Portland Water Bureau practices bad eBay etiquette
Steve Duin’s column in the Sunday Oregonian is about the Portland Water Bureau selling some unused equipment on eBay in order to cut their losses. Among the items were two polyethylene resevoir covers worth $400,000 dollars and $27,000 in pipes. When the winning bids came in much lower than expected, the Water Bureau, unlike any good eBay member, canceled the auctions.
