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  Re: Proxy ratcheting: How do auction systems work?
 
(...) Someone bids $100 with a proxy max of $500. Now it's climbed to $150 and the bidding is still hot, and the high bidder realizes he doesn't have $500 after all (maybe it was a typo, or maybe he was counting on some money to come in which didn't (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Update 4/21/99 pm: Pirate Auction
 
Hello all, Current bids: 725 Osvaldo Fernandez $40 Going once 6289 Alex Eulen $100 Sold 6289 Otis Anderson $100 Sold 6289 Frank Filz $110 Sold 6263 Frank Filz $22 Sold 6263 Pat Shepard $22 Sold 6263 Mark Parker 2 @ $22 Sold Addendum: Just wanted to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: Proxy ratcheting: How do auction systems work?
 
(...) Reserve-price auctions are the most nefarious thing ever invented. --Todd (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: Proxy ratcheting: How do auction systems work?
 
(...) WHOA. Darn Good Point. --Todd (26 years ago, 22-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
 
  Re: Proxy ratcheting: How do auction systems work?
 
(...) That makes perfect sense, yes! And you can always scrounge together another $.50 or $1.00 if you really need to at the last moment. This is why it's so important to have a re-review period. There are two things that hurt the most in auctions: (...) (26 years ago, 21-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)


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