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Excitable Awl columnist Mary HK Choi considers the eBay pop-up shop coming to Midtown this November: "Also, 'shoppers will have access to the entire eBay marketplace via Internet kiosks.' So wait, you get to go all the way outside so you can stand thick in the pig-flu riddled shit and GO ON eBAY? Do these people really exist? Are they waiting for Wikipedia to come out with a hardbound? Should etsy maybe open a flagship in SoHo with a subbasement to store ALL the inventory EVER? Holy 2009? this is going to work isn't it?" [The Awl; Previously]
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