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(...) Was this on your mondo set of lots that all ended at the same time? Guess that it didn't prevent sniping (of one lot) after all. Bummer. my condolences to the snipee. Another idea along these lines is to announce in the setup that any and all (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Right. Derick had described the rules and we came up with a theoretical example. This is a real one that impacts me and I'm not too thrilled about it. - I had mentioned to Todd (in (...) That's not a bad system either. (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Hmm, interesting theory. I bet it doesn't work that way, though. If the gap between the current bid and the top of the proxy is large enough, and a hard bid (or proxy bid with the right top value) is submitted, my overbid can be pushed to an amount (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Mookie wrote in message <3725365E.E07AA303@e...pc.com>... <snip> (...) this group), that people should only be able to bid by the increments, as a way to eliminate this. I did see this implemented on an obscure auction, where instead of typing the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Hi Lego auction enthusiasts, I want to give this idea below some consideration. I had an auction end last night where the bidder who had the high bid for five days was outbid with forty seconds remaining. Needless to say, he was upset, and said he (...) (25 years ago, 27-Apr-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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