answer your question...
garage sales !

[wurm]

Will Collier wrote:
I remember buying and selling computer stuff on AOL's bulletin boards. Another example of how dumb AOL was--they could have owned the auction/used stuff marketspace, but had no clue.

I remember that, too. I think it was the first time I ever heard about Priority Mail. If I recall correctly, it was like, $3.00 to send something that way anywhere in the country.