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It turns out that ebay along with other 'online auction services' has become a very useful 'research tool'. They are used by a broad cross section of people in the 'developed world' to buy and sell 'things' with stories attached to them.
These companies use an electronic platform to facilitate millions of transactions every day all of which carry 'cultural cargo' of some kind. Users seeking to purchase items make bids over a specific time period and then the seller determines guidelines such as a minimum bid he or she is willing to accept. Alongside this there're opportunities uncover 'the stories'.
Starting an ebay business is often an accident. Someone decides to make some extra money or clean the house, and she/he places unwanted items from around her home up for auction on ebay GUMtree whatever.
They are 'electronic storefronts' and online auction market where consumers and researchers can shop for virtually anything they need. These 'storefronts' also tell us quite a bit about how trhings are valued and by whom.
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