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Subject: 
Re: no reserves on aussie ebay
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Date: 
Wed, 21 Jul 2004 04:57:45 GMT
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pete white wrote:

The email stated the majority of members favoured this change, though I guess
there are more buyers than sellers as members. Anyone here express an opinion
either way to ebay ?

I'm mostly a buyer, so I approve of getting rid of 'reserves', they were
mostly very annoying, and as I saw it, no advantage for the seller over
just setting a reasonable minimum price.

Anyone else getting SPAM disguised as 'Questions for seller' ?

Of the approximately 1033 Spam emails I've got since I last cleared out
my mailbox nine days ago, I've got 11 of these 'questions' spam. :(

David Drew



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  Re: no reserves on aussie ebay
 
(...) There is, but it's not immediately obvious. If you post a hot item with a $1000 minimum bid, you might scare off bidders before they even get started. If you post the same item with a $1 minimum bid and a $1000 reserve, any guy with a buck to (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)
  Re: no reserves on aussie ebay
 
(...) Garage sale trawlers can afford to start low, but sale item scalping must be risky with no reserve and a low starting price. (...) Glad it's just not me getting persecuted ;^) I just delete them, I have never read any. pete.w (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)

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  no reserves on aussie ebay
 
Got an email from ebay(australia) saying they were getting rid of 'reserve' amounts for auctions. They said it was only for auctions run through .au, as opposed to running auctions in other currencies like in US$ which means they would run as per (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jul-04, to lugnet.loc.au)

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